Aimee Rothemund 
“Sometimes, it’s only by shining a light on someone else that you can truly understand yourself.”
In her latest novel, The Marble Collector, best-selling author Cecelia Ahern explores this statement in a heart-wrenching tale of unconditional love and self-discovery.
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is the story of Sara, a young woman who travels from Sweden to the small town of Broken Wheel, Iowa, to meet her pen pal, Amy. On arriving in Broken Wheel, Sara finds the residents of the town departing Amy’s funeral. Despite this unexpected turn of events, Sara stays on in the town and turns it upside down with her love of books. Before long, Broken Wheel and its inhabitants find a new lease on life, while Sara herself discovers that not all people outside of her beloved books are as bad as she believes.
“Because I should love Will. He’s such a wonderful person. So very lovable. He possesses so many wonderful, lovable, admirable qualities. There’s only one quality that he lacks. The quality to be more than one man.” (pg. 50)
One of the most famous traditions around the ‘leap year’ is that women propose to men on the rare date of 29 February, falling just once in four years. This leap year, media personality Gretel Killeen is calling on women who have proposed or are serious about proposing to and celebrate with an adventurous day at QV Melbourne.
In a study of recent Australian brides, fiancées and women with long-term partners via Australia’s leading and largest bridal fair One Fine Day, QV Melbourne found that less than 2% of all respondents had proposed to their partners with just 4% considering popping the question.
Today marks the official opening of The Happy Garden at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. Located on a sunny, open‐air balcony on level one at the Hospital, The Happy Garden provides sick kids the chance to heal quickly in a cheerful, healthy, sunlit environment.
Article by Jessica Morris
As a very boisterous child, I loved ballet. I wanted to learn all about dancing and wear pointe shoes, perform and be admired on stage. I was told I was too big to be a ballerina. I shouldn’t have listened, but before I could fathom a reasonable decision, I was singing in a choir instead. In the background, because I had a crushing feeling that my size meant I wasn’t supposed to be in the spotlight like I wanted to be.
Article by Kelly Sargent
“What is going to happen to the girl on the next table after this meal? What is going to be done to her at night? And the night after and the night after until someone steps in and offers her an alternative life?”
Article by Vanessa de Largie
I didn’t want to die.
I didn’t want to exit this life via domestic violence. The abuse was getting worse and I had to commit to saving myself. My parents’ deaths from cancer had given me strength. My inability to cope with physical, emotional and sexual abuse whilst grieving, forced me to take action.
Article by Darren Tendler
As writers, we can embellish and elaborate on fundamental values required to foster and strengthen romantic relationships, to appear as though we are bursting with expertise.
But strip away the furniture and paint, and the four walls to any devoted kinship are respect, honesty, hard work and attraction.
