Genevieve Gannon

6 days ago | womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon

Following a wipe-out at the recent election, with party leader Peter Dutton among the casualties, the Liberal Party is doing some soul searching and searching for a new leader. There are currently two candidates in the running for the top position, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor and Deputy Party Leader Sussan Ley (pronounced Lee). If Sussan wins the top job, she will be the party’s first female leader in its 80-year history.

6 days ago | womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon

Content Warning: This article touches on the topics of mental health issues, suicide, and cyberbullying, which may be triggering for some readers. The Northern Territory cattle station where Kate and Tick Everett raised their daughters, Meg and Dolly, is hundreds of kilometres from Katherine and doesn’t get mobile phone coverage. Kate recalls one trip into town, years ago, during which Meg and Dolly were talking about “streaks” on Snapchat.

2 weeks ago | womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon

Natasha Lester uncovers stories of women from history and drapes them in velvet. Her fiction is characterised by intricately researched events and a romantic writing style. Her latest novel, The Mademoiselle Alliance, takes place in occupied France during WWII, yet despite this brutal setting, there is much beauty to be found in the pages.    The book follows the life of the remarkable Marie-Madeleine Fourcade who led a network of 3000 French intelligence agents during WWII.

2 weeks ago | womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon |Orlaith Costello

Content warning: The following story discusses violence against women. As battle-weary women across the country dusted off their “Enough is Enough” signs and took to the streets again, anger churned their weary frustration into resolute determination. Too many women had died. Something needed to be done. That same weekend, emergency service workers responding to a house fire in a southern suburb of Perth had found the body of a 30-year-old woman in a bedroom. Her name was Erica Hay.

4 weeks ago | womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon

One of Australia’s most beloved historical fiction writers talks about bringing the past to life, and reading archives in French. Asides Natasha: I feel like there’s some little part of your brain that just knows, and it is that gut instinct of that’s going to be the one.