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1 week 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.
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1 week ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
The case is emerging... Asides Two Queensland families have been caught in an IVF mix-up that resulted in one couple giving birth to the biological child of another patient.
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1 week ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
The murder is just the start of the mystery … Asides The Grapevine opens on a frenzied scene in a suburban bathroom. A murder has been committed. A wife scrubs the evidence from her newly-decorated middle class bathroom. Her husband has been careless, leaving telltale blotches of blood.
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1 week ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
A change is as good as a holiday. Asides If you’re new to Lucy Score, here is a quick backgrounder: self-published romance writer is noticed by small, indie press, strikes a chord with women all across America and becomes New York Times bestselling author.
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2 weeks ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
From her earliest years, when she would bake cakes and biscuits with her grandma, Steph de Sousa loved to cook. At first, it was old-school meals for her young family: Stews, braises and shepherd’s pie. Two years in Vanuatu working as a hair stylist while raising two young kids taught her to cook seasonally. In 2019, MasterChef Australia offered a pathway to a career in food, and she didn’t turn back.
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1 month ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
Toxic masculinity, men’s rights activists and the radicalisation of young men are in the spotlight following the release of the provocative Netflix series Adolescence. The Weekly first wrote about this rising threat two years ago when we profiled self-proclaimed misogynist and alleged rapist Andrew Tate. We also spoke with those working to combat “the manosphere” and its harmful effects. The following article was first printed in April 2023.
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1 month ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
Five years on from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns and disruption across the globe, The Weekly’s Genevieve Gannon explores what could the next pandemic be, and asks: are we ready for it? In the spring of 2021, as NSW residents sheltered inside during the second lockdown, the isolation orders coincided with the wettest November on record.
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1 month ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
The cost of your weekly grocery shop has risen sharply in recent years, and while some of that is due to the higher cost of doing business, profit margins have gone up, a federal supermarket inquiry has found. Australian grocery prices have risen by 24 per cent in the past five years and the “highly concentrated” nature of Australia’s grocery sector means there is no easy solution to the growing cost of feeding your family.
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1 month ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
When Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in 2018, the spotlight swung to one of the guests. She wore an emerald-green Dolce & Gabbana dress, hand-painted with orange flowers. A matching green fascinator was pinned to her blonde hair. A slip of netting covered her eyes. The world’s press was captivated by the serenely beautiful Kitty Spencer, and her resemblance to her late aunt, Princess Diana.
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1 month ago | 
womensweekly.com.au | Genevieve Gannon
AWW: Story of my Life is about a romance writer. Did you mine your own experiences to create Hazel Hart, or is she pure fiction? Lucy: I love writing a character with a job that I don’t have to do a whole lot of research on! I definitely took advantage of my own experiences as a romance novelist and imbued Hazel with regular bouts of self-doubt and artistic angst! She has a best-friend and agent, Zoey, who loves her dearly, but isn’t afraid to tell her hard truths when necessary.
