![]() ![]() The universal appeal of magic is evident in the sheer volume of young readers who have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy‘s Worst Witch– 6.5 million and counting. ![]() Magical mayhem meets the everyday world of school life in a show which will resonate with every child who’s ever dreamed of being able to change the world by magic – and everyone who’s ever worried about not being good enough. And resident mean girl Ethel Hallow wants Mildred out of the way to stop her from stealing the limelight once and for all. Miss Hardbroom wants her out before she ruins the reputation of Cackle’s Academy forever. But Mildred’s place in this world is constantly in jeopardy. A first-year student at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches, Mildred is living every girl’s dream – she’s learning how to do real magic! Every day, she gets to fly on a broomstick, mix potions and cast spells. Faithfully based on Jill Murphy’s well-loved books, The Worst Witch is an exciting series of adventures for one of the most iconic and best-loved characters in children’s literature. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The gender non-conforming artist who has a great love of fashion and jewelry, was wearing a pink jumpsuit and platform heels at the time. After bumping into a man on a Melbourne tram they were punched in the face by a man who said ““I’m OK with gay people, but you’re too much.” The tour will see Alok take the stage in Sydney on Monday 19 September, before heading to Brisbane on Tuesday 20 September, Perth’s Astor Theatre on Wednesday 21 September, before Melbourne on Thursday 22 September, and then Auckland on Friday 23 September.Īhead of their arrival in Australia Alok recounted a violent altercation that they experienced on their last trip to Australia six years ago. They are the author of Beyond the Gender Binary (2020) which has been described as a “clarion call for a new approach to gender in the 21st century” and the poetry books Femme in Public (2017) and Your Wound / My Garden (2021). ![]() Internationally acclaimed performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon will bring their new poetry-comedy show to Australia and New Zealand this month. ![]() ![]() ![]() And none more captivating than Prabaker, the first Indian Lin meets, and our guide to the steamy, fragrant, crowded streets of Bombay. He insists that he invented the vivid characters that populate this epic, but even if they never existed they become flesh as the story winds on. ![]() Roberts also escaped Australian prison where he was serving time for armed robbery and fled to Bombay in the 80s before becoming a novelist. ![]() I say “very nearly true” because, even though he insists Shantaram is a work of fiction, Roberts’s real-life story closely mirrors his protagonist’s. Shantaram is the very nearly true story of an Australian, Lindsay, who flees to Bombay under a phony New Zealand passport after climbing over the wall of an Aussie prison. Although in the midst of listening, I ended up buying both the paperback and Kindle edition to make it easier to take notes. And the Audible edition is beautifully brought to life by Humphrey Bower. I just finished a long book that I really loved, Gregory David Roberts’s 2003 novel, Shantaram. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was bestowed with the Order of the British Empire for her contributions towards English literature. Her play, The Mousetrap, holds the record for the longest initial run of any play in history, running at the West End of London since 1952. Some of her most famous works include The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. A prolific writer, Agatha Christie wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections and is best remembered for characters such as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. She has also written romances under the name Mary Westmacott. How will he and Jepp resolve the case?ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was an English writer known for her murder mystery novels and short stories. Although a verdict proclaimed that he killed himself, Poirot suspects that there is more than what meets the eye. Henry Morley, Poirot’s own dentist, is found murdered from a gunshot wound. Bearing a stark resemblance to Three Act Tragedy, this title also features related elements with respect to the denouement and also the plot in its entirety. ![]() One, Two, Buckle My Shoe features Japp’s final novel appearance. ![]() It is one of several of her crime novels that feature both Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective, and Chief Inspector Japp. Book Summary: When wealthy spinster Emily French is found murdered, suspicion falls on Leonard Vole, the man to whom she hastily bequeathed her riches before. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie. ![]() ![]() She had been cured more than 40 years ago, but because of the cultural stigma and harsh laws against lepers, she lived all her life in a sanitarium, isolated from the rest of society. It turns out that Tokue had leprosy as a child. Sentaro begins to learn from Tokue how to make the wonderful sweet bean paste, and he learns so much more than that from her! She has a wonderful outlook on life, but is mysterious about her past. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue’s dark secret is revealed. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. It is set in modern-day Japan, and focuses on some cultural changes that are just happening within the last twenty-five years or so. ![]() Sweet Bean Paste, by Durian Sukegawa, is a story of friendship and renewal. There are times when the colour of life changes completely. ![]() People’s lives never stay the same colour forever. ![]() |