Nominations Open for the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Children & Young Adult Category Submissions are now open for the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize, Australasia’s most prestigious literary award for historical fiction. With a total prize pool of $150,000, the Children and Young Adult (CYA)...
As well as being a mood-boosting treat this Easter, chocolate can also be good for us, and researchers are working to make it even better for gut health, report Wenan Cai,Dr Kristy DiGiacomo,Said Ajlouni and Senaka Ranadheera While many of us enjoy chocolate throughout the year,...
Emma Bateman highlights the differences in parenting styles between mums and dads. At the playground, my arms are folded tightly around my waist and I’m scowling. Not at my two-year-old son, who is smiling crazily, but at my husband, John, who is dangling William precariously about...
It takes some time before Amelia Sommer adjusts to, and appreciates, the role that her mother is prepared to play in her children’s lives. Once, when my 10-month-old daughter would not stop crying, and I was trying to placate her as well as cope with her...
Martha Wegner discovers that when it comes to gardening, two’s competent but three’s a clown. It was the kind of day we dream about when we think of autumn: perfectly cool, the kind of cool that requires a long-sleeved shirt and maybe a hat to keep...
The Children’s Book Council Australia (CBCA) is thrilled to announce the 2025 Book of the Year Awards Notable list. This curated list of diverse and engaging books celebrates the extraordinary talent and creativity of our Australian authors and illustrators, reflecting the vibrancy of contemporary children’s literature...
Seventy per cent of us experience a spike in stress over the festive season, but some understanding of why we get anxious and the effect on our bodies can help us relax this Christmas Dr Jared Cooney Horvath Here we go again. It’s that time of...
Our favourite Christmas treats come from Donna Hay! She is sharing her favourite tips and tricks for the ultimate festive celebration in her new four-part series, Donna Hay Christmas on Disney+. You can stream it or watch a trailer. Blanched Bean and Prosciutto Bundles Ingredients 800g green beans,...
20 people, 2.4 quintillion possibilities. Stephen Woodcock looks at the baffling statistics of Secret Santa Christmas, we’re told, is the most wonderful time of the year. For many of us, however, it is preceded by one of the least wonderful times: the awkward social spectacle of...
Halloween is an annual celebration on October 31. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honour all saints;...
