Lily and the Fairy House

Jane Tanner

Lily knows that fairies live near the gum tree. She has created a fairy house with a rose petal bed and a gum leaf table, and today she is preparing a fairy party . . . But will the fairies come and play? Lily and the Fairy House is pure wish-fulfillment, a magical fairy book for girls of all ages....

How I Clawed My Way to the Middle

John Wood

'Your job is to go out there, grab the audience by the balls, and drag them up on stage with you!' I was flabbergasted. This I understood. A language that I spoke - had spoken most of my life. It was the best acting note I ever got. John Wood grew up in working-class Melbourne; when he failed out of hig...