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Sun seeker
Keep your cool this summer by choosing flowing silhouettes in natural fibres. Just add a sun hat and swimsuit for extra ease in and out of the water.
Good intentions
Resolutions rarely become reality, and yet we continue to make them. The good news, however, is that there’s another way – and it makes them far more likely to stick.
Our heroes of 2021
This year has tested us beyond measure, but we’ve seen everyday Australians rise to its challenges in courageous, heartfelt and inspiring ways. The Weekly pays tribute to some of those everyday heroes.
Remembering Bert Newton
July 23, 1938 – October 30, 2021
AUSSIE SPORTSWOMEN MAKE A SPLASH!
2021 has been a golden year for Aussie sportswomen and their victories have lifted our spirits. For that, The Weekly says thank you!
Delivering hope
A group of volunteers is helping the vulnerable in the community through food and friendship.
I wish I may, I wish I might ...
The world changed irrevocably over the past two years, but for critically ill children and their families, the pandemic was just another challenge. Fortunately, those who bring happiness and hope didn’t change; they worked even harder.
The Greensborough pool miracle
Nothing evokes a Christmas epiphany like a new public pool and a packet of Alpines.
Saving lives in the Red Centre
“I had this intuitive feeling that if the virus came to Central Australia, it would cause absolute devastation ... ”
Light after darkness
For close to five decades, Trudy McCullagh searched high and low for a way to care for her son. Three years ago, she was finally introduced to an organisation that would give her family a sense of hope again.
The power of people & science
“I kept thinking to myself, as hard as it is, this is a very special time in our history.”
Together we're powerful
After enduring a traumatic and very public ordeal, former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has become a catalyst for change.
How are you feeling?
To say the last year has been tough on many is an understatement. We talk to psychiatrist Dr Ruth Vine, Australia’s first Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health, about the importance of checking in with our mental health.
WILD AT HEART
She’s been a daredevil kid, fearless international reporter, co-host with breakfast TV’s enfant terrible and mischievous mum. Allison Langdon shares her world, and sheds a few tears, in a heartfelt chat with The Weekly.
The Cuckoo's Cry by Caroline Overington, HarperCollins
Psychological THRILLER
THIS IS ME
He’s best known as drag diva Courtney Act, but beneath the wig, eyelashes and fabulous frocks is Shane Jenek, the boy from Brisbane. As revealed in his explosive memoir, he conquered shame, bullying and social conventions to show the world who he really is.
Royal insider
Behind Palace gates with Juliet Rieden
The bookshelf Prepare to be hooked ...
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell, Century
The Last Exiles by Ann Shin, HarperCollins
Leaving HOME
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza, HQ
Love and LOSS
My story My impossible choice
Kristine Rawlinson had a successful career as an NDIS community engagement officer, but when her husband, Neal, was left disabled by a catastrophic infection, she was shocked by how hard it was to get the support they needed.
Ready for a festive battle
When it comes to getting prepped for the Christmas season, the early bird gets the tinsel.
Storytime
The Raffles Affair by Vicki Virtue, Penguin
Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser, Allen & Unwin
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
OUT OF AFRICA
In a quest to save wild African lions from extinction, filmmaker Rogue Rubin went undercover, posing as a big game trophy-hunt photographer and putting her own life at risk. She reveals her terrifying journey.
Muddy People by Sara El Sayed, Black Inc
Memoir
Gin by Shonna Milliken Humphrey, Bloomsbury
Pocket BOOK
Devotion by Hannah Kent, Picador
Historic ROMANCE
The birth of hope
In 2020, the number of children in foster care rose to 46,000, and almost half of those are in NSW. With many moving from place to place with no solution in sight, one inspiring young woman is determined to end the cycle.
Murder in Larrimah
The curious investigation into the disappearance of Paddy Moriarty and his kelpie Kellie in a tiny Northern Territory 12-person community.