For weeks now Madonna has been hinting that she’s working on a biopic about her own life. On her Instagram page she’s been handing out with screenwriter Diablo Cody, and sharing photos of old journals, cassettes of early demo recordings, and photographs of friends from her early days in New York in the late 1970s. […]
Brutally Honest by Melanie Brown with Louise Gannon Quadrille Responding to a 1994 advertisement for a girl band, Melanie Brown became one of five wannabe nobodies screaming and yelling for girl-power. Mel B was Scary Spice, the cheeky, loud, fearless one who soared to fame and fortune with the Spice Girls. Unfortunately this did not […]
The Perth launch of Joel Creasey’s autobiography Thirsty: Confessions of a Fame Whore had an auspicious beginning when Creasey arrived and greeted the audience with the disclaimer that he had to apologise as he was he was extremely hungover after attending the Melbourne Cup the day before. He revealed that he had spent the day […]
Musician and philanthropist Sir Elton John has signed a deal to publish his autobiography. The book will focus on his life from his early career, to his battles with drugs and alcohol, coming out, his activism on gay rights and AIDS, and more recent family life with partner David Furnish and their adopted children. Music […]
The Society of Women Writers WA is hosting a creative writing event, Writing Your Life Story, on Saturday 12 November 2016 at Citiplace Community Centre, Perth Railway Station Concourse. Helen Iles, (pictured Below) publisher and award-winning writer, will conduct two workshops. The morning workshop, Life Writing, is from 9.30am to 12 noon. Helen will show […]
‘Bonkers: My Life in Laughs’ is Jennifer Saunders’ first foray into hard cover. Given her impressive career writing for television, it’s no surprise that her humour translates well onto the page. ‘Bonkers’ is layered with her trademark wit and full of entertaining anecdotes. It’s required reading for any die hard French and Saunders or Absolutely […]
