Step out in Paris with me
I must confess to having had a love affair for over 30 years… a love affair with the wondrous city of Paris. See, we have a history, Paris and me: it was the place where I went for my first overseas trip; […]
Articles by Michelle Beesley
Christine Wells: writing history from the heart
If you enjoy the novels of Brisbane authors, Kate Morton and Kimberley Freeman, you can now add the name Christine Wells to your reading list. The Brisbane author who writes historical fiction, started her working life as a corporate lawyer. No stranger […]
An interview with Killer Queen, Casey Donovan
While waiting to speak with Casey Donovan—singer, actress, author and champion of Indigenous causes—I do the maths. It has been 12 years since as a 16-year-old, she took out the coveted Australian Idol title, beating one of Australia’s other favourite performers, Anthony […]
What the Wallabies have taught my sons
As a mother of three sons I have spent a large portion of my life standing beside a rugby field: in torrential rain, searing heat and gale force winds. My rugby handbag contains all necessary essentials – sunscreen , spare mouthguards, a […]
Desert dweller – walking 250km across the Simpson Desert
Would you agree to trek 32 kilometres a day across a desert in over 40 degree heat with no access to a shower or phone for eight days? Of course not – no coffee, no comfy bed or social media! But Channel […]
The girl on the train gets off in Brisbane by Michelle Beesley
“Having your agent say your book is good is like having your mum say you’re pretty,” says Paula Hawkins, author of the best-selling novel, The Girl on the Train. A worldwide sensation, the novel was optioned by a film company before it […]
Gina Liano … sense and scent-sibility
My not so guilty pleasure on a Sunday night is popping the bubbles and sitting down to watch the glitz and glamour that is The Real Housewives of Melbourne. It never fails to entertain. Some love it, some hate it; but it […]
I fell in love with my husband… again
A funny thing happened on my last holiday… but I’m getting ahead of myself. This is how it began, with me crying: “no, I can’t go! I’m terrified even watching lions on the television.” Yet, here I am with my husband and […]