“The Whole News” Blog
Opening our minds to greater awareness and depth
Want your kids to join a fight club or a mastery club?
Fight Club is in the news. It’s a confrontational and violent novel by Chuck Palahniuk about young men who meet to fight and thus formally object to a materialistic, ‘cushy’ world that only offers human warmth to those who are ill. VCE students are...
Melbourne romance author’s life changes after writing new book
Does life imitate art? Singer/actress Miley Cyrus is famous for her role as fictional pop star Hannah Montana, a sitcom that gave rise to her own singing career. In 2016 Melbourne author and writing coach, Liliane Grace, was teaching a course on Novel-Writing at the...
Husband becomes everything his wife wants… and nearly destroys their marriage
What happens when your marriage is on the rocks and suddenly everything changes? Melbourne author Liliane Grace is launching a new novel, Wanted: Greener Grass in which her main character Mia finds out what happens when her husband John returns home from an overseas...
Which ‘Money Personality’ is your teenager?
A new YA (Young Adult) novel models the four ‘money personalities’ to help teenagers identify their attitude to money, become financially literate, and develop better monetary habits. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia’s household debt is...
Honeymoon pics
The honeymoon was wonderful! We flew into Paris and visited Versailles – drove up to Reims to explore the gorgeous villages (and cellars) of the Champagne region – explored some of the chateaux along the River Loire – stayed with a delightful couple deep in the...
Dog Attack Terror – where’s the Hidden Order in that?
I was walking Sammy and Coco, our two Maltese Shitsu dogs, in my new suburb and heading toward my favourite street, a lane that borders paddocks, when they were attacked by two bulldogs that came hurtling out of a driveway, barking aggressively. I...