Brisbanista News Updates

The Fifty Six Restaurant launched this week with an awesome range of Cantonese dishes. It is located on the top floor of the stunning heritage-listed Naldham House. The restaurant’s name is derived from the 56 brave Chinese immigrants who decided to make Brisbane their home. They become the start of… Read more »

Break The Rules by Lauren Jackson is so much more than a college sports romance…………. Anya’s life, which she was sure was under perfect control, has become chaotic overnight! Cast adrift, perplexed and despairing, she seeks sanctuary at her brother’s house. Resolute to leave the past and its heartbreak behind,… Read more »

Never Say Never by Danielle Steel – Oona Kelly Webster is currently employed as an editor at a influential New York publishing house. Married, with two children, she and her husband, Charles, have been married for 25 years. Oona therefore decides to book a silver wedding anniversary getaway at a… Read more »

New research from Italian pasta maker Barilla reveals that this Valentine’s Day, Aussies are turning to the kitchen to express their love and appreciation. As the saying goes, “the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach,” and this year, food is taking centre stage in how Aussies celebrate the… Read more »

Here are some of the films and TV shows coming out in the next couple of months: Please note – some of the release dates have changed or moved. Apple Cider Vinegar Set at the birth of Instagram. Apple Cider Vinegar follows two young women who set out to cure… Read more »

Beckett is a very lucky cat. Rescued as a kitten, Beckett has been taken care of by the ever-loving Rose, who tries to save him from getting into trouble. When his nine lives are just about up, Beckett starts to see the error of his ways. And it’s hard for… Read more »

A Pirate’s Life ForTea by Rebecca Thorne is the heart-warming sequel to her instant Sunday Times bestseller, Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea. Reyna, a tea-maker, and book-store owner, along with her partner, Kianthe, live in the small town of Tawney. They are hunting for dragon eggs to save their hometown.… Read more »

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst tells of Dave Win, the son of a British dressmaker and a Burmese man that he’s never met. Dave is thirteen years old when he procures a scholarship to a top boarding school. As the entry to elite English society opens up for him, so… Read more »

To Die For by David Baldacci begins with two suspicious deaths! When Wayne and Alice Odom are killed, the police report states clearly that it was a drug overdose. So why is their daughter, who was there when they died, claiming that’s not the truth?Betsy Odom, the young survivor, doesn’t… Read more »

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the second book in the bestselling, mouth-watering, Japanese sleuthing series. It follows on from The Kamogawa Food Detectives. Down a lesser known Kyoto backstreet resides the incomparable Kamogawa Diner. This unique establishment is operated by… Read more »