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Jamie Durie: devoted yogi, TV star, designer, horticulturist, author and ardent environmentalist.

Cover story by Karen Farrell

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Editor - iQ magazine - November 2018 issue

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Editor - iQ magazine - November 2019 issue

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Archibald winner, Ben Quilty, counts friends in high places, including the late Margaret Olley. (Part 1)

By Karen Farrell

EDITOR

Editor of the lifestyle publication Focus magazine (Fairfax Rural Press subsidiary). Editor of iQ magazine. iQ publishes works by eminent authors in Australasia and overseas. 

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Simone Callahan walks-the-talk to live a contended life both on and off the mat.

Cover story by Karen Farrell

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Editor - iQ magazine - February 2019 issue

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Editor - iQ magazine - February 2020 issue

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Ben Quilty on the war in Afghanistan and 'masculine' rights of passage. (Part 2)

By Karen Farrell

SENIOR WRITER

Senior writer for Australian Yoga Life. Interview yoga practitioners, experts and well-known identities for cover placement on AYL - Australia’s longest-running yoga magazine.

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Ashtanga devotee, and Boost Juice founder, Janine Allis.

Cover story by Karen Farrell

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Editor - iQ magazine - May 2019 issue

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Editor - iQ magazine - May 2020 issue

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An Australian gallerist in China: an interview with Brian Wallace.

By Karen Farrell

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"We used to build civilisation. Now we build shopping malls,” Bill Bryson.

By Karen Farrell 

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Clean up your act, Australia: the dire effect of discarded litter on marine mammals and bird life.

By Karen Farrell 

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Certified Fairtrade products contribute to greater equity in international trade.

By Karen Farrell 

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INXS

Performed to 25 million people across 50 countries.  Tim Farriss tells that it's rare for a band to perform together for 34 years. 

By Karen Farrell

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GRACE KNIGHT

Metamorphosed from an edgy pop singer into a sensuous jazz singer in the space of just a few short years.

By Karen Farrell

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TROY CASSAR-DALEY

I was never a fan of country music, that is, until I had lunch with TCD - the king of ARIA, APRA, Golden Guitar and Deadly Awards.

By Karen Farrell

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Thalidomide: the chemistry mistake given to pregnant women that killed and disfigured countless babies.

By Karen Farrell

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In Australia 30,000 children are annually reported abused or neglected. Protecting children is a community business.

By Karen Farrell 

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WaterAid is a charity dedicated to providing safe and drinkable domestic water to the world's poorest people.

By Karen Farrell 

Wellbeing

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Toni Childs' amazing life.

By Karen Farrell

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The great yoga teacher training debate. 

By Karen Farrell

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The life and times of Bryan Kest.

By Karen Farrell

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The Yin and Yang of Yoga: a 'Pechakucha' presentation.

By Karen Farrell (pictured)

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 Bryan Kest introduced donation-based yoga to the West.

By Karen Farrell

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Yoga and surfing have more in common than you might think.                  

By Karen Farrell (pictured)

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Meet self-confessed “syrupy and effortless” wave rider, pro surfer, Craig Anderson.

By Karen Farrell

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Chengwu Guo: soloist in the Australian Ballet talks Don Quixote.                                    

By Karen Farrell

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An interview with Stephanie Alexander AO - the cook, restaurateur, writer and founder of the Kitchen Garden Program.

By Karen Farrell

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Freedom seeker: German born artist, Claire Schmidt.

By Karen Farrell

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Actor Ruth Cracknell's Archibald painting hung in the Salon de Refuses. 

By Karen Farrell 

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Yvette Hugill achieved Master Pastellist status.

By Karen Farrell

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TONI CHILDS

A triumphant return to performing after a 10-year Hawaiian Island sabbatical.

By Karen Farrell 

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THE MCCLYMONTS

Why the sisters don't mind being compared to the Dixie Chicks.

By Karen Farrell

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ICEHOUSE

Iva Davies talks about his uncompromising approach to musicianship. 

By Karen Farrell

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On Anzac Day we gather to remember those who served and died in wars and conflicts, past and present, and peacekeeping operations. 

By Karen Farrell 

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The Battle of Beersheba - one of the great last traditional Calvary charges in the military history of infantrymen on horseback.

By Karen Farrell 

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NRMA President and former politician, Wendy Machin, is sick of empty promises from politicians' to fix Australian roads.  

By Karen Farrell 

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Winter Splendour: Yellowstone National Park. (Part 1)

By Karen Farrell   

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Winter Splendour: Yellowstone National Park. (Part 2)

By Karen Farrell

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Annual Report 2016-2017 Animal Welfare League Queensland

 

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Actor John Waters channels John Lennon on the 31st anniversary of the music icon's death.

By Karen Farrell 

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Comedies, histories and tragedies: celebrating the world's most lauded playwright, The Bard. 

By Karen Farrell

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Veteran thespian, Nancye Hayes, performs in the Green Room Award winner, 'Turns'.  

By Karen Farrell