Book: Last News

A Melbourne dad who dressed up as Queen Elsa to support his son in a now viral TikTok video, has penned a new children’s book with a heartwarming message – you don’t need to blend in and “different is best.”My Shadow Is Pink by best-selling author and illustrator Scott Stuart tells the tale of a little boy who wonders why his shadow is not blue like his dad’s and why he likes “books and pink toys, princess, fairies, and things ‘not for boys’.” The book had its genesis in Stuart looking for ways to help his son Colin, who was being bullied at childcare for having an Elsa doll.“When Colin was three, he fell completely in love with Elsa, and he had an Elsa doll that he absolutely loved,” Stuart told Star Observer in an email interview.“One

He used to be part of a double-act with comedian David Mitchell, starring in Peep Show and That Mitchell And Webb Look, but Robert Webb says not working together as much has truly helped their friendship.

This past December, as my 28th birthday loomed, I did something slightly immature and dramatic: I posted contextless song lyrics on Twitter. The lines in question—“In 27 years/I've drunk 50,000 beers/And they just wash against me/Like the sea into a pier”—came from the Silver Jews’ “Trains Across the Sea,” off 1994’s Starlite Walker. Like many fans of Silver Jews leader David Berman, I’d found myself continuously returning to his work in the wake of his sudden death last August, not long after he re-emerged as Purple Mountains.

The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle has been announced as a judge for this year’s National Book Awards, working in the Literature in Translation category. He also shared a new cassette, Songs for Pierre Chuvin. Darnielle posted a cryptic message to Instagram with instructions to text “Cassette” to 31996 for updates on the 10-track tape’s release.

Comedian and writer Robert Webb, 47, who rose to fame with David Mitchell in Peep Show and That Mitchell And Webb Look, recently recovered from a heart operation and is relishing family time with his wife, fellow comedian Abigail Burdess and their two children Esme and Dory.