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City Kid
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24.01.2022 Lola's house is falling down! Will Melbourne's City Council save it? http://www.theage.com.au//citys-oldest-shopanddwelling-fal
23.01.2022 City Kid has just been short-listed (one out of three) for the inaugural Rosie Award, given by the Institute of Professional Editors for the best edited book 2015-6!!
22.01.2022 Readings has already sold one copy of City Kid. Go, Readings! There are a few more there. Dont miss out!
20.01.2022 Lolas book, City Kid, is now on Amazon and goodreads.com. Could all of you who have read it please add a review? http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28151144-city-kid
18.01.2022 First anniversary of Lolas book launch today! Happy memories, Lola!
18.01.2022 Were up to our third printing of 100 copies! There will be a talk about Lola in April at the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies with more to come.
17.01.2022 A look back in time - even though this was an ad for the book launch, it is a rare peek inside Lolas shop and house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF20D8Ms7po&feature=youtu.be
17.01.2022 Just secured a talk about Lolas great-grandfather with the Genealogical Society in September! He arrived in Melbourne in 1838, only 3 years after European settlement. Here he is, gracing Lolas book launch.
17.01.2022 A toast to Lola Russell: author of City Kid, pioneer actress, historian extraordinaire, and a star!
16.01.2022 Lola Russell (author) and Susan Pierotti (editor) on the night City Kid was launched
16.01.2022 Lola deserves a special International Womens Day of her own! 3rd print run of City Kid, her amazing memoirs, has just been published. To buy, go to http://www.citykidbook.com.au/
15.01.2022 Save Lola's house and a part of our heritage! donate now. https://www.mycause.com.au//save-russells-old-corner-shop-
14.01.2022 The next 100 copies of Lolas memoirs are selling well, but there still time to order one (or more) for Christmas!
14.01.2022 Speaking at the Cambridge Society about Lola and George in August. George was a Cambridge scholar in the late 1940s.
13.01.2022 Great article on Lola by Ricky French! He really has captured her and George to a T. http://www.theaustralian.com.au//9390a93490de063a39a419da1
13.01.2022 What do SPI Property Inspections and Lola have in common? Lolas great-uncle was an optometrist in NZ. The founder of SPI read Lolas book and discovered the name of his former optometrist on page 8!
13.01.2022 City Kid was entered in the Colin Roderick Award (for the best published book in any genre dealing with an aspect of Australian life). It didnt make the short list but ALL entries were remarked upon as being of a uniformly high standard. Go, Lola!
11.01.2022 Lolas house is falling down! Will Melbournes City Council save it? http://www.theage.com.au//citys-oldest-shopanddwelling-fal
10.01.2022 Save Lolas house and a part of our heritage! donate now. https://www.mycause.com.au//save-russells-old-corner-shop-
10.01.2022 Another remarkable performer in her nineties. Like Lola, age just makes them better! http://www.reshareworthy.com/91-year-old-olivia-turner-si/
09.01.2022 The talk on Lolas City Kid was presented at the Cambridge Society and the Maltese Historical Association last month. 3 more talks ahead! (Photo is Fitzwilliam house where Lolas husband Goerge studied in Cambridge.)
09.01.2022 Lola and George were on TV last night! https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/749510510392082432
09.01.2022 City Kid one of 6 award winners at the AIGS Don Grant Award.
09.01.2022 Lola was interviewed and appeared as the page 4 girl in the Pakenham Gazette! She taught at St Margarets girls school Berwick in the 1960s.
09.01.2022 Lola will be appearing at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria next Thursday at 12 pm for an hours presentation on her life and book.
07.01.2022 Paul Cox, independent Australian film director has died. Lola appeared in his Lonely Hearts in 1982. http://www.abc.net.au//independent-australian-film/7524034
07.01.2022 City Kid now available at Readings Carlton, International Bookstore of the Year 2016!
06.01.2022 Lola reading from her memoirs at the launch of her book.What are you reading over the holidays?
05.01.2022 A huge thank you to Dr Andrew Lemon and the staff at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria where we presented Lolas story to great acclaim. Lola even met a 2nd cousin she never knew existed, and many teachers she taught with. Sold out of books with orders for more!
05.01.2022 There is nothing like a Dame! The fact that it was a humid 36-degree night didnt stop Lola turing up to the launch of her memoirs, City Kid in velvet, pearls and fur and a fabulous pair of red satin high heels. What style!
04.01.2022 First anniversary of launch of ;City Kid - happy memories, Lola!
03.01.2022 Two fabulous talks about City Kid and 25 books sold! Thank you to the members of a private womens club and the Hotham History Project.
03.01.2022 Did you know that Lolas great-grandfather was Australias first Maltese free settler?
01.01.2022 At the Royal Historical Soc. of Vic. awards today. City Kid didnt get short-listed but people came up to Lola and remembered her from her acting days. As she said, its nice to be remembered.
01.01.2022 Wanting something to read over the summer holidays? Lolas book has everyone engrossed!
01.01.2022 City Kid - a great read over the holidays! Go to http://www.citykidbook.com.au/index.php?page_id=326
