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Justin Bieber Pop Queen – On Sale Now!

October 31st, 2011 by Anthea | 13 Comments | Filed in Celebrity, Music, The Magazine

Are you a true Justin Bieber fan? Then you’ll be jumping for joy once you get your hands on a copy of our JUSTIN BIEBER COLLECTOR’S EDITION of Pop Queen!!!

That’s right, we’ve given Pop Queen a total Bieber makeover with JB quizzes, puzzles, Bieber bingo to play with pals PLUS we tell you how to write to Justin, why Justin makes U Smile and we find out what’s in the future for Justin!

There’s also EIGHTEEN posters of Justin for your walls including 4 GIANT JB posters – OMB! Pop Queen is much bigger than our regular mag, which means bigger, brighter, totally beautiful posters! WIN!

This SPECIAL edition of Pop Queen is available at selected newsagencies so get your copy TODAY!

p.s. Have you got it? What do you think? Share your comments below!

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Tags: Bieber Fever, girl power, JB, Justin Bieber, Pop Queen, U Smile

Colour My World: Willow Smith

October 27th, 2011 by Whitney | 8 Comments | Filed in Art, craft and Design, Celebrity, Competition, The Magazine

Hello Girl Powerettes!

The GP office was once again swamped with entries for Colour My World: Willow Smith. We are always blown away with how talented you girls are!

It was a tough decision but here are our top three:

: Willow has definitely got girl power, Sarah!

Wow, Brittany! Willow is super stylin' in this artwork!

This is amazing Bradee, you are a talented artist!

And the winner is… BRADEE! Congratulations, you’ve just scored yourself a fabulous prize! We love the bright colours because just like Willow she is fearless and one of a kind! Good job Bradee!

Stay tuned, the top three Colour My World: Pink will be announced soon. You haven’t got much time so send your entries to girlpower@nextmedia.com.au OR to Girl Power, ’Colour my World’, Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590. Don’t forget to add your name, age and address, so if you win we can send you an amazing prize!

The GP Team will standing by for your amazing creations!

Lots of love,
The GP Team
xx

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Tags: Willow Smith

I Love Books: Amazing Author Emily Rodda

October 26th, 2011 by Amy | 3 Comments | Filed in Books, Stuff, The Magazine

Emily Rodda is a legend when it comes to kids’ books! She has written some really great reads including the Deltora books which are famous all around the world.

This month, the Girl Power team got to interview Emily and here’s a sneak peek for you…

GP: What are some of your favourite books ever?
EMILY: My favourite children’s books ever include… Lord Of The Rings, Anne Of Green Gables, The BFG and The Wind In The Willows.

GP: Did you write stories when you were a kid? What were they about?
EMILY: I was always writing as a child and often these were fantasy stories, especially stories about fairies. As a teenager I wrote ghost and love stories!!!

GP: Can you tell us about your new series, which starts with The Golden Door?
EMILY: The Doors trilogy is the tale of three brothers who live in the walled city Weld but have to leave it through one of three magic doors to help defeat the enemy attacking their home. The three books of the trilogy are about, adventure, mystery and magic.

For the rest of our amazing interview with Emily, check out the November Issue of Girl Power, it’s on sale now!

Are you a Emily Rodda fan? Click here for the Deltora Quest web site. It’s pretty cool!

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Tags: Book Club, Deltora, Emily Rodda, kids books, The Golden Door

I Love Books: EJ12 Girl Hero

October 24th, 2011 by Amy | 7 Comments | Filed in Books, Stuff, The Magazine

Have you read the EJ12 Girl Hero books by Susannah McFarlane? They’re really awesome!

These rad reads are all about Emma Jacks, a 12-year-old girl who leads a crazy double life as a secret agent! While Emma spends her time hanging with friends and worrying about homework and mean girls, EJ12 is a top spy who saves the world again and again!

There are lots of books in the EJ12 series, the first one is called Hot & Cold and it might be a good place to start if you want to read about Emma’s amazing adventures.

Want to learn more about the EJ12 Girl Hero books? Click here. There are giveaways and fun games to play too!

For more book news, reviews and interviews, check out the November Issue of Girl Power, it’s on sale now!

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Tags: Book Club, books for girls, EJ12

November Issue of Girl Power – On Sale Now!

October 24th, 2011 by Anthea | 13 Comments | Filed in Celebrity, The Magazine

Do you heart books? Yes? Well so does the GP Team! That’s why we’ve included an extra spesh I Love Books mini mag in this issue! There’s fun facts, trivia, quizzes, interviews with authors and we tell you how to start your own book club! Fun!

Even if you’re not much of a book lover, there’s still lots of stuff to keep you smiling. We catch up with the boys from Big Time Rush, go Cody Simpson CRAZY and find out all about besties Selena and Demi!

If you’ve been tuning into Junior MasterChef, or you just like cooking, you’ll LOVE our Junior MasterChef special! We chat with loveable judge George, plus catch up with some of the super contestants from last year. Pierre shares his fave lunchbox recipe and sweet sisters Isabella and Sofia tell us about their new recipe book A Little Bit of This a A Little Bit of That.

We also show you how to make a difference in YOUR world and suggest some spooky Halloween ideas! Each issue comes with the CUTEST coin purse – we’ve all been putting our pennies in them in the office! So ADORABLE! You can also win a brand new summer wardrobe and many more mega cool prizes!

So get your skates on and pick up the November issue of Girl Power – it’s ON SALE NOW!

P.S. Have you signed up to our E-newsletter? It gives you the latest and greatest goss from GP HQ, plus the chance to win more fab prizes! Just enter your email in the top right hand corner of this page, under “Join Our Mailing List”.

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Tags: Big Time Rush, Books, demi lovato, girl power, Halloween, November, reading, selena gomez

Short Stack Movie News + WIN a Cool Prize Pack!

October 17th, 2011 by Anthea | 8 Comments | Filed in Competition, Movies, Music

Listen up Short Stack fans! The boys’ brand new documentary The Story of Short Stack is being beamed live via satellite to cinemas around the country! Thanks to CinemaLive and Universal Music Australia, you can get a behind-the-scenes look at the band’s amazing journey on October 27 at 7pm!

As well as the doco, you’ll get to see a live acoustic set from the boys, a live Q&A with the fans PLUS a copy of the DVD! Woo hoo!

The premiere starts at 6:30pm with a red carpet at Event Cinemas, George St, Sydney and then the whole event will be beamed to cinemas around the country at 7pm. For details on tickets and cinemas, visit cinemalive.com

To celebrate, we’ve got three amazing Short Stack prize packs to give away! Each one includes:

A signed copy of their latest album This is Bat Country
A signed poster
A glow-in-the-dark dog tag necklace – cool!

To enter, email us at girlpower@nextmedia.com.au with your full name, age and postal address and tell us who is your favourite Aussie music artist and why! Include a big pic for your chance to be in the mag!

Good luck girls and don’t forget to get your tix to this amazing event at www.cinemalive.com

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Tags: Competition, Girl Power Magazine, Music, Short Stack, The Story of Short Stack

Adorable Animals: Rosebud from Spooky Buddies!

October 6th, 2011 by Anthea | 8 Comments | Filed in Movies

OMG! This clip of Rosebud from Spooky Buddies is actually too adorable! Spooky Buddies is all about a group of talking pups who head off to a mysterious mansion across town. It’s the paw-fect Halloween movie! In this clip, cute pup Rosebud does a fashion parade! Awww.

Spooky Buddies is out on Disney DVD and Blu-Ray now!

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Tags: Animals, Blu-Ray, Disney DVD, Spooky Buddies

Cute Movie News: The Fox and the Hound!

October 4th, 2011 by Anthea | 2 Comments | Filed in Movies

We can’t wait for tomorrow when the 2-movie collection The Fox and the Hound and The Fox and the Hound 2 is released on Disney DVD and Blu-Ray! This adorable movie collection tells the tale of two animals who are meant to be enemies. Despite the odds, the fox and the hound show the other animals what it means to be a true friend.