In the entertainment world, we get a sneak peek at Young Talent Time with Rob Mills and chat to the cast of Annie the Musical! There’s also a preview of the fun flicks that will hit cinemas in 2012.

It’s almost time to head back to school! Get prepped with our back to school mini mag – it’s filled with celeb school tips, reader advice and the chance to win a whole stash of stationery. Yippee!

Also – we teach you how to speak French, start a club, draw a panda, make a sun catcher and bake cute cakes for your Valentine! PLUS - Each issue comes with an uber-cute popsicle lip gloss! Yum!

So get your mitts on the latest issue – on sale now!

UPDATE: Sadly due to bad weather, this event has been cancelled You can find out more info on the Ticketmaster website – www.ticketmaster.com.au and a notification will be delivered to ticketholders who provided email and/or SMS details to Ticketmaster when they bought their tickets. For families who purchased tix, contact Ticketmaster to get your refund.

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Here at GP, we’re always on the lookout for school holiday boredom busters! As much as we LOVE the summer break, sometimes it’s hard to fill every day with fun! Right?

So we were super excited to find out about the Paddle Pop Adventure Park! The park swings opens its doors on Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th of January. Yippee! Sydneysiders can book their tix and head on down to ‘The Lake’ at Macquarie University in North Ryde for some serious school holiday fun!

The best bit about the theme park is that it’s got the world’s longest Slip’n'Slide – it’s 188 metres long! Wow! There’s also a Jungle Vines climbing wall, an Adventure Maze, bouncy castle, bungee trampolines and more!

You can also wind down and watch Paddle Pop Begins on the big screen in the Outdoor cinema, or grab a snack at The Hungry Lion’s Den.

For more info and to get your tix to the event, head to www.paddlepop.com.au

We sure hope you’re enjoying your summer break!

In this clip, Astrid (America Ferrera) serves up her own Christmas creation – Yaknog! Think eggnog… but totally gross! Get ready to LOL girls!

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Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury is out now! Yay! We think it’d make a kinda awesome Christmas pressie. Just sayin’

We’ve also got the totally beautiful Taylor Swift on the cover and she’s been named GP’s Girl of the Year. Why? Well… you’ll just have to see inside! (Plus, duh, she’s so completely awesome!)

There’s also so much showbiz goss in the December issue – Victoria Justice gets put to the test, plus we give you a rundown on all the fun flicks that are hitting cinemas these school holidays!

One of our fave parts of the mag is the quiz-o-rama mini-mag – it’s BURSTING with fun quizzes that will keep you busy until Santa comes!

So pick up a copy of the December issue – it’s on sale NOW!

P.S. Have you signed up to our e-newsletter? It’s filled with the latest goss from GP HQ PLUS the chance to win cool prizes! Just enter your email address in the top right hand corner of this page where it says “join our mailing list”.

The exhibition features some of our favourite Harry Potter  pieces – including Harry’s glasses!! Check out Hermione’s wand, the Gryffindor Boys’s Dormitory and pick yourself a mandrake at this super cool exhibition!

Harry Potter: The Exhibition opens this Saturday November 19 and will run up until the 18th of March 2012.

Check it out!

Pink has some serious girl power and so do you girls! We had a blast looking at your amazing entries for this month’s Colour My World: Pink and after many long hours we’ve finally managed to choose our top three:

Girl Power definitely rox our sox and so do you, Ashleigh!

We're lovin' the jacket in this one, Tiahna!

Wow, amazing work with the colours, Maria!

And the winner is…(drumroll please)…MARIA! Congratulations, you’ve won yourself an amazing prize! Pink isn’t afraid to be herself and we love her for it and the colours here just show how much girl power she’s got! Great job, Maria!

Stay tuned, the top three entries for Colour My World: Little Miss Sunshine will be announced soon. You haven’t got much time so send your entries to girlpower@next.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
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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!

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!

For those not up with the tennis lingo, a grand slam is a major international tennis tournament. There are four each year – the US Open, the Australian Open, Wimbeldon and the French Open. Now Sam’s won we think it should be renamed the Sam Slam!

Here’s what you need to know about Sam…

Full name: Samantha Jane Stosur

Birthday: 30 March 1984

Hometown: Brisbane

Siblings: Two brothers

Started playing tennis: Age 8

Did you know: Sam scored $1.7 million dollars in prize money for winning the US Open! Wowzers! Get practicing girls!

Sam inspires us to follow our dreams – girls can do anything!

There’s LIFE-SIZE posters of Cody Simpson, Jess Mauboy, Ke$ha and Kylie, 4 gigantic doubles of Jennifer Hudson, Avril Lavigne, Selena Gomez and Stan Walker plus 10 awesome single posters of Miranda Cosgrove, Lady Gaga, Bella Thorne, Jason Derulo, Owl City, Sharpay, The Warblers, Selena Gomez, Bridgit Mendler and Beyoncé! Woah!!! We’ve really maxed out the music stars there!!!

Also inside – we catch up with Selena Gomez, give you four pocket profiles to cut out and keep and new band The Never Ever give YOU the best ever advice on starting your own band! Plus… take our quiz to discover your inner rock star!

So rock up to your newsagent NOW and pick up a copy of Pop Queen! You won’t regret it!

Lotsa Love

The Pop Queens xx