If you've been coming to Lingua Franca for a very long time (remember the Vroom days?), you may have had the good fortune of meeting a lovely young woman called Lesley Slade. In her typically understated way, Lesley came to us 'just to learn some French', which she did for two or three terms if my memory serves me correctly. The next thing we knew, Lesley had moved to Paris and vivait son rêve* working as a freelance journalist, speaking French, completing a writers residency in Champagne, teaching English in Paris, attending shows for Paris Fashion Week and... naturellement*... falling in love.

Fast forward seven years and Lesley is back living in Brisbane (now with her French-Tunisian husband) and has decided to launch herself yet again into the inconnu* (you really have to admire Lesley's dynamisme*) by starting her very own magazine.

Everly is a lifestyle magazine about style, fashion, travel, the arts, culture and inspiring human interest stories. There's a definite French flavour, which is of course inspired by her time in France.

Taking a look at the cover of Issue #1 and Everly’s Instagram account, it is immediately clear that Lesley speaks our language: the 2020 Chanel spring-summer collection, interviews with beloved Paris-based Australian photographer Carla Coulson and comedian Tim Minchin and a round-up of Aussie entrepreneurs taking the French coffee scene by storm. Quoi de mieux?*

If you'd like to go into the running to win one of three copies of Everly Issue 1, email us the name of a book by Carla Coulson. We’ll take the first three entries.

Bonne chance*!

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Everly Magazine