Two Australian friends read their letters to each other, revealing their love of books, gardening, travel and cooking, and the ordinary pleasures in life. Annabelle Hickson and Gillian Bell live in different states in Australia. Annabelle lives on a pecan farm in the north west of NSW. She is a writer, photographer and flower lover. Gillian lives in Brisbane, Queensland. She is a cake-maker and private cook who travels the world with her whisk to make wedding cakes.
The two friends reminisce about the gathering in Scotland in 2019 (when no-one knew what 2020 had in store) with Canadian friend and podcaster Lindsay...
Gillian volunteers to dust an Italian apartment and plans a summer of fruit crumbles while Annabelle nearly goes postal as her magazine’s publishing d...
Gillian writes of carpet conundrums growing up & a garden makeover while Annabelle shares the secret of the woman who lives inside her. Dispatch to a ...
The two friends are back behind the microphone and Annabelle’s new role as a magazine founder/editor is all the talk. Dispatch to a Friend Website: ht...
Annabelle is on a long road trip to tick off her Christmas present list while Gillian is cleaning out the pantry, celebrating numerous family birthday...
Annabelle introduces a new member to the family after another visit from an uninvited snake, while Gillian recalls an invasion of moths while eating c...
Gillian and Annabelle disagree about the merits of breakfast in bed and the writer Karl Ove Knausgaard. Dispatch to a Friend Website: https://www.disp...
Annabelle is in Sydney suffering from the ‘credit card tap’ while Gillian contemplates the pleasures of a good scotch egg, roasting chickens and a coo...
Annabelle convalesces on a lilo contemplating a return to choir singing, while Gillian is keen to dress up for a joyful Von Trapp singalong. Dispatc...