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Sylvana Spina (Author)

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Sylvana is the youngest of five children of Italian parents, Rosa (Nonna) and Rosario, who migrated from Sicily to start a new life in Australia in 1964, where they settled in New Farm, a popular Italian inner-city suburb. Sylvana was born and raised in Brisbane. She and her husband, Simon Bliss, have four children: twin daughters Isabella and Sofia, and two sons, Roman and Ruben. Isabella and Sofia competed in Junior MasterChef in 2010; Isabella won and Sofia made it to the top four.

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Book Cover: A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That
A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That
By Sylvana Spina & Sofia Bliss & Isabella Bliss
A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That is a charming story of a rich culinary heritage which has been passed down from mother to daughter for generation. Isabella Bliss was Australia's first Junior MasterChef winner.
A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That is a charming story of a rich culinary heritage which has been passed down from mother to daughter for generation. Isabella Bliss was Australia's first Junior MasterChef winner.
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Published: 31/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780670075959
RRP: $35.00
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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

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