Yikes! Issue 25 hits the newsstands today! And we are rocking into our mid-20s with six creative solo singers making their music their way, interviews with Deborah Harry, Little Red and Mystery Jets, a photographer who’s turned a Polaroid project into a way of saying ‘thanks’ every day, lots of pretty cossies for summer and loads more fun frankie bits and bobs. In fact, it’s our biggest issue ever. Yes – we are all grown up now. Sort of.

PS – For everyone who’s popped onto the website hoping to find the free music downloads – have patience, petals. The frankie IT pixies will have them up and ready to go on Monday September 1st.

Eek! Issue 26 is out TODAY and it’s bursting at the seams with so much goodness you’ll have to bring your own needle and thread to ensure your copy doesn’t literally unravel into a big bundle of pure reading joy. Every reader gets a gift wrap book full of exclusive, artist-designed wrapping paper (almost too good to save till Christmas), plus 132 pages of your regular frankie shenanigans: pictures of ladies in their nannas’ frocks, true tales of war and unrest, a yummy recipe for Christmas pudding and plenty of fashion, music, art and things to laugh at. 

Happy half-way-through-the-working-week day. And even happier still because frankie issue 28 is on sale today ! There’s a whole mess of loveliness to be had inside the covers this month: we chat to documentary photographers about changing the world one picture at a time, discover the sights of London town with the Howling Bells, spend a day living like our mums (and survive to tell the tale), get excited about new handbags and jeans, fall in love with photos of Europe and discover why Ben Kweller doesn’t want to move house. Plus there’s all your regular rants, roadtests, interviews, crafty projects and lots of other fun bits. Hope you like it. Xx Lara and Jo

PS – Our friends over at Kit are running an extra-special design award at the moment, with the main prize being … a week’s work experience with us! Pop here for details.

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!  frankie number 29 hits the shelves April 22nd.  Get your cuppas ready, it’s jam packed full of the usual goodness! For starters there’s chats with Karen O and Marianne Faithfull. Plus we hit up the kids of today about life, politics and bedtimes. We find out what it was like watching the Berlin Wall fall down (and Barack Obama become president), ogle the talents of Australia’s best illustrators, muse aloud about sneakers on powerlines and rant about sleepwalking and alcohol. There’s lots more, so hop, skip and jump down to your nearest newsagent and nab your copy.  

Yayness! frankie issue 30 is out today! We’re sending postcards from out of town with tales of creatives outside the city limits, rock ‘n’ roll in China, life in a remote Aboriginal township, photos, craft and love from the USA and an interview with the Frenchiest of actresses, Audrey Tautou. Then there’s stories from the best gigs ever (Led Zep in the ‘70s – swoon), My Little Pony art, a big thumbs up for sickies, a peek inside Sarah Blasko’s sweet pad and 30 awesome giveaways for our 30th issue. Pick one up today! 

Woohoo! Issue 31 is on sale today! We’re talking to classy ladies Juliette Lewis, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Zooey Deschanel, exes who’ve managed to stay friends, and an American guy who’s started a kooky new kind of consumer activism. Plus RIP John Hughes, books versus movies, the secret life of underpants, dad jokes, a look at everyday life in Palestine and all the usual fashion, craft, real life, music, travel and laughs. Snap it up soon!

Oh happy day – a new frankie is on sale today! Yippeeee. For issue 32 we capture group hugs all round with a special feature on creative collectives across the country, have a chat with the awesome Diablo Cody, learn how to be a green renter, ponder the gentle art of streaking, get excited by book design, roadtest boardgames, have a peak at inspiration walls from creative ladies like Beci Orpin and Karen Walker and look at sweet fashions for summer. Plus all the usual rants, laughs, craft and reviews. Phew! Hope you like it!

Yippeee doodaaaa, the new frankie is on sale today!! Hopefully you’ll be as pleased as punch to find pretty brooches and lovely frocks, tips on how to be awesome and learn a new language, a peek behind the lens with photographers who’ve shot the likes of Nick Cave, Ellen Page, Zooey Deschanel, Beth Ditto and Miranda July, a lovely interview with the even lovelier Jason Bateman, a bunch of funny rants, top notch giveaways, a pretty art poster and lots of other bits and bobs.

frankie 34 is on sale today – wheee! – and we’ve gone mad mad mad for the ladies of Mad Men, chatting to Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks and January Jones about the ‘60s, women on TV and having fabulous wardrobes. We’ve also gone a little mad for: plastic cameras, Yeasayer, home cooking, denim, dead celebrities, Portland, geeky glasses, non-crappy rom coms, babies, nannas, reports from Christmas Island, Brody Dalle and being single. Whew!

Yikes! Is it 35 issues already? Well as of April 21 it is. And just between us, this new issue’s a doozy. frankie 35 gets a bit deep and meaningful with creatives like John Safran, Megan Washington and Angus Sampson talking about the meaning of life (really!), plus a look at one teenage girl’s life in Iraq and a peak at Africa’s largest city. But never fear, there is silliness too: teddy bear fashion, vintage shopping tips, crocheted CD covers and many, many ukuleles. All your regular rants, reviews and top reads are there. Ooh – and some really rad retro caravans. Hurry, get your copy today!