Can you be frivolous and authoritative? Georgie Tunny will soon know

by · Australian Financial Review

Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editor
Jun 5, 2026 – 5.00am

Some authors celebrate the publication of their first book with champagne, others with framed covers. Georgie Tunny has marked the release of her novel Over to You with a set of custom-made press-on nails.

They feature a microphone, blazer, press pass, lipstick and a coffee to represent the themes of her novel, set in the breakneck world of breakfast television, where Tunny herself cut her teeth as a journalist. “Aren’t they insane?” she smiles. “A girlfriend of mine had them done for the ARIAs and I was like, ‘I need this.’ I won’t be able to type but they are so fun.”

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Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editorLauren Sams is the editor of Fin Magazine, The Australian Financial Review’s luxury quarterly edition. She is also the deputy editor at The Australian Financial Review Magazine and the fashion editor. She writes about the business of fashion and beauty. Email Lauren at lauren.sams@afr.com

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