What better way to celebrate Bob Hawke’s life than reading Whitlam’s Children, a book about the influence Gogh Whitlam had on his successor and Australian …
The ‘Adults’ by Caroline Hulse
A review by Nalini Haynes The ‘Adults’ is a romantic dark comedy about couples who are trying to be adults after a parenting couple (Claire …
Monster wearing a stovepipe: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
This monster wearing a stovepipe looks like someone cut off Animal’s legs or Abraham Lincoln suffered some indignity when resurrected. The backstory to these silly …
Time and Time Again by Ben Elton
A review by Nalini Haynes Hugh Stanton travels back in time to 1914 to change the twentieth century so it doesn’t end up in the …
Monotreme: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Monotreme vs Stereotreme A monotreme is a type of mammal that, at first glance at the Wikipedia page, seems to consist mostly of Australian mammals. …
Echidna Jim Went for a Swim by Phil Cummings and Laura Wood
A review by Nalini Haynes On the surface Echidna Jim Went For A Swim is a cute picture book for little children about an echidna …
Fandom by Anna Day
A review by Nalini Haynes Violet, Katie, Nate and Alice all love the book Gallows Dance by Sally King. Gallows Dance is a sensation that …
Mogulmond Megamarts Carpark: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Mogulmond Megamarts Carpark was obviously created by the Rupert Murdoch of Supermarket carparking. The image is of a carpark that looks to me not unlike …
Space Alien at Planet Dad by Lucinda Gifford
A review by Nalini Haynes Space Alien at Planet Dad is a picture book for young children. Every Saturday Jake visits Planet Dad where Dad …
Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb
A review by Nalini Haynes I wrote this review in 2016 and left it in drafts. With uni, disability discrimination and assaults, this review of …
Star Trek TNG s01e05: Where No One Has Gone Before
A review by Nalini Haynes Spoilers, Sweetie Kosinski (Stanley Kamel) is an arrogant engineer hurtled into the Admiralty’s good books when his gobbledygook engineering formula …
A Moderne Herballe: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
‘A Moderne Herballe’ is a silly illo by Ian Gunn spoofing medieval and contemporary societies. In the interests of disability access I will endeavour — …
Mad Heidi vs Swiss Police
Press release published by bemused editor Note: at DMZ we don’t know the details and we haven’t confirmed the story from outside sources except this …
Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith
Gordon-Smith is a philosopher and reformed debater. Her mind was changed. She says it’s time to stop being reasonable because coherent logical argument is futile when money-hungry agent provocateurs
Cyclone by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley
A review by Nalini Haynes Cyclone tells the story of the cyclone that destroyed Darwin in the 1970s in rhyming verse with evocative watercolour illustrations. …
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
A review by Lynne Larby Darcy Barrett and Tom Valeska have known each other since they were eight years old, and Darcy has had a …
Star Trek TNG s01e04: The Last Outpost
A review by Nalini Haynes The USS Enterprise pursues what they suspect is a Ferengi ship. The Ferengi are little more than rumours to Federation …
Cellular Free Zone: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Sadly, that’s ‘cellular free zone’ as in cell phones not a ‘cellulite free zone’. I wonder if Ian Gunn, the artist, had a pet peeve about …
Pocket Dogs and the Lost Kitten by Margaret Wild and Stephen Michael King
A review by Nalini Haynes The Pocket Dogs and the Lost Kitten is about two toy dogs who love their carer, Mr Pockets, but a …
Emergency Contact by Mary H K Choi
A review by Lynne Larby Emergency Contact is a young adult coming-of-age romance. Penny heads off to college, relieved at leaving behind her mother who’s …