Mr Goodtrolley says Better Shopping Begins with You! Yeah, our favourite (?!) shopping trolley is back again, encouraging consumerism by telling us “Better Shopping Begins …
Frankly In Love by David Yoon
A review by Nalini Haynes Frankly In Love is an adorable coming-of-age story that centres around Frank Li, a Korean American teenager with a crush …
Trans Werewolf Cowboy theme song: a silly illo from Ian Gunn
The Trans Werewolf Cowboy theme song is not available Many movie themes and scores are not available on compact disc. As far as I know, …
Suzy Zail
Melbournian Suzy Zail worked as a solicitor specialising in litigation. After the birth of her first child, Suzy left law to concentrate on writing. She’s …
Monuments by Will Kostakis
A review by Nalini Haynes Connor Giannopolos is a 16 year old private school student in Sydney when he wags class (skips class). While skyving …
Andrew Skinner: Our Children Will Be Strange
Editor’s Note This is a guest blog by author Andrew Skinner. Andrew grew up in South Africa’s coal-mining heartland, amidst orange dust and giant machinery. …
Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
A review by Nalini Haynes Somlata is a Hindu living in Bangladesh. So this novella follows on from my recent viewing of Viceroy’s House. Somlata …
Wind down the window: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Wind down the window Hollywood cliche no.9. Anyone secretly watching someone from a car will always wind down the window to get a better look. …
From Time To Time (2009)
A review by Nalini Haynes Tolly (Alex Etel) arrives at a train station during World War II, to be met by Boggis (Timothy Spall, Wormtail …
This is Gomorrah by Tom Chatfield
A review by Nalini Haynes This is Gomorrah opens by convincing me it’s not Gomorrah, it’s hell. ISIS recruited Western brothers, one of whom sees …
Evil Grand Vizier: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Evil Grand Vizier Hollywood cliche no.10: Dumb, fat senile monarchs always employ tall, sinister, treacherous, power-hungry, black-bearded sorcerers as advisers (grand viziers). Evil Grand Vizier: …
I Am Change by Suzy Zail
A review by Nalini Haynes Lilian is a Ugandan girl dreaming of teaching while adults tell her she won’t amount to anything. The best she …
T Frohock
Nalini Haynes talks to Teresa Frohock, known online as T Frohock, about her Los Nefilim series, writing historical fantasy, representation in stories and more. The …
Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V Snyder
A review by Nalini Haynes Shyla is ‘sun-kissed’, born with brown skin but blonde hair, so her parents left her to die in the desert. …
Falling cars explode: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Falling cars explode Hollywood cliche no. 11: Cars falling off cliffs always explode. Inside the house someone says: Dang! There’s another one. No wonder we …