by Nalini Haynes This essay was written to comply with an assignment brief for the subject ‘Writing nonfiction’, part of the Professional Writing and Editing …
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French Promise by Fiona McIntosh
A review by Rebecca Muir The French Promise is a poignant story set in Europe and Australia between 1943 and 1965. It follows the story of …
Bruce Mutard: upcoming comics symposium
Hello all you inkers and thinkers, By now you may have heard something on the grapevine about an interdisciplinary academic comics symposium called Inkers and Thinkers …
Infidelity by Hugh Mackay
A review by Nalini Haynes I declare up front that I’ve been a fan of Hugh Mackay’s work long before I read any of his …
Play it again: Microcomputers in the 1980s
Last year Play it again: the Popular Memory Archive was launched as a joint effort by a number of universities to collect and record Australian …
Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★★ five out of five stars The Red Wind is the first of the Kingdom of the Lost series for children; …
“Computer Games” with Freya Robertson, Tom Dullemond and Claire McKenna
Computer games panel This podcast is convention-panel-style with three guests — Freya Robertson, Tom Dullemond and Claire McKenna — gamers and published authors all. They …
New Kind of Death by Alison Goodman
A review by Nalini Haynes four and a half out of five stars Previously published in the US in 2007 under the title Killing the …
Black Sun Light My Way by Jo Spurrier
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★★ five out of five stars Black Sun Light My Way is book 2 in the Children of the Black …
Arrabella Candellabra and the Questy Thing to End all Questy Things
A review by Elizabeth Manthos To tell you the honest truth, I don’t even know where to begin this review let alone be serious, because …
Resilience by Anne Deveson
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★ 4/5 stars Aimed at the layperson, Resilience is narrative non-fiction combining a brief overview of academic studies into resilience, current …
Jump by Sean Williams
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★ In the future, D-mat (teleport) is the mode of transport. Similar technology called ‘fabbing’ replicates all humanity’s needs, substituting cleaning clothes …
Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane
A review by James Kennedy ★★ Extremely dark and bitchy. The Night Guest is the story of a 75-year-old widow who has a government carer arrive …
Play it again: Local Scenes and Themes on both sides of the Tasman
Digital games make up a significant but little known chapter in the history of the moving image in Australia and New Zealand. The Popular Memory …
Bruce Mutard on Comicpalooza, a comic book launch in Melbourne
Oh my god it’s another Brucey spam… Well, it’s better than the usual rubbish. In this case, I want to introduce you to another multi-book …