a review by Rebecca Muir This is the second book in Duncan Lay’s Empire of Bones trilogy. I reviewed the first book, Bridge of Swords. In …
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Helen Lowe & the Gemmell Legend Award 2013
Last year, I featured an in-depth interview with Helen Lowe when The Gathering of The Lost, The Wall Of NightBook Two was released. A little …
White Tiger by Kylie Chan
Dark Heavens book 1 a review by Nalini Haynes White Tiger is the first of Kylie Chan’s two trilogies narrating the story of Emma Donahue, an …
Dreaming of Djinn edited by Liz Grzyb
a review by Nalini Haynes Dreaming of Djinn is an anthology of short stories by Australian authors inspired by Western mythology of Middle Eastern culture …
Jamie Reign: The Last Spirit Warrior by P J Tierney
a review by Nalini Haynes The Last Spirit Warrior opens with Jamie Reign, a 12 year old half-Chinese half-European boy whose white father, Hector, is …
Ian McHugh
Ian McHugh talks about his writing and the Canberra Science Fiction Guild at Sydney Supanova in 2013 in this interview that is approximately 18 minutes …
Nicole Murphy
At Supanova in Sydney 2013, Nicole Murphy talked to Nalini Haynes about Nicole’s writing, mentoring other authors, Conflux (Canberra’s convention), the CSFG (Canberra’s Science Fiction …
Small Shen by Kylie Chan
a review by Nalini Haynes A mythic tale of Chinese gods, Small Shen explores how Gold and Jade met and later came to work for …
Dragon: a fairytale with music, animals and, yes, one reptile
a review by Nalini Haynes The Malthouse Theatre describes The Dragon thusly: A witty, music-filled fairytale of heroes and villains. A dragon has held sway …
Suited by Joanne Anderton
a review by Nalini Haynes Suited is the second in The Veiled Worlds, a science fiction trilogy by Anderton. In the first book, Debris, Tanyana …
Bridge of Swords by Duncan Lay
A review by Rebecca Muir Bridge of Swords is the first book in a planned trilogy, Empire of Bones. Sendatsu is a high status elf, …
Landing by Colin Taber
a review by Nalini Haynes The Landing is an alternate history where the Vikings settled America instead of leaving or being absorbed into Native American …
Danny Oz on Playing Safe in Doctor Who
a guest blog by Danny Oz Danny volunteered to write an article for Dark Matter’s Doctor Who special edition zine but due to life getting …
Richard Harland
Richard Harland in the Limelight In this interview I’m talking to a fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia, who has been an …
K J Taylor
K J Taylor in the Limelight Melbourne Supanova featured K J Taylor as a guest speaker. I seized the opportunity to speak to Katie about her career …