Announcing the inaugural worldwide NAUWU Awards in fiction. The NAUWU Awards are named for the disability advocacy slogan “Nothing About Us Without Us”. In 2000, …
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Map of Bones by Francesca Haig
A review by Nalini Haynes The Map of Bones is the second in a trilogy, following The Fire Sermon (review here). They are set in …
Glenda Millard on writing The Stars at Oktober Bend
A guest blog by Glenda Millard It seems to me that there are two basic categories of author: those who plan meticulously and those who …
Not your inspiration (a short science fiction story)
This is a short science fiction story. If the quantum universes running in parallel isn’t enough SF for you, then note the successful map app: …
Summer Harvest by Georgina Penney
A review by Lynne Larby Slight spoilers Beth Poole is a dog trainer from Yorkshire, England. Her parents died in a car accident when she was …
Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda Millard
A review by Nalini Haynes Alice Nightingale is 15 years old. According to her diagnosis she will remain ‘forever 12’ because of a head injury …
Mario fan-made video — Mario in a wheelchair!
This is THE MOST AWESOME yet simple video I’ve seen campaigning for disability access although I adored the Brazilian video where people created a post-it …
Earth Flight by Janet Edwards
A review by Nalini Haynes Earth Flight is the final book in the Earth Girl trilogy (Earth Girl and Earth Star) about Jarrah Morrath, a …
Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb
A review by Nalini Haynes Fool’s Quest is the second in the Fitz and the Fool trilogy by Robin Hobb; this review will contain spoilers …
Accessible conventions: what SFWA forgot
Here’s a SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America) Lee Martindale talking about some of her frustrations with lack of disability access at conventions. This is awesome: …
Overtly ignored yet progressing towards equity
Recently an SFF personality wrote a blog congratulating the community on being inclusive. Apparently she hadn’t done her research and, after all, she doesn’t identify …
More Than A Game: Playing for Mental Health & Wellbeing
A large hall was at 100% capacity. I think they may have turned away people because this panel was so popular. Who wouldn’t want to …
Fool’s Assassin by Robin Hobb
A review by Nalini Haynes Fool’s Assassin is book 1 of the Fitz and the Fool trilogy, set after the Farseer trilogy, the Liveship Traders …
PAX Australia: Sick Heroes “Explore representation of illness”
One of my favorite features of PAX Australia is the panel stream. I attended a few panels this year and this one stands out in …
PAX Australia: Disability and computer games
This panel of computer games industry professionals discussed disability and gaming: what games were good and why; some games presented barriers they were not able …