This is a list of stories featuring People of Color (PoC for short) and interviews or articles about People of Color. Inclusion in this list …
People of Color
Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
A review by Nalini Haynes Devon is one in a family of book eaters. They might look human at first glance but they have “book …
How many more women by Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida
A review by Nalini Haynes How Many More Women: exposing how the law silences women is an important non fiction expose of how women are …
2021 CripLit Key winners
In 2020, Dark Matter Zine announced the inaugural CripLit Key winners, authors who wrote excellent representation of disability. During the inaugural ceremony I confess I …
Upwelling by Lystra Rose
A review by Nalini Haynes The Upwelling has a bit of a back story, at least for me. It arrived as an unsolicited review book …
Yesterday is history by Kosoko Jackson
A review by Nalini Haynes Yesterday is history is a young adult queer romance crossed with the time travel story. It’s very much feels like …
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
A review by Nalini Haynes Prince Kadou is terrified. All the time. But especially right now. His sister, Zeliha the Sultan (NOT Sultana!) has just …
Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
A review by Nalini Haynes Solange Pereira is not quite a wedding crasher: she’s helping out her wedding planner cousin when she overhears the bride …
Kirsten Miller on witches, women and justice
My new favorite novel is The Change by Kirsten Miller. Think Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld witches but written by a woman and set in contemporary …
The Change by Kirsten Miller
A review by Nalini Haynes The Change’s cover features a woman’s face with a bee below her mouth, subverting Silence of the Lambs’s official movie …
Kee Chan on being Russell Tan in TV series Kung Fu
A few weeks ago I was jaw-droppingly surprised when a publicist emailed me and offered an interview with Kee Chan. Although I’d noticed the TV …
Bridget Hodder: The things we share unite us and our differences should excite us
This year’s International Women’s Day podcast is an interview with Bridget Hodder who co-wrote a cross-cultural novel with Fawzia Gilani Williams. Cross-cultural novel Bridget Hodder …
Resident Alien season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes An alien spaceship crashes on Earth. The alien kills a human and shape-shifts to take his place while searching for …
The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
A review by Nalini Haynes Ren is a Reaper living in London in a society of Reapers. The problem is, she’s also half-Japanese, which makes …
The Dark Lady by Akala
A review by Nalini Haynes Henry is an orphan raised by an (unofficial) foster family who use his magical gift of reading any language to …
An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi
A review by Nalini Haynes Shadi is a Muslim teenager living a couple of years after 9/11 while America gears up for war in the …