A review by Nalini Haynes James Griffin-Mars is a Chronoman, a time salvager who retrieves goods, particularly energy sources, to stave off the destruction of …
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Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N K Jemisin
Inheritance Trilogy Book 1 A review by Nalini Haynes. Yeine Darr is the daughter of an exiled ruling family member and the chief of a …
Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A review by Nalini Haynes Laia was born into the Scholar caste, a downtrodden caste suffering random and not-so-random searches, torture and death at the …
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh
A review by Evie Kendal Heart of Obsidian is the twelfth book in Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. The novel opens with the incredibly powerful Cardinal …
Flash Fiction Authors offending Australian Aborigines
I don’t normally trawl the interwebs for short fiction because publishers and authors send Dark Matter more than sufficient items for review. However, Dr Sean …
Queers Destroy Science Fiction panel with Seanan McGuire and Mark Oshiro
The Queers Destroy Science Fiction edition of Lightspeed Magazine is currently open on Kickstarter for financial contributions. Contributions’ terms and conditions are also listed on the kickstarter …
Tangle of Need (Psy-Changeling series book 11) by Nalini Singh
A review by Evie Kendal ISBN: 9780575100169 Publisher: Gollancz Format: paperback, 432 pages Tangle of Need focuses on the SnowDancer wolf-changeling pack and its two new additions: lone …
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
A review by Nalini Haynes Darcy wrote a novel, Afterworlds, for NaNoWriMo. Among the thousands of monkeys hammering away at typewriters for the month of …
The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013)
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Isao Takahata Writers: Isao Takahata(story & screenplay), Riko Sakaguchi (screenplay), Mike Jones (English version screenplay) Stars: Aki Asakura, Yukiji Asaoka Running time: 137 minutes Rating: …
Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera
A review by Nalini Haynes Island of a Thousand Mirrors is historical fiction: it’s set in the twentieth century and follows the evolution of Sinhala …
Melbourne Writers Festival 2014: Tiddas — Anita Heiss in conversation
by Nalini Haynes ‘Tiddas’ was Anita Heiss in conversation, a Melbourne Writers Festival event, held on 23 August 2014 at ACMI Studio 1. The photo …
Keelen Mailman: on Power, racism and heritage
by Nalini Haynes I interviewed Keelen Mailman (audio interview) earlier this year about her life and memoir The Power of Bones. RMIT required a nonfiction essay …
Misfits s03e02: racing to romance
A review by Nalini Haynes Creator: Howard Overman Stars: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Joseph Gilgun, Iwan Rheon, Lauren Socha, Antonia Thomas Watch this if you like: comic book movies TRIGGER WARNING: date …
Lascar’s Dagger by Glenda Larke
A review by Nalini Haynes Ardhi races to prevent a catastrophe but arrives too late; his raja is dead. Because the raja’s death is Ardhi’s …
Invisible anthology edited by Jim C Hines
A review by Evie Kendal Format: eBook Pages: 54 pages approx Publisher: Jim C Hines ISBN: 1230000232655 ISBN: 9781310872624 ASIN: B00JND5RBW BN ID: 2940149517329 Editor’s note: there is something …