a review by Nalini Haynes Legend, a dystopian YA novel with a far future setting, is a world where climate change and earthquakes changed the …
People of Color
First Third by Will Kostakis
a review by Nalini Haynes The First Third blurb concludes with the comment that ‘It’s a Greek tragedy waiting to happen’, Will’s sense of humour …
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 …
Alif the Unseen by G Willow Wilson: a review
A review by Kathy Sinclair G. Willow Wilson’s debut novel, written just before (and possibly in anticipation of) the Arab Spring, is a hard book …
Kiki’s Delivery Service
a review by Nalini Haynes Kiki’s Delivery Service is a gorgeous anime produced by Studio Ghibli, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Madman says: ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service [is] …
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 …
Contemporary fantasy influenced by Asian mythology
Crowd-sourcing information! I am looking for Australian or at least Western (aka English as a first language) contemporary fantasy influenced by Asian mythology for an …
Continuum 9 Monday: Misappropriations, Dystopias and F**king knights
The three panels I attended on the Monday were Misappropriations, Dystopias and F**king knights, in between wandering around, talking to people, and sitting in the bar …
Cultural Misappropriations panel with added discussion of disability
Jason Franks, Nalini Haynes, N K Jemisin, Stephanie Lai and David Witteveen as moderator discussed “How should you approach the portrayal of cultures other than …
Racebending and raceface in the 21st Century: discussion
a Continuum 9 panel, posted here to facilitate discussion Liz Barr, N. K. Jemisin and Stephanie Lai talked about “The Last Airbender, Cloud Atlas, Earthsea, …
Fall-out from N K Jemisin’s Continuum 9 GoH speech
On Saturday N.K. Jemisin delivered an intelligent, thoughtful speech calling for reconciliation and a better future where all of SFFdom and broader society would be …
Map of the Sky by Felix J Palma
a review by Elizabeth Manthos The Map of the Sky, the sequel to Felix J Palma’s bestselling novel, The Map of Time, followed once again author …
Huntress by Malinda Lo
a review by Nalini Haynes Huntress is a prequel to Ash, Malinda Lo‘s first novel, but set hundreds of years earlier. Kaede and Taisin are …
Ash by Malinda Lo
a review by Nalini Haynes Ash is a Cinderella story set in a fantasy world with a strong resemblance to the movie Ever After without some …
Eona by Alison Goodman
a review by Nalini Haynes Eona is part two of a duology by Alison Goodman. I already reviewed Eon, the first in the duology. I …