A review by Nalini Haynes Ava Sykes isn’t afraid of a fight: she’s a bouncer at a night club. The Blood In The Beginning isn’t …
Women
Family Skeleton by Carmel Bird
A review by Nalini Haynes Margaret O’Day, matriarch of the Funeral Home O’Days, is in her seventies when a distant relative starts snooping around, researching …
Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
A review by Nalini Haynes Twelve-year-old Aissa, whose name means dragonfly, must metamorpihize like the dragonfly to save herself and her island. Set at the …
Kaaron Warren’s Grief Hole launch
Kaaron Warren’s novel, The Grief Hole, was launched at the National Library of Australia during the 2016 Canberra Writers Festival. The Grief Hole is published …
Sarah Ayoub
In this podcast and video I’m putting Sarah Ayoub in the limelight. The podcast is at the top of this post and available in iTunes while …
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
A review by Lynne Larby Lucy Hutton is at war with Joshua Templeman. It’s a game. The hating game. They stare at each other. They …
Zana Fraillon
This interview can be accessed by the podcast (above), the video (below) or iTunes. Zana Fraillon grew up surrounded by books. Her love of literature, …
This Is Where The World Ends by Amy Zhang
A review by Nalini Haynes Janie and Micah live next door to each other. Micah is a quiet nerd while Janie is a terror, inciting …
Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
A review by Nalini Haynes Yolanda was gang raped by a group of footballers so, as punishment, she was sent to a concentration camp in …
The Bit In Between by Claire Varley
A review by Nalini Haynes Alison vomits all over Oliver in an airport lounge, the perfect beginning to a romance. Not. And yet a couple …
Nest written and read by Inga Simpson
A review by Nalini Haynes Jen, a middle-aged woman, treats her house like her nest while watching nests and drawing a bird’s nest. A child …
Wendy Orr
Wendy Orr talks to Nalini in the above podcast and the below video. Photo of Wendy Orr by Roger Gould. Wendy grew up in France, …
How to find love in a bookshop by Veronica Henry
A review by Lynne Larby Emilia Nightingale returns from Hong Kong to take over the family business, Nightingale Books, because her father is dying. Stricken …
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
A review by Nalini Haynes Alison Bechdel of The Bechdel Test is the comic book artist and author of Fun Home, a recently assigned comic …
Kylie Chan
Hi, this is Nalini Haynes, your host on Dark Matter Zine‘s ‘Into the Limelight’ series. Today I’m shining the limelight on Kylie Chan (pictured left). …