A review by Nalini Haynes Kara (Melissa Benoist) flees her home planet of Krypton in a space ship minutes after her cousin was launched, heading …
Women
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
A review by Nalini Haynes Strange the Dreamer is Lazlo Strange’s nickname because his head is in the clouds and his research is in the …
Moral Kombat: Ethical Choices in Games
PAX Australia 2016 featured a full schedule of kick-ass panels. I managed to catch several and recorded this one on ethical choices in games with …
Bechdel Test
by Nalini Haynes Circa 1985, Alison Bechdel wrote a comic strip about a minimum feminist standard of movie viewing; this strip is called ‘The Rule’ and …
Kakadu Sunset by Annie Seaton
A review by Lynne Larby Kakadu Sunsets are gorgeous but underlying danger lurks, threatening the lives of locals and tourists alike. Ellie Porter is a helicopter …
Annie Seaton
Romance author Annie Seaton is today’s guest interviewee (text only). Annie is an internationally-published romance writer, and in 2015 was voted Best Established Australian Author by …
Goodwood by Holly Throsby
A review by Nalini Haynes Jean is in her final year of high school in Goodwood, a small Australian country town in 1992, when people …
Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
A review by Nalini Haynes Tilly Dunnage, the dressmaker, returns to a small Australian town in the 1950s to look after her mother, colloquially known …
We Were On A Break by Lindsey Kelk
A review by Lynne Larby Liv and Adam are on holiday. Liv’s best friend Cassie told her Adam is going to propose and it’s the last …
Misappropriation in Action: Zeroes by Westerfeld, Lanagan & Biancotti
On the weekend I was talking to another person with disability on Twitter about poor representations of disability, citing Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah …
Today will be different by Maria Semple
A review by Nalini Haynes Eleanor Flood starts out with #firstworldproblems like needing to make a resolution to only wear yoga pants when doing yoga, …
Juliet Marillier
Dark Matter Zine puts renowned fantasy author Juliet Marillier in the limelight in this podcast (above and on iTunes) and video (embedded below). Juliet has …
Lionel Shriver, Representation and Misappropriation Part 3
This is part 3 of my response to Lionel Shriver’s views on appropriation and representation of others’ experiences. (Part 1 is here and part 2 is here.) …
Dick of the Day or why Lionel Shriver is wrong
This is not part of my three-part response to Lionel Shriver. This is a blog about yesterday and living as disabled; I am trying to …
Lionel Shriver, Representation and Misappropriation Part 2
This is part 2 of my response to Lionel Shriver’s views on appropriation and representation of others’ experiences. (Part 1 is here.) In this part …