In this podcast Nalini Haynes talks to Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters. Sunyi Dean is a biracial fantasy author who was born in …
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Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
A review by Nalini Haynes The Love Hypothesis is another romantic comedy recommended during a Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) romance writers’ event. The …
Payback’s a witch by Lana Harper
A review by Nalini Haynes Last weekend I attended a SFWA romance writers’ event where we compiled a list of speculative fiction/fantasy stories featuring romance. …
Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
A review by Nalini Haynes Animal Life is touted to be in a similar vein as The Animals In That Country. I disagree. As I …
Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
A review by Nalini Haynes Once upon a time a teenage girl, Bee, had a crush on a boy in a boy band, Noah. That …
Clare Niederpruem on Christmas movies, Vince Vaughn v Hallmark
In this podcast, Nalini Haynes interviews Clare Niederpruem. Clare has a history of acting in sci fi and fantasy. She was in Zombie Hunter, Mythica and …
Small Town Big Magic by Hazel Beck
A review by Nalini Haynes Emerson is an OCD woman in her twenties running a bookstore and elected as a town councillor. Her family abandoned …
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 …
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 …
Catherine Raphael on mind, body and spirit in humanity
Today’s podcast guest is author Catherine Raphael who grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh, United States, and graduated from Syracuse University with a major …
Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone
A review by Nalini Haynes Violeta Graceling and her brother Arien are orphans living with “Mother”, a woman who repairs and creates religious icons. As …
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 …