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Dr Anne Richards on dancing furiously (in the publishing industry)
Late in 2013, Dr Anne Richards, Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffiths University, delivered a keynote speech to the Small Press Network conference in Melbourne, titled …
Lascar’s Dagger by Glenda Larke
A review by Nalini Haynes Lascar’s Dagger opens with Ardhi racing to prevent a catastrophe but arriving too late; his raja is dead. Because the …
Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox
A review by Nalini Haynes Canny, also known as Agnes or Akanesi, is a brown 16-year-old girl graduating from high school, already with entry into …
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell – the novel
A review by Nalini Haynes Author: Cressida Cowell ISBN: 9781444922219 Extent: 227 pages Subject Category: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) This is not the cover I was …
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 …
Out for Blood by Kristen Painter
A review by Evie Kendal Out for Blood is the fourth book in Kristen Painter’s House of Comarré paranormal romance series. The series follows the …
Home and Hearth by Angela Slatter
A review by C J Dee Publisher: Spectral Press Page count: 25 Format: Digital short story Rating: ★★★★☆ 4/5 Caroline’s son Simon has returned home from …
Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide by Michelle Rowan with Richelle Mead
A review by Elizabeth Manthos Publisher: Penguin Format: Paperback, 312 pages ISBN-13: 9781921880155 ISBN-10: 1921880155 I am going to preface this review by saying I …
Keelen Mailman on Power, racism and advocacy
For the past 17 years Keelen Mailman has lived and worked on Mount Tabor, a cattle station subject to Native Title. Mending and building fences, putting …
Incy Wincy Spider Illustrated by Karen Erasmus
A review by Nalini Haynes Publisher: Hachette Childrens ISBN: 9780734415486 Binding/Format: Hardback Extent: 24 pages Subject Category: Picture books Remember the nursery rhyme Incy Wincy …
Shards and Ashes edited by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong
A review by Nalini Haynes ISBN: 9780349001364 Format: paperback, 384 pages Publisher: Atom (Hachette) Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5 stars Shards and Ashes is an anthology …
LIGHTSPEED Women Destroy Science Fiction!
Press release from Lightspeed Magazine It could be said that women invented science fiction; after all, Mary Shelley wrote what is considered by many to …
Queer is not all that hard: on writing LGBT characters
Traci Castleberry, Matt Cresswell and Melissa Scott joined me to discuss diversity with a focus on how to include gender and sexually diverse characters. The …
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
The Morganville Vampires book 1 A review by Elizabeth Manthos Format: Paperback, 368 pages ISBN-13: 9781921880063 ISBN-10: 1921880066 Publisher: Penguin Aus. Glass Houses introduces protagonist Claire Danvers, …