A review by Nalini Haynes I pick up Bruny, stroke its cover. Turning it over, I puzzle over how the cover seems an inviting orange …
Women
Annabelle Lee introduces Octopus and Family
Annabelle Lee introduces Octopus and Family, her hilarious and naughty picture book for adults. In this clip she shows us some of the pictures. I …
Grace Year by Kim Liggett
A review by Nalini Haynes In a restrictive society where women’s appearance and every movement is restricted, Tierney is turning 16. For this year, her …
Daughter of Lies and Ruin by Jo Spurrier
A review by Nalini Haynes In A Curse of Ash and Ember (review here), a summons to work ensures Elodie’s parents allow her to leave home …
Rampant by Julie Day
A review by Nalini Haynes Mel and Gillian live next door to each other in a post-apocalyptic world where the Rapture tried to happen. 6 …
Suzy Zail
Melbournian Suzy Zail worked as a solicitor specialising in litigation. After the birth of her first child, Suzy left law to concentrate on writing. She’s …
I Am Change by Suzy Zail
A review by Nalini Haynes Lilian is a Ugandan girl dreaming of teaching while adults tell her she won’t amount to anything. The best she …
T Frohock
Nalini Haynes talks to Teresa Frohock, known online as T Frohock, about her Los Nefilim series, writing historical fantasy, representation in stories and more. The …
Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V Snyder
A review by Nalini Haynes Shyla is ‘sun-kissed’, born with brown skin but blonde hair, so her parents left her to die in the desert. …
This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
A review by Nalini Haynes Red is a super-human woman wandering the highways and byways of space, time and quantum universes. Her job is tweaking …
Where Oblivion Lives by T Frohock
A review essay by Nalini Haynes Where Oblivion Lives is a historical fantasy novel based on meticulous historical research. Diago is a member of the …
Jacey Bedford: Writing Historical Fantasy
Why write historical fantasy? I was recently on a panel at a convention and one of the questions put by the moderator was, ‘Why historical …
Promise by Alexandra Alt
A review by Nalini Haynes Lene is a teenager in World War II Nazi Germany, attending BDM (a Nazi girls’ group) while her love interest …
All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan
A review by Nalini Haynes Lara Laylor is 16 years old and in grade 10 in a $20,000 per annum private school in Melbourne. She …
Tabitha Bird
Nalini Haynes talks to Tabitha Bird, the author of A Lifetime of Impossible Days. (Nalini’s review is here and the podcast is above as well …