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, …
Interviews & panels
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, …
Rajith Savanadasa
Nalini puts Rajith Savanadasa, author of Ruins, in the limelight. The podcast is above and the video is below. Podcasts are also available on iTunes. …
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). …
Will Kostakis
A Limelight interview by Nalini Haynes Hi, I’m Nalini Haynes, your host for Dark Matter Zine‘s podcast. Today I’m putting Will Kostakis in the limelight. …
Shivaun Plozza
Hi, Dark Matter Zine‘s podcast is putting Shivaun Plozza in the limelight. Shivaun has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in creative writing and a second …
Jennifer Fallon
Nalini Haynes interviews fantasy author Jennifer Fallon in the above podcast (MP3) and below video (MP4). Jennifer Fallon left school at 15 and has has …
Francesca Haig
Nalini Haynes interviews Dr Francesca Haig, Visiting Writing Fellow (University of Chester), in the podcast (MP3, above) and the video (MP4, below). Francesca grew up …
Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Aaronovitch was the guest of honor at Contact2016, Australia’s national science fiction and fantasy convention for 2016. While he was here I took advantage of …
“Diversity in YA” with Fiona Wood, Michael Pryor and Meg Mundell
For too long, straight white non-disabled privileged characters have dominated literature. Fiona Wood, Michael Pryor and Meg Mundell have each written diverse characters: ethnic diversity, characters …
Anne Gracie
Internationally award-winning and best-selling romance author Anne Gracie talks to Nalini Haynes about her novels and career. This interview is available in audio-only (MP3, above) …
Kelley Grant
The first time I heard about Kelley Grant was in an email from Caroline Perny, a HarperCollins publicist in New York. Caro said: I wanted …
Tripod: This Gaming Life
Recently I interviewed Tripod. The award-winning storytelling band not the instrument. Tripod is a trio of musicians: Scod (Scott Edgar), Yon (Simon Hall) and Gatesy (Steven …
Joe Abercrombie (2015)
In 2015, Nalini Haynes interviewed Joe Abercrombie about his Shattered Sea trilogy. Below are the planned introduction and interview questions. Joe Abercrombie spent much of …
“Queers Destroy Science Fiction” with Seanan McGuire and Mark Oshiro
The Queers Destroy Science Fiction edition of Lightspeed Magazine is currently open on Kickstarter for financial contributions. Contributions’ terms and conditions are also listed on the kickstarter …