A review by Nalini Haynes Gwen is Wolf Girl: she can understand wolves, dogs and possibly some other animals. Gwen and Rupert are looking for …
Speculative fiction
Future Girl by Asphyxia
A review by Nalini Haynes Piper is Future Girl and she is Deaf. The nerves to her ears stopped working when she was about 3 …
Betrayals by Bridget Collins
A review by Nalini Haynes Leo is a politician who, thanks to a passionate letter objecting to extreme bigotry in a bill under consideration in …
Formative fiction for a disabled reader
Formative genre fiction, an essay by Nalini Haynes The singularly most formative fiction, or formative work of genre fiction for me was ‘Triantiwontigongolope’. My father …
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed (Graphic Novel)
A review by Nalini Haynes Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed is a full-color graphic novel with a substantial origin story. Diana is a teenager with all …
Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson
A review by Nalini Haynes Cecily wakes up on a bus in the middle of nowhere with 6 other people, all of whom have amnesia. …
Rebel Gods by Will Kostakis
A review by Nalini Haynes Rebel Gods is Monuments book 2 and the conclusion to this story about the Pillars of the World coming to …
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
A Hunger Games Novel A review by Emma Streeton Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes begins on the morning of the reaping that will kick off …
Again Again by e lockhart
A review by Nalini Haynes Adelaide is a dog-loving dog-walking student at a private residential high school in the US. She’s living on campus with …
Stormblood by Jeremy Szal
A review by Nalini Haynes Vakov Fukasawa is half-Japanese half-Russian from a planet that is entirely Asian. He explodes onto page one on this asteroid …
Greenwood by Michael Christie
A review by Emma Streeton I have been delaying writing this review for a bizarre reason. I am worried that what I write will never …
The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore
A review by Annabelle Lee The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by American author Margarita Montimore is a new twist on the time travel genre. Based …
Providence by Max Barry
A review by Nalini Haynes The Providence is a battleship designed to wage war against an aggressive alien foe, staffed by only 4 people. The …
Trespassers by Meg Mundell
A review by Nalini Haynes The Trespassers opens with everyone wearing breathing masks while boarding a ship. Everyone is terrified of disease. (UQP published this …
Agency by William Gibson
A review by Nalini Haynes Verity just landed a new job, working for Tulpagenics testing out a new AI, a more advanced version of Siri …