A review by Nalini Haynes It’s England in 2020 and there are over a million sentient anthropomorphic rabbits living in concentration camps – I mean …
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Self Help for Babies Series: Sleep 101 and Whine Guide by Beck and Matt Stanton
A review by Emma Streeton You know babies don’t come with a manual. Well, now they do, in this self-help for babies (parents?) series. When …
Olive by Emma Gannon
A review by Emma Streeton Meet Olive. Olive is Independent. Adrift. Anxious. Loyal. Kind. Knows her own mind. Olive has decided to be child-free by …
Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
A review by Emma Streeton When Mina receives an urgent call from her best friend back in Melbourne, her world is turned upside down. Her …
My Year of Living Mindfully by Shannon Harvey
A review by Emma Streeton Preamble To be honest my usual method for reading anything non-fiction is to dip in and out and find the …
Octavia Cade
Today’s podcast guest is Octavia Cade, a New Zealand writer with a PhD in science communication and a particular interest in science history and marine …
Polar Bear in Sydney Harbour by Beck and Robin Feiner
A review by Emma Streeton “Sydney Harbour is home to many amazing things, but polar bears are not one of them. Sydney is Down Under, …
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 …
Thank you Jennifer Iacopelli: an “antique” thank you card
Way way waaaay back in February, I read Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli who was then a guest on my International Women’s Day podcast. …
Thank you Hazel Flynn: Tim Holtz Crazy Bird card
Well done to Hazel Flynn, who contributed to the Authors For Fireys fundraiser in January 2020. Emily Gale and Nova Wheetman organised this mammoth undertaking. …
Thank you Phillipa Nefri Clark: seahorse card
Well done to Phillipa Nefri Clark, who contributed to the Authors For Fireys fundraiser in January 2020. Emily Gale and Nova Wheetman organised this mammoth …
Fire Star by A L Tait
A review by Nalini Haynes Reeve is a squire. His former mistress, the Airl’s (Iord’s) wife, placed him in a vassal’s (Sir Garrick’s) household. (Everyone …
Hollow Ones by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
A review by Nalini Haynes The prelude introduces us to a strange letterbox in Manhattan. Ironically, the letterbox is not a link to the Hollow …
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 …
Maybe the horse will talk by Elliot Perlman
A review by Nalini Haynes There’s an old story about a jester or a teacher who ran foul of his king. The king sentences the …