You’ve heard of the Frog Prince, right? Well, here’s the Frog King. He looks a bit like Kermit in armor and a crown dumped into …
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Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer
A review by Nalini Haynes Mara Carlyle is a senior at Covington High School. She’s in pre-calc when seniors start to spontaneous -ly explode early …
Blood In The Beginning by Kim Falconer
A review by Nalini Haynes Ava Sykes isn’t afraid of a fight: she’s a bouncer at a night club. The Blood In The Beginning isn’t …
9 Indicators of a professional organization
It takes more than a claim, no matter how often repeated, to actually become a professional organization. This includes writers’ groups. Some of the indicators …
Frisky Chews — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
I suspect Ian was a cat person. He created Frisky Chews for kittens and Lethargic Gummings for older cats. Smokey is not impressed: she says …
Family Skeleton by Carmel Bird
A review by Nalini Haynes Margaret O’Day, matriarch of the Funeral Home O’Days, is in her seventies when a distant relative starts snooping around, researching …
Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
A review by Nalini Haynes Twelve-year-old Aissa, whose name means dragonfly, must metamorpihize like the dragonfly to save herself and her island. Set at the …
Kaaron Warren’s Grief Hole launch
Kaaron Warren’s novel, The Grief Hole, was launched at the National Library of Australia during the 2016 Canberra Writers Festival. The Grief Hole is published …
Fowl Play — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
OMG THE PUNS, THE PUNS!!! Fowl play, a dastardly locked-room mystery… Ian Gunn, creator of these silly illos (illustrations), was a beloved award-winning artist based in …
A Shattered Empire: the story continues
In the epic conclusion to the series that began with the award-winning A Crucible of Souls, Mitchell Hogan combines the wonder of classic sword-and-sorcery fantasy …
Kraken Rising by Greig Beck
A review by C J Dee When a missing, top secret US submarine has its emergency beacon activated beneath the surface of Antarctica, Alex Hunter …
Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley
A review by Nalini Haynes Stiletto is the sequel to The Rook, a first-class debut novel in the fantasy genre starring Myfanwy Thomas, a woman …
Flopsy disk — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter meet the Borg. In the 1990s. Flopsy disk is now obsolete. I hope Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter were more resilient. …
TEDx Canberra talk: Hear My Words
A few months ago, TEDx Canberra had an open mic night. This is my talk presented on that night… Good evening. TedX talks affect change via …
Your heart is a muscle the size of a fist by Sunil Yapa
A review by Nalini Haynes It’s 1999. Crowds have gathered to protest the World Trade Organization’s meeting in Seattle, protesting against how the WTO disadvantages …