A review by Nalini Haynes My reviews of episode 1 and episode 2 are at the links; I won’t repeat those observations here. For a comprehensive view …
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Frankie by Shivaun Plozza
A review by Nalini Haynes Frankie was expelled from school for hitting a boy with a Shakespearean tome but she won’t tell anyone what happened. …
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke
A review by Nalini Haynes Foreign Soil is an audiobook of short stories written and read by poet and author Maxine Beneba Clarke. Each story …
Shannara Chronicles s01e02: Chosen part 2
A review by Nalini Haynes See my review of ‘Chosen’ part 1 to avoid spoilers and for previous comments relating to the series that I won’t …
Grass for His Pillow by Lian Hearn
A review by Nalini Haynes Across the Nightingale Floor is book 1 in the Tales of the Otori series (review here); Grass for His Pillow …
Present evil or Evil Presents? A silly illo from Ian Gunn
These evil presents obviously belong under a Christmas tree on Doctor Who and yet Ian drew this illo last century, before Doctor Who had Christmas …
Shannara Chronicles s01e01: Chosen part 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Wil Ohmsford (Austin Butler) is a half-elf racing to save his mother’s life. Sadly, he arrives too late, only to hold …
Homecooked Comics Festival 2016
Media release The 2016 Homecooked Comics Festival is celebrating Australian comics and creators over one weekend at Northcote Town Hall. The Saturday will be packed …
Alex and Eve (2016)
A review by Lynne Larby Opening scene: a wedding. Alex is a good-looking Greek teacher whose family want to set him up with a nice Greek …
7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
A review by Nalini Haynes IMDB describes 7 Chinese Brothers: Larry (Jason Schwartzman) is content with his dog Arrow and booze, barely tolerating anything or …
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 …
Ethel Voting — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
I wonder if Ethel voting refers to the Melbourne Science Fiction Club’s AGM where they vote for a committee or if it’s a political election …
NAUWU Awards 2016 (Worldwide)
Announcing the inaugural worldwide NAUWU Awards in fiction. The NAUWU Awards are named for the disability advocacy slogan “Nothing About Us Without Us”. In 2000, …
Competition closed: Tales of the Otori
Update Congratulations, Michelle Goldsmith is the winner! (I just spelt ‘winner’ as ‘winnter’; I suspect winter is coming is on my mind.) I’ll post those …
Jason Franks: Comics 101
In February 2016, the Australian Comics Arts Festival held its inaugural festival here in Canberra. The minion and I know several of the comic book people …