Shine Light Blog tour Welcome to the Shine Light blog tour. At each stop we’ll be revealing something new about the characters in Shine Light. What …
Young adult
Shine Light by Marianne de Pierres
A review by Nalini Haynes Shine Light is the third in the Night Creatures series by Marianne de Pierres, a young adult story written …
Melina Marchetta
Today I’m talking to an Australian author who left school at 15, worked in a bank, went back to school then taught English at high …
Lumatere Chronicles
Lumatere Chronicles book 1 a review by Nalini Haynes Finnikin is a young man during the time of this novel, living in exile from his homeland …
Army of the Undead by Stuart Daly
The Witch Hunter Chronicles a review by Lauren Schroder In the Army of the Undead, Jakob von Drachenfels is back in book two as a …
Armageddon 2012
I was a little late for Armageddon 2012 on Saturday morning. I didn’t get to bed until after 1am because of converting and uploading interviews, sending …
Smokey presents
I spent nearly the entire day preparing my application for university today. Smokey headbutted me repeatedly, walking all over the paper application while I was …
Back and Deader than Ever Monster High 4 by Lisi Harrison
a review by Evie Kendal What does one read on Friday the 13th but the next instalment of Monster High? Picking up just after the …
Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer Review by Nalini Haynes
a review by Nalini Haynes Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian is the final in the comedy adventure Artemis Fowl series that my son grew up with, reading …
Books & DVDs received
Today’s epic loot. Billed as an action movie, The Raid looks like a real ‘guy movie’. I enjoy some action movies – Die Hard, Underworld …
Rhiannon Hart in 2012
Rhiannon Hart‘s novel Blood Storm is launched today; Rhiannon and I chatted last night; this 2012 interview is available in MP3 at the bottom of this post. …
Adventure Time season 1
Review by Daniel Haynes Adventure Time is a cartoon series which airs on Cartoon Network. The episodes are roughly 10 minutes long, and each episode …
Cuttlefish by Dave Freer
Review by Nalini Haynes Cuttlefish by Dave Freer is a speculative fiction YA book set in a not-too-distant past alternate history where rising sea levels …
Joanne Anderton: Why this story?
Joanne Anderton: Why this story? As Joanne Anderton’s second Veiled World book is about to be released, she talks about her relationship to the story …
Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan, multiple World Fantasy Award winner, talked to me on the eve of Continuum 8 in 2012. Margo talks about her writing career, trying …