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 …
Holly Godfree on why Students Need School Libraries
This may shock you , but I am passionate about books, literacy and libraries. So, when I met teacher librarian Holly Godfree, we talked about …
How To Make A Pet Monster: Hodgepodge by Lili Wilkinson, illustrated by Dustin Spence
A review by Nalini Haynes Artie just moved in to a spooky house with his mom, stepfather and stepsister Willow. Mom is renovating the house …
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 …
The ScoMo Diaries by Tosh Greenslade and Andrew Weldon
A review by Nalini Haynes In The Scomo Diaries, Scott Morrison is, effectively, Adrian Mole of Secret Diary fame all grown up and become prime …
Tosh Greenslade and Andrew Weldon on The Scomo Diaries
In this podcast Nalini has the privilege of sniggering and chortling with the mute button and/or her hand over her mouth while Tosh Greenslade and …
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 …
School Rules Are Optional by Alison Hart
A review by Nalini Haynes School Rules Are Optional is a whodunnit for primary schoolers. Jesse McCann’s jumper is missing. Later they find the corpse. …
We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take two
I have no idea who “We’re gonna need a bigger cup” is for. This card was a reaction to finishing my rocking card AND LEARNING …
We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take one!
We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take one! I spent several hours over the weekend making this card. SEVERAL HOURS. Then, this morning, I discovered …
The Dawnhounds: Against the Quiet by Sascha Stronach
A review by Nalini Haynes Goodreads introduces the Dawnhounds: A ship rolls through the fog, its doomed crew fallen victim to an engineered plague. Yat …
Dead Man In A Ditch By Luke Arnold
A review by Nalini Haynes Fetch Phillips is a detective living in Sunder City. Fetch Phillips is, ironically, a human living in a post-apocalyptic world …
A Wizard in My Shed by Simon Farnaby, illustrated by Claire Powell
A review by Nalini Haynes A warlock in the 6th century is wild – or, in this case, Wyld – and unkempt. He’s also committed …
Aliens thank Andrew Levins
I’m rather behind in posting the cards I’ve been making. I posted this Aliens card IN AUGUST, got the street number wrong, it took about …
Garth Nix
Nalini Haynes talks to fantasy author Garth Nix in this podcast, which is at the top of this post and available on all good podcasting …