In this podcast (link above and on all good podcasting websites), Nalini Haynes interviews Elizabeth Knox. Knox, a New Zealand author, was appointed an Officer …
Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird
A review by Nalini Haynes For those who’ve read my review of A Lifetime Of Impossible Days or listened to my podcasts featuring Tabitha Bird …
Cuckoo’s Flight by Wendy Orr
A review by Nalini Haynes Clio lives in ancient Mesopotamia Crete (I am geographically ignorant) on a Mediterranean island with her family. When returning from …
Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
A review by Nalini Haynes A fairy tale unfolds in contemporary England… Taryn Cornick wrote a book about library fires, burnings and conversion to toilet …
Dragon and Her Boy by Penny Chrimes
A review by Nalini Haynes TRIGGER WARNINGS: SUICIDE, DISABLED ABUSE WARNING: SPOILERS. This is a children’s book. I feel very strongly about some of the …
Last One At the Party by Bethany Clift
A review by Nalini Haynes A woman is the last person alive. The Last One At the Party. She goes on a drug-and-alcohol binge for …
Witch by Finbar Hawkins
A review by Nalini Haynes Evey and Dill, two sisters, watch as a group of men murder their mother. They flee to their mother’s coven …
Gender-swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett
A review by Nalini Haynes A husband-and-wife/wife-and-husband team created Gender-swapped Fairy Tales. Plackett wrote an algorithm to change male pronouns to female and vice versa. …
In My Past Life I Was Cleopatra by Amal Awad
A review by Nalini Haynes In My Past Life I Was Cleopatra: A sceptical believer’s journey through the New Age is part memoir, part caution, …
Rise of the Mythix: Flight of the Griffin by Anh Do
A review by Nalini Haynes Rise of the Mythix tells the story of humans becoming reincarnated personifications of formerly mythical animals. There’s a prophecy and …
Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
A review by Nalini Haynes Deka has lived her whole life in a village in the North although she has her Southern mother’s dark complexion. …
Outlawed by Anna North
A review by Nalini Haynes Outlawed is a change of pace from my recent reads despite the feminist theme running through all the shiny books …
Hero Is A Four Letter Word: a short story collection by J M Frey
A review by Nalini Haynes Hero Is A Four Letter Word features characters and romances of all kinds. Probably the only consistent thread between the …
Would you like Fry(s) with that? J M Frey
Today’s podcast guest is J M Frey, aka Jess. She is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author as well as an actor and voice …
Poo and other words that make me laugh by Felice Arena and illustrated by Tom Jellett
A review by Nalini Haynes Poo! * and other words that make me laugh is a joyous exploration of the English language for younger children …