A review by Nalini Haynes The blurb — from Affirm Press It’s 1699, and the salons of Paris are bursting with the creative energy of …
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
A review by Nalini Haynes The Ancient Eight are fraternity houses at Yale in New Haven. The Ninth House is Lethe, the house appointed to …
Ogre write in: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Ogre write in Remember a couple of hours ago several weeks ago when Dark Matter Zine published ‘Museum’, a silly illo with a blank space for …
In Love With George Eliot by Kathy O’Shaughnessy
A review by Nalini Haynes In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel that tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as …
Storm Wake by Lucy Christopher
A review by Annabelle Lee Storm Wake is a young adult fantasy fiction novel that explores the power of the stories we tell, the truths …
Brinna Kelly
Brinna Kelly’s bio Brinna Kelly is a Chinese Hungarian American actor, a screenwriter, producer, Crazy Cat Lady, Trekkie and Halloween-phile who graduated from UCLA School …
The Fare (2019)
A review by Nalini Haynes Setting the scene Opening: black and white. A taxi driver, Harris (Gino Anthony Pesi), is heading to pick up the …
Observatory: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
It appears that this observatory is on a little asteroid not much bigger than The Little Prince‘s moon. So the observatory is an Earth-type astronomical …
Andromeda Evolution by Michael Crichton and Daniel H Wilson
A review by Nalini Haynes In the Andromeda Strain, the US government captured a sample of toxic space matter that killed dozens of people and …
One Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
A review by Annabelle Lee If you haven’t yet read The One Hundred-Year-Old Man who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared, what have you been …
Barely Lethal (2015)
A review by Nalini Haynes Agent 83 aka Megan (Hailee Steinfield) is a barely lethal ‘Prescott Girl’. The US government raised her in a secret …
Kathy O’Shaughnessy
In this podcast and video interview, Nalini Haynes talks to Kathy O’Shaughnessy who is in love with George Eliot. So much so that she wrote …
One stop shop: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Two people sit on the verandah in front of a building. Words on the side in HUGE letters say ONE STOP SHOP. A shopkeeper sits …
Not-so-bestsellers: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
‘Not-so-bestsellers’ are novels that didn’t sell very well. These include Lady Chatterley’s Friend by D H Lawrence and Two Days of Tea-Drinking by the Marquis …
White ignorance
Notes/blog/essay by Nalini Haynes Before I begin discussing white ignorance, I offer thanks to Alana Lentin whose generous offer of reading her coursework materials and …