This podcast features Jodi McAlister who is the author of the young adult urban fantasy Valentine series. She is also a Lecturer of Writing and …
#AuthorsForFireys podcast: Narelle Warren
This podcast features Narelle Warren, an academic, who is donating items for the #AuthorsForFireys auction to raise money for the fire fighting effort here in Australia. …
#AuthorsForFireys podcast: Kelly Van Nelson
This podcast features Kelly Van Nelson who is a career juggling author and poet donating items for the #AuthorsForFireys auction. This fundraiser is for the …
#AuthorsForFireys podcast: Zana Fraillon
This podcast features Zana Fraillon, an award-winning author who has donated books and bling to raise money via #AuthorsForFireys for the fire fighting effort here …
Fundraising to support Australian fire-fighting efforts
Update: new donation information. As originally wanted by @EmilyGale and @NovaWeetman, this fundraiser is now officially for ALL fire services in Australia. The official Authors For …
Saving Missy by Beth Morrey
A review by Nalini Haynes HarperCollins is publishing Saving Missy in Australia and provided my review copy. However, Penguin Random House is publishing it elsewhere …
Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling
A review by Nalini Haynes Qualityland doesn’t declare its location: the story could be in any Western country in the not-too-far-distant future. Although perhaps the fact …
Kate Murdoch: Six things I love about the author life
Today’s guest blog is by Kate Murdoch, author of the historical drama The Orange Grove. From her website: Kate Murdoch is the author of Stone …
Shadow By Lucy Christopher, illustrated by Anastasia Suvorova
A review by Annabelle Lee A young girl tells the story of her experience moving with her mother to a new house in the children’s …
Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster by Liza Palmer
A review by Nalini Haynes Carol Danvers is not yet Captain Marvel. She’s driving towards the US Air Force academy for her first day of …
Fairytale Christmas by Merrie Destefano
A review by Nalini Haynes Eire, Queen of the Fairies in Ireland, faces an invading army. Her family and her own troops fight valiantly but …
Blade Witch by Jenny Schwartz
A review by Nalini Haynes Martha is a Blade Witch who hasn’t been home in 7 years and six months but, dammit, she’s going straight …
Fanart: A Lifetime of Impossible Days
A Lifetime of Impossible Days is the third book I tried scrapbooking, bearing in mind that The Starless Sea version 1 came first and version …
Fearsome freaks: how the dominant discourse disenfranchises people with albinism
Pop culture discriminates against people with albinism. Even television series like Star Trek: Discovery, renowned for its progressive nature and inclusion of diversity, vilifies people …
Haunting of Henry Twist by Rebecca F John
A Review by Emma Streeton I picked up the Haunting of Henry Twist because the COSTA awards shortlisted it for ‘first novel’ award back in 2017. …