A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes Kings landing receives news of the Red Wedding. Joffrey looks set to top Aegon as the maddest king. …
Wendy Orr
Wendy Orr talks to Nalini in the above podcast and the below video. Photo of Wendy Orr by Roger Gould. Wendy grew up in France, …
Cleverman s01e01: First Contact
A review by Nalini Haynes In a parallel universe set in contemporary Australia, a group of Moari and Indigenous Australians have too much hair — …
FCBD 2016 (Free Comic Book Day)
By Nalini Haynes What is FCBD? It’s Free Comic Book Day, one day in the year when comic book distributors hand out free comics like …
Eye in the Sky (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Out on bluray, DVD and digital on 20 July 2016. Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) wakes up to a phone …
Sleepy Hollow s01e04: The Lesser key of Solomon
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes It’s the Boston Tea Party! How did the GOP party think their subversion of the name was at …
Diversity
Dark Matter Zine wants to support diversity in all its forms. Therefore we have a new category, Diversity, under which umbrella we feature Aust. & …
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah
A review by Nalini Haynes Michael and his dad are at a rally against refugees. There aren’t many on their side of the protest so …
Rajith Savanadasa
Nalini puts Rajith Savanadasa, author of Ruins, in the limelight. The podcast is above and the video is below. Podcasts are also available on iTunes. …
Ruins by Rajith Savanadasa
A review by Nalini Haynes Ruins is set in 2009 in Sri Lanka, following the lives of one family from 5 perspectives. Civil war rages …
Sarah Alexander on male eating disorders
The Art of Not Breathing: male eating disorders Sarah Alexander grew up in London with dreams of exploring the world and writing stories. After spending …
Follow Friday: link your reviews and interviews!
Today is Friday and in the time-honored tradition dating back at least a couple of years on teh interwebs, Dark Matter Zine is offering you …
Dagger — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
This illo is titled “fantasy2thumb13” but I have no idea why. To me it looks a little like a Klingon dagger but the blade needs …
Central directory to link YOUR reviews
I’m thinking about setting up a database — a central directory — for everyone to link all their reviews to all the books with options …
Game of Thrones s03e09: The Rains of Castamere
A commentary with spoilers by Nalini Haynes ‘The Rains of Castamere’ is a song commemorating the destruction of the House of Castamere by Tywin Lannister. It …