He’s officially on a roll. Good Trolley says ‘Consume till the tomb!’ I assure you I didn’t plan for this sequence of silly illos to …
Secret Ministry of Frost by Nick Lake
A review by Nalini Haynes Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, ‘Frost at Midnight’, begins ‘The frost performs its secret ministry’. The Secret Ministry of Frost is heavily influenced by …
Daughter of Blood by Helen Lowe
A review by Nalini Haynes Daughter of Blood is book 3 in Lowe’s Wall of Night quartet, an award-winning epic fantasy science fiction series set …
The Refugees (TV series)
A review by Nalini Haynes The Refugees is a science fiction TV series about people from the future transporting themselves into the present “because we …
Goodtrolley says Buy Till You Die — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Last week I said Good Trolley must be evil. This week he’s proven himself to be a shallow capitalist whose call to Buy Till You Die …
A guided tour of the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature
In part 1 of this series on the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature, Dr Belle Alderman gave us a brief history of the Centre. In the below …
Blacklist (TV series)
A review by Nalini Haynes Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington (James Spader) walks into FBI headquarters, alerts authorities then kneels on the seal so they won’t shoot …
Goodtrolley — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Ian Gunn, the artist, titled this drawing Good Trolley but, after hearing Harry Laing reading some of his poetry (hilarious!) no trolley will ever be …
Introducing the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature
In the below short video Dr Belle Alderman gives us the backstory for the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature. This is the first in a …
Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton
A review by Nalini Haynes Set in 17th century Europe, Margaret the First is historical fiction of an author and feminist from the era of Elizabethan, …
Designated Survivor (TV series)
A review by Nalini Haynes Tom Kirman (Keifer Sutherland) is no longer FBI agent Jack Bower. (Thank you! I was sick of the poor writing …
Dark Matter Zine’s best of 2016
This is the best of 2016. This is what I consumed in 2016 not necessarily what was created in 2016. I’ve included a brief blurb to entice …
Trepalium season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Trepalium is a short TV season from France with English subtitles, set in a 1984-style dystopian France where a wall …
Regression (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes A spoilery review. You have been warned. Regression begins with a note on screen stating that this story is inspired …
Godzilla — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Godzilla frolicks during summertime. Everyone is the hero of their own story. There have been remakes galore: Wicked tells the tale of the Wizard of …