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Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow

December 21, 2020All posts, Book reviews, Disability, Fantasy, LGBTIAQ, People of Color, Women, Young adultAlix E Harrow

A review by Nalini Haynes Juniper limps towards New Salem, alone after murdering her father. Her sisters fled home seven years earlier, leaving her alone, …

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Filed in: All posts, Book reviews, Disability, Fantasy, LGBTIAQ, People of Color, Women, Young adultTags: Alix E Harrow
Future Friend: two children, a book, a cat and a bird float between the author's name and the title

Future Friend by David Baddiel

December 21, 2020All posts, Book reviews, Children, Disability, People of Color, Speculative fictionDavid Baddiel

A review by Nalini Haynes Rahul Agarwal misses his best friend who moved to Scotland. He’s also lost his inventing mojo after she used his …

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Filed in: All posts, Book reviews, Children, Disability, People of Color, Speculative fictionTags: David Baddiel
All the stars and teeth: stars, teeth, tentacles and bones float in a sea around the title

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

December 9, 2020All posts, Book reviews, Fantasy, Romance, Women, Young adultAdalyn Grace

A review by Nalini Haynes Princess Amora turns 18 so faces a rite of passage where she must publicly kill a prisoner with magic. She …

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Filed in: All posts, Book reviews, Fantasy, Romance, Women, Young adultTags: Adalyn Grace
Adam Egypt Mortimer

Adam Egypt Mortimer

December 6, 2020All posts, Interviews & panels, PodcastAdam Egypt Mortimer

Today Nalini Haynes talks to Adam Egypt Mortimer, the writer and director of superhero movie Archenemy. Archenemy is distributed by StudioCanal. In New York City, …

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Code Name Bananas by David Walliams

Code Name Bananas by David Walliams

December 6, 2020All posts, Book reviews, Children, Comedy, Disability, Historical fictionDavid Walliams

A review by Nalini Haynes This is the story of a spy mission with the code name bananas. It all begins with Eric, who loves …

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Filed in: All posts, Book reviews, Children, Comedy, Disability, Historical fictionTags: David Walliams
Wolf girl: traitor: Gwen and her family-of-choice walk towards the reader

Wolf Girl 4: The Traitor by Anh Doh

November 25, 2020All posts, Aust. & NZ, Book reviews, Children, People of Color, Speculative fictionAnh Doh

A review by Nalini Haynes Gwen is Wolf Girl: she can understand wolves, dogs and possibly some other animals. Gwen and Rupert are looking for …

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Filed in: All posts, Aust. & NZ, Book reviews, Children, People of Color, Speculative fictionTags: Anh Doh
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Holly Godfree on why Students Need School Libraries

November 24, 2020All posts, Aust. & NZ, Interviews & panels, Podcast, WomenHolly Godfree, Libraries

This may shock you , but I am passionate about books, literacy and libraries. So, when I met teacher librarian Holly Godfree, we talked about …

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Filed in: All posts, Aust. & NZ, Interviews & panels, Podcast, WomenTags: Holly Godfree, Libraries
How to make a pet monster: Hodgepodge waves

How To Make A Pet Monster: Hodgepodge by Lili Wilkinson, illustrated by Dustin Spence

November 24, 2020All posts, Book reviews, Children, Comedy, FantasyDustin Spence, Lili Wilkinson

A review by Nalini Haynes Artie just moved in to a spooky house with his mom, stepfather and stepsister Willow. Mom is renovating the house …

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Filed in: All posts, Book reviews, Children, Comedy, FantasyTags: Dustin Spence, Lili Wilkinson
Future girl: a girl ponders her art, with a cross over her ear indicating she is Deaf

Future Girl by Asphyxia

November 20, 2020All posts, Aust. & NZ, Book reviews, Disability, Speculative fiction, Young adultAsphyxia

A review by Nalini Haynes Piper is Future Girl and she is Deaf. The nerves to her ears stopped working when she was about 3 …

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Filed in: All posts, Aust. & NZ, Book reviews, Disability, Speculative fiction, Young adultTags: Asphyxia
The Scomo Diaries cover: Scotty sits at his desk with a Maga hat, mug, coal and trophy.

The ScoMo Diaries by Tosh Greenslade and Andrew Weldon

November 19, 2020All posts, Aust. & NZ, Book reviews, Comedy, FictionAndrew Weldon, Tosh Greenslade

A review by Nalini Haynes In The Scomo Diaries, Scott Morrison is, effectively, Adrian Mole of Secret Diary fame all grown up and become prime …

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Filed in: All posts, Aust. & NZ, Book reviews, Comedy, FictionTags: Andrew Weldon, Tosh Greenslade
Tosh Greenslade and Andrew Weldon on The Scomo Diaries

Tosh Greenslade and Andrew Weldon on The Scomo Diaries

November 18, 2020All posts, Aust. & NZ, Interviews & panels, PodcastAndrew Weldon, Tosh Greenslade

In this podcast Nalini has the privilege of sniggering and chortling with the mute button and/or her hand over her mouth while Tosh Greenslade and …

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Betrayals by Bridget Collins - photo in the wild with Lake Tuggeranong in the background

Betrayals by Bridget Collins

November 15, 2020All posts, Alternate history, Book reviews, Literary fiction, Speculative fiction, WomenBridget Collins

A review by Nalini Haynes Leo is a politician who, thanks to a passionate letter objecting to extreme bigotry in a bill under consideration in …

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Filed in: All posts, Alternate history, Book reviews, Literary fiction, Speculative fiction, WomenTags: Bridget Collins
School rules are optional: a boy laughs, standing in the overflow from an exploded toilet with school debris and ducks everywhere

School Rules Are Optional by Alison Hart

November 3, 2020All posts, Aust. & NZ, Book reviews, Fiction, WomenAlison Hart

A review by Nalini Haynes School Rules Are Optional is a whodunnit for primary schoolers. Jesse McCann’s jumper is missing. Later they find the corpse. …

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Filed in: All posts, Aust. & NZ, Book reviews, Fiction, WomenTags: Alison Hart
A shark holds a coffee cup above the sentiment "we're gonna need a bigger cup"

We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take two

November 2, 2020All posts, Art & Craftcoffee

I have no idea who “We’re gonna need a bigger cup” is for. This card was a reaction to finishing my rocking card AND LEARNING …

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Filed in: All posts, Art & CraftTags: coffee
we're gonna need a bigger cup: a shark holds a coffee cup

We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take one!

November 2, 2020All posts, Art & Craft

We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take one! I spent several hours over the weekend making this card. SEVERAL HOURS. Then, this morning, I discovered …

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