Emily Tesh’sSome Desperate Glory(2023) is seemingly straight pew-pew YA SF, well done (it won this year’s prestigious Hugo Award) but a third of the way through I was wondering how is Tesh going to turn this into a UKLG contender, and then she does. Kyr – short for Valkyrie –...
Media release: Friday 10 Nov 2023 15 animal activists have been charged with trespass, seven months after they occupied a Benalla slaughterhouse in a protest against the use of gas chambers in pig slaughterhouses. The protest, which happened on April 13th, was in response to an investigation of...
2023 Wrap: Another big year of change for Live Delay, welcoming new host Matt Hall and audio producer Dave Arens to the helm – for the first time splitting up the duties past announcers like Josh Watson, Branko Cosic, Reuben Aptroot, Darragh Murray and Scott Mercer had taken on all by ...
2023 Wrap: Another big year of change for Live Delay, welcoming new host Matt Hall and audio producer Dave Arens to the helm – for the first time splitting up the duties past announcers like Josh Watson, Branko Cosic, Reuben Aptroot, Darragh Murray and Scott Mercer had taken on all by ...
June 1, 2023 Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au Cold Enough for Snowis a 96 page literary fiction novella set in Japan, that can be read in an afternoon. Mother Daughter Relationships It is an intricate, observant story told by a daughter who has arranged to take her mother on holiday ...
Cast: Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto, Zoe Terakes, Chris Alosio, Marcus Johnson, Alexandria Steffensen Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou Screenwriters: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman, based on a concept by Daley Pearson ...
Held (2023), by Anne Michaels Intrigued by Kim’s somewhat ambivalent review of Anne Michael’sHeldatReading Matters,I bought a copy on Love Your Bookshop Day, and pushed it to the top of the TBR because it’s shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and becauseI admiredFugitive Piecesimmensely ...
“A Good Big Brother” by Matt Tighe (Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, IFWG Publishing Australia) “Tagged” by Chuck McKenzie (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine) “The Best Medicine” by Pauline Yates (Midnight Echo 16, AHWA) ...
Having asked the question, Lucashenko then moves her historical story to 1854-1855. Mulanyin is living with his law-brother Murree north of his own saltwater Nerang/Yugambeh home. Here, he is in close contact with the colonisers, and particularly with the Petries. At this time, the Petri...
A big thank you to fellow bloggers who inspire and encourage me, and grateful thanks to the readers who take the time to share their thoughts in comments. You all know who you are! Held (2023), by Anne Michaels Intrigued by Kim’s somewhat ambivalent review of Anne Michael’sHeldatReading...