Dominique Valente describes herself as “Lover of grumpy monsters, quirky dragons, magic and mad things, gardens that whisper and houses that breathe. The coffee helps. The anxiety doesn’t. Has one arm. Fairly certain has some Benjamin Button type disease where you get younger as you grow older. Would love a hut on a cliff with a sea […]

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Today’s guests each wrote comedic adventure style books for kids. They’re passionate about children’s literacy, books in homes, music, and poking fun of each other. Especially Nat Amoore and Adrian Beck, who are cousins. This podcast is suitable for children. The three of them made me laugh so much I struggled to talk at times. […]

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My guest today, Anna Whateley, has always worked in literature and education. She is an “own voices” author, proudly autistic, with ADHD and a sensory processing disorder. Her debut novel Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal is out now. Anna holds a PhD in Literature from QUT and has more hobbies than can fit in a regular […]

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In this podcast Nalini Haynes talks to an author whose writing has been turned into movies, a TV series and an opera. During her career, she’s lived in three countries of which she’s had citizenship in two. In recognition of her many novels and advocacy of equality, human rights, and physical and mental health both nationally and […]

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Today’s podcast features #LoveOzYA queer authors and butterflies Will Kostakis and Alison Evans. Nalini Haynes talks with Will and Alison about their books and queer representation in stories. Will says a lot of gatekeepers want stories about the ‘cocoon’ stage: difficulties and trauma around coming out. Now, he says, we need stories about butterflies: adventures, […]

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Today’s podcast guest is from the Windy City, Chicago; she enjoys running long distances, reading anything she can get her hands on and watching movies with samurai, zombies and/or subtitles in her spare time. Welcome to Christina Henry, who reinvents fantasy stories, from Red Riding Hoodto Alice In Wonderland with a dark twist. Interview notes The […]

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This is Dark Matter Zine‘s Best Panel Ever: an International Women’s Day 2020 podcast, featuring three books by women about girls and women who, if they were real, could be part of the #MeToo movement. Despite the sensitive topic, I (Nalini Haynes, the host) enjoyed talking to these kick-ass authors so much that I was […]

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This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and it’s all about love, actually. Or so my guests tell me. Originally this panel was supposed to be the final podcast for 2019, rounding out the year. First the Silly Season then the apocalypse delayed this recording. Then DMZ opened 2020 with a short podcast series on […]

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This podcast features Kiwi author Elizabeth Knox, who is donating items for the #AuthorsForFireys auction. This fundraiser is for the fire fighting effort here in Australia. The full set of #AuthorsForFireys interviews and blog posts will be here as soon as they are published, as interviews and guest blogs for #AuthorsForWildlife will be here. Meet Elizabeth Knox The best […]

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