Writing While Indigenous/Writing While Chinese Intersectionality in Oz YA Ambelin Kwaymullina is an Aboriginal writer, illustrator and law academic who comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region […]
It has been a particularly challenging week (what do you mean it’s only Tuesday?) and I find myself not up to the challenge of writing a thought out, readable essay […]
NOTE: This is a repost of an article I wrote for Book Riot on the 18th of February, 2016. I am what Mindy Lahiri would call a Hindu-y person, but […]
How much of our daily interactions, reading, and living is affected by the narratives coded in our colours, ethnicities, and histories? How much of our reactions to seemingly insignificant things […]
Sophos, heir to the throne of Sounis, has disappeared without a trace. Eugenides, the new and unlikely king of Attolia, has never stopped wondering what happened to his friend. Nor […]
By scheming and theft, the Thief of Eddis has become King of Attolia. Eugenides wanted the queen, not the crown, but he finds himself trapped in a web of his […]
I have said this often enough on social media (Twitter in particular) that I am a very selective reader. I research before I read. Some disciplines treat the book as […]
When his small mountainous country goes to war with the powerful nation of Attolia, Eugenides the thief is faced with his greatest challenge. He must steal a man, he must […]
Hardcover, 470 pages Published February 24th 2009 by Candlewick Press Source: Purchased In an increasingly battle-ravaged land, Maerad, Cadvan, and Hem desperately search for one another as they make their […]
As you may have noticed from this month’s introduction post, I am a fan of the month’s theme. I like female characters and lately, I like them monstrous. But, of […]
The Book Wars 