Category Archives: Books

Nalo Hopkinson’s The Salt Roads

Posted on 4th October 2024 by Diverse Voices

Lenora Rose wrote this review. I fell utterly and blindly in love with Nalo Hopinson’s first book Brown Girl in the Ring, and I thought that love affair with her prose would continue without any blemish. It lasted through her … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 29th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters

Posted on 19th September 2024 by Diverse Voices

Every good fiddler has a distinctive sound. No matter how many play the same tune, each can’t help but play it differently. Some might use an up stroke where another would a down. One might bow a series of quick … Continue reading →

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China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station

Posted on 11th September 2024 by Diverse Voices

Jason Erik Lundberg wrote this review. China Miéville sometimes pisses me off because he’s such a phenomenal writer. He’s only three years older than me, but at this point he’s written four amazing books, run for Parliament, gotten a Ph.D., … Continue reading →

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China Miéville’s The Scar

Posted on 11th September 2024 by Diverse Voices

Jason Erik Lundberg wrote this review. China Miéville is one of those authors that leaves you feeling exhilarated and envious at the same time. At only thirty years old, he has managed to graduate from Cambridge, complete a Ph.D. from … Continue reading →

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China Miéville’s The Tain

Posted on 11th September 2024 by Diverse Voices

Jason Erik Lundberg wrote this review. tain n. 1. A type of paper-thin tin plate. 2. Tinfoil used as a backing for mirrors. China Miéville has contributed The Tain as part of PS Publishing’s line of original novellas (which includes … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian

Posted on 25th August 2024 by Hrafnfreistuor

I haven’t seen him despite having The Sight but several persons down the years have said that a man dressed in Victorian Era clothes and looking apparently quite solid. He looked to in his late fifties or early sixties, tall … Continue reading →

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Lloyd Alexander’s The Rope Trick

Posted on 18th June 2024 by Kim Bates

What is magic? Although she doesn’t know it, this is the question confronting Lidi, a young traveling magician, whose sleight of hand tricks earn her a living and bring her across the path of some likeable companions and some unsavory … Continue reading →

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Lloyd Alexander’s Westmark

Posted on 18th June 2024 by Kim Bates

Theo is a young apprentice to a printer, an orphan who has been looked after by his community and his master, Anton. Business has been down lately because the Chief Minister Cabbarus has required official approval for every publication, with … Continue reading →

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Lloyd Alexander’s Time Cat

Posted on 18th June 2024 by Leona Wisoker

Jason’s in trouble. He’s been sent to his room for, among other things, spilling paint on the dining room table, punching his younger brother for laughing at him, and talking back to his mother. Sulking in his room, he turns … Continue reading →

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Charles de Lint’s Svaha

Posted on 18th June 2024 by Diverse Voices

Naomi de Bruyn wrote this review. Svaha is a little different from what we are accustomed to seeing from Canadian fantasist Charles de Lint, being much more science fiction than fantasy. However, there are elements of urban and mythic fantasy … Continue reading →

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