Podcast Archives : Dark Matter Zine

This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and I’m your host Nalini Haynes. Today I interview Esta Spalding, co-creator of the television series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. Dark Matter Zine Acknowledges this recording is taking place on the unceded Country of the Bunurong Peoples’ of the Kulin Nation as Traditional Owners and Custodians of this Country. […] The post Esta Spalding on adapting Anne R...

Today’s podcast guest is Adrian Czajkowski. (Spelt Adrian Tchaikovsky for publication.) He is a British fantasy and science fiction author. Readers know best for his series Shadows of the Apt, and for his novel Children of Time. Adrian studied zoology and psychology at the University of Reading. Then he qualified as a legal executive and worked […] The post Adrian Tchaikovsky talks Chi...

Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s book launch is available in podcast format above and on all good podcasting platforms. It’s also available in video format below. Ashley said her mum will be pleased to be able to “attend” Dark Mode‘s book launch via this video so HI ASHLEY’S MUM from the Dark Matter Zine crew. Lyn Yeowart, […] The post Dark Mode book launch appeare...

This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and I’m your host Nalini Haynes. Today I’m talking to authors Ilsa Evans, Katherine Kovacic and Victoria Helen Stone for Dark Matter Zine’s 2023 International Women’s Day podcast. Acknowledgement of Country First Dark Matter Zine Acknowledges this recording is taking place on the unceded Country of the Bunurong […] The post International Women’s Day p...

This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and I’m your host Nalini Haynes. Today I’m talking to author Callum McSorley, author of detective novel Squeaky Clean. Introducing Callum McSorley Callum McSorley is a Glaswegian who graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 2013 with a degree in English, Journalism & Creative Writing. In 2014 he […] The post Callum McSorley appeared first on Dark...

This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and I’m your host Nalini Haynes. Today I talk to author Bianca Marais about her book The Witches of Moonshyne Manor. First Dark Matter Zine Acknowledges this recording is taking place on the unceded Country of the Bunurong Peoples’ of the Kulin Nation as Traditional Owners and Custodians […] The post Bianca Marais appeared first on Dark Matter Zine .

This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and I’m your host Nalini Haynes. Today I’m talking to author Naseem Jamnia about their book the Bruising of Qilwa. My review for this book is here. Acknowledgement of Country First, Dark Matter Zine acknowledges this recording is taking place on the unceded Country of the Bunurong Peoples’ of […] The post Naseem Jamnia on their book, Queer and Persian repre...

This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and I’m your host Nalini Haynes. Today I’m talking to author Jessica Johns. Introducing Jessica Johns JESSICA JOHNS is an award winning interdisciplinary artist (that’s code for poet, author and visual artist), a Nehiyaw aunty and member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern […] The post Jessica Johns on being Cree, Queer, and repre...

Brazilian author Simone Campos is DMZ’s guest in this podcast, which is part of a blog hop. I believe the below image for the blog hop includes all Twitter handles. Acknowledgement of Country I have occasionally Acknowledged Country in podcasts. This year I aim to lift my game in many areas, so now I plan […] The post Simone Campos: writing autism was too easy so… #podcast appear...

In this podcast Nalini talks to author Katherine Kovacic. Katherine Kovacic was a veterinarian but preferred training and having fun with dogs to taking their temperatures. She seized the chance to return to study and earned an MA, followed by a PhD in Art History. Katherine spends her spare time writing, dancing and teaching other […] The post Katherine Kovacic loves dogs. Her murdering cha...

Kimberly Kenna studied psychology and trained as a counsellor while working as a breakfast cook whose poached eggs are still a disaster, a detective’s assistant hunting errant husbands and insurance scammers and a martial arts instructor. Then, for something different, she retrained to become a teacher. After teaching she left to study creative writing. And […] The post Kimberly Kenna on com...

In this podcast Nalini Haynes talks to Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters. Sunyi Dean is a biracial fantasy author who was born in Texas, grew up in Hong Kong, and now resides in the UK. She writes speculative fiction with a weird slant, and has both too many books and too many children. […] The post DMZ censors Sunyi Dean! appeared first on Dark Matter Zine .

In this podcast, Nalini Haynes interviews Clare Niederpruem. Clare has a history of acting in sci fi and fantasy. She was in Zombie Hunter, Mythica and My Brother The Time Traveller. Her writing and directing encompasses sci fi, romance, historical fiction and more. For this Christmas she directed two seasonal romantic comedies that are strikingly different. […] The post Clare Niederpruem on...

In this podcast I talk to Noah Segan whose extensive list of acting credits started when he was 7 years old. Now he’s extended into writing and directing. His current genre-busting movie, Blood Relatives, is available on Shudder. And, in case you missed it, Noah was also a rebel pilot in Star Wars! (I totally […] The post Noah Segan loves vampire movies appeared first on Dark Matter Zi...

Today’s podcast guest is author Catherine Raphael who grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh, United States, and graduated from Syracuse University with a major in metalsmithing. She worked as a jeweler for sixteen years, first in Philadelphia and then back in Pittsburgh. During that time she also worked on Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri’s ‘city of […] The post Catherine Raphael on mind, body and...

Today’s guest, Garth Jones, hails from Mad Max Land. Garth is a stereotypical Australian: an irreverent larrikin from out in the sticks absolutely MARINATED in car and footy culture as well as Australiana of yore. He designed ads for phone sex lines, wrote for a church newspaper and drew a few comics for David Lee […] The post Garth Jones storks strine with DMZ appeared first on Dark Matter...

Dark Matter Zine welcomes special guest AViVA. Aviva Anastasia Payne, professionally known as AViVA, is an Australian singer-songwriter and author, a multidisciplinary artist with international success, garnering more than three billion global streams of her music to date. Having always been a lover of stories and made-up worlds, she has fed her passion for self-expression […] The post AViVA...

My special guest for this podcast is Menna Van Praag who was born in Cambridge, England and studied Modern History at Oxford University. And who sets her novels in Cambridge. Need I say more?! Yes? Ok. After studying Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford, Menna returned home to Cambridge to study creative writing and work […] The post Menna van Praag appeared first on Dark Matter Zine .

This year so far I’ve been privileged to read and review some FANTASTIC books, of which The Gifts by Liz Hyder was one. In this podcast I interview the author! Liz Hyder is a writer, experienced workshop leader and award-winning arts PR consultant. She has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and, […] The post Liz Hyder on women with wings who are not angels appeared first on D...

A few weeks ago I was jaw-droppingly surprised when a publicist emailed me and offered an interview with Kee Chan. Although I’d noticed the TV series Kung Fu in the pop culture zeitgeist, I hadn’t started watching it. I promptly said “YES PLEASE” to the interview and binged all of the series that’s currently (legally) […] The post Kee Chan on being Russell Tan i...

This year’s International Women’s Day podcast is an interview with Bridget Hodder who co-wrote a cross-cultural novel with Fawzia Gilani Williams. Cross-cultural novel Bridget Hodder and Fawzia Gilani-Williams wrote an unforgettable tale of cross-cultural interfaith friendship for kids. The Button Box is a middle grade time-travel novel following Ava, a Sephardic Jewish girl, and Nadee...

In this podcast, Nalini talks to award-wining author Heather Mateus Sappenfield whose latest novel, River Between Hearts, is a heartwarming middle school novel suitable for adults. Heather Mateus Sappenfield’s writing explores the adventures that fill life, often set in the Rocky Mountain landscape that has been her lifelong home. She explores the many selves each […] The post Heather...

David VERBEEK (1980, Netherlands) studied film, photography and philosophy at the New School University in New York, and film directing at the Netherlands Film Academy, where he graduated in 2005. During his studies he completed his first feature, Beat (2004), selected for IFFR. Many of David’s films screened at prominent film festivals. They’ve also been […] The post David Verbeek on...

In this podcast Nalini talks to actor, screenwriter and director Anna Hopkins. Anna is famous for her 3 roles as a journalist on Defiant, The Expanse and now in the horror short V/H/S/94, launching today on Shudder. She also won an award for her role as the villain Lilith on Shadowhunters, a role Anna relishes. […] The post Anna Hopkins on being a journalist and a villain appeared first on D...

Nalini Haynes talks to author and academic Ilsa Evans. While bringing up her children solo, Ilsa completed an honors degree in Women’s Studies, for which she won the Dissertation Prize. During this time she also rose to the rank of Sergeant in the Army Reserves. These achievements were separate. Ilsa completed a PhD at Monash […] The post Ilsa Evans on humor and book launches in lockdo...