Podcast Archives : Dark Matter Zine

Recently I interviewed Tripod. The award-winning storytelling band not the instrument. Tripod is a trio of musicians: Scod (Scott Edgar), Yon (Simon Hall) and Gatesy (Steven Gates). Over the course of an eighteen-year collaboration, the trio has covered a wide variety of performance styles and subject matter, anything from 3 men in space to a fictional […] The post Tripod: This Gaming Life a...

In 2015, Nalini Haynes interviewed Joe Abercrombie about his Shattered Sea trilogy. Below are the planned introduction and interview questions. Joe Abercrombie spent much of his youth playing computer games, rolling dice, and drawing maps of places that don’t exist. He went on to Manchester University to study Psychology. The dice and the maps stopped, […] The post Joe Abercrombie (2015) app...

The Queers Destroy Science Fiction edition of Lightspeed Magazine is currently open on Kickstarter for financial contributions. Contributions’ terms and conditions are also listed on the kickstarter page. Lightspeed Magazine says Lightspeed is a science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spann...

At PAX Australia 2014, the minion and Nalini talked to Sebastian Perri and Jonathan Strugnell. They taught computer games developers. This is that interview… AIE  The Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) is Australia’s most awarded 3D animation, game design and visual FX educator. Created as a non-profit organisation to grow the creative digital sector, AIE […] The post &#8...

Internationally bestselling author Karen Miller is currently writing her 22nd novel in the speculative fiction and epic historical fantasy genres. She’s written Star Wars and Stargate novels and, under the pen-name K E Mills, Karen writes the Rogue Agent series about a wizard with special skills who works for his government under unusual circumstances. One […] The post Karen Miller appeared...

Graeme Simsion, author of the international best-seller The Rosie Project and its sequel The Rosie Effect, talks to Nalini Haynes of Dark Matter Zine about his books and his central character, Don Tillman. Don Tillman is a lot like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory in that he is not actually identified as being on […] The post Graeme Simsion appeared first on Dark Matter Zine .

 Thanks to Armageddon Expo, I talked to Alaina Huffman, who has played Maureen Bowers on Painkiller Jane; Lieutenant Tamara Johansen on Stargate Universe; Dinah Lance/Black Canary on Smallville; and Josie Sands/Abbadon on Supernatural. Due to a technical malfunction, this interview begins with a photo overlaid with sound only but kicks in with actual video at about […] The post Alaina Huffma...

  According to Armageddon Expo’s website: Robert Rankin is an unrepentant Luddite who writes his bestselling novels by hand in exercise books. He is the author of The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, The Witches of Chiswick, The Brentford Trilogy (8 books), The Armageddon Quartet (3 books) and many more. What Armageddon fails to mention is that Robert Rankin is absolutely […...

 Mira Furlan played Delenn in Babylon 5 for which she was awarded the Sci-Fi Universe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Genre TV-series in 1996 and 1997. She also played Danielle Rousseau in Lost. Mira has significant credits in theatre and television in Yugoslav, Croatia and America. She’s won all the highest awards in […] The post Mira Furlan appeared first on Dark Matter Zine .

Thanks to Armageddon Expo, I talked to fantasy author Terry Brooks whose credits include 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers. Terry’s interview is available in video (MP4) below. It will be available […] The post Terry Brooks appeared first on Dark Matter Z...

I interviewed a series of people today in the leadup to Armageddon Expo Melbourne 2014. The scariest interview was a confrontation with not one but two Goa’ould from Stargate. Actors Peter Williams (Apophis) and Cliff Simon (Ba’al) talk all too briefly about their careers. Peter Williams (Apophis) A unique take on a Bachelor of Arts in […] The post “Stargate” with Pet...

Laini Taylor grew up with her toes in many oceans and her nose in many books. She studied literature and art, has edited travel guidebooks, illustrated children’s magazines, and sold her paintings under a bridge, in rain and in snow, before giving it all up to write full-time. She lives in Portlan, Oregon, with her […] The post Laini Taylor appeared first on Dark Matter Zine .

Steve Worland has worked in film and television in Australia and America. He’s written scripts for Working Title, Icon Productions and TV series Big Sky and Farscape; he worked in script development for James Cameron’s film production company Lightstorm and he wrote Fox Searchlight’s Bootmen and the action-comedy telemovie Hard Knox. He’s now writing action-adventure […] The post...

Romancing the Reader Kate Cuthbert of Escape Publishing, the electronic arm of Harlequin here in Melbourne, invited authors Anne Gracie and Sarah Mayberry to join her in discussing romance: reading and writing romance. I, Philistine that I am, enjoyed this conversation and learnt about publishing, targeting audiences and choosing a setting. I highly recommend romance […] The post “Roma...

“We don’t need no edjucashun” sang Pink Floyd; sadly, on the topic of vampires, I can’t join the chorus. Authors Jason Nahrung and Angela Slatter join me alongside reviewers C J Dee and Elizabeth Manthos to discuss vampires, their attraction, their metaphors and the writing that inspires current fascination with the bloodsucking fiends. I get […] The post “Vampi...

Bruce Mutard, prominent creator in the Australian comic books scene, celebrated his Master in comics being 99.9% complete with this Words into Pictures exhibition. In another video/podcast (coming soon) Bruce talks about his work in the exhibition but this is all about the celebration. Click on any thumbnail to open the gallery. Use left and […] The post Bruce Mutard: Words Into Pictures Lau...

On a chilly day in Melbourne, plunger pots full of delicious coffee scented the air, enticing authors, volunteers, journalists and special guests alike in the Wheeler Centre performance space. We were gathered here together to celebrate the launch of the Melbourne Writers Festival program for 2014. Michael Webster, MWF Chair and patron of the arts, lead […] The post Melbourne Writers Festiva...

On a cold winter’s evening – July 8 to be exact – at the close of the Guardians of the Galaxy 17 minute preview I rushed out of IMAX at about 6 pm to walk briskly up to Readings for the 6:30 pm launch of Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier. Justine entertained attendees with discussion of […] The post Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier – book launch appeared first on D...

Considering the title of this book, the Blood She Betrayed by Cheryse Durrant-Curtis, this was a fairly bloodless book launch. The bloodless nature of this Bloody book launch was probably helped by the fact that, although terminally morbid, Daleks aren’t stabby. Lindy Cameron of Clan Destine Press, wearing a tee shirt saying ‘Rule #1 the […] The post Dalek Launches Bloody Book: T...

Late in 2013, Dr Anne Richards, Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffiths University, delivered a keynote speech to the Small Press Network conference in Melbourne, titled ‘Coming Out: Reframing the Public Face of Publishing’. Her speech, on day 1, had attendees buzzing for the remainder of the 2-day conference. Anne’s speech is available in MP3 (audio-only) […] The post Dr Anne...

At Continuum X, Ticonderoga Publications launched Death at the Blue Elephant and Kisses By Clockwork. Celebrations included some bubbly, authors reading snippets of their work (featured in the video) and some short speeches. Russell B Farr introduced the event with acknowledging Ticonderoga authors who have passed away. Russell mentions the Year’s Best Science Fiction Fantasy […] The p...

An interview by Nalini Haynes Podcast (MP3 version) is above Quicklink to the video interview David Henley, author and creative director working in association with the publishing industry, talks to Nalini Haynes of Dark Matter Zine about his novels, Amazon, the publishing industry and more. HarperVoyager has published two novels in David’s science fiction trilogy: […] The post David H...

For 17 years Keelen Mailman lived and worked on Mount Tabor, a cattle station subject to Native Title. Mending and building fences, putting out salt licks for the cattle, protecting sacred sites and teaching the next generation, Keelen was busy. She was also instrumental in a 7 year struggle to reclaim Aborigine bones from a […] The post Keelen Mailman on Power, racism and advocacy appeared...

Traci Castleberry, Matt Cresswell and Melissa Scott joined me to discuss diversity with a focus on how to include gender and sexually diverse characters. The short version: Queer is not all that hard. To hear the longer version, click on the podcast! Contents list for quick links to save scrolling Traci Castleberry Matt Cresswell Melissa […] The post Queer is not all that hard: on writing LG...

A review by Nalini Haynes Skip to video interview or listen to the same interview in podcast (above). The Almighty Johnsons TV series opens on Axl’s 21st birthday when Axl (Emmett Skilton, aka Odin) learns the family secret in an initiation ceremony… that requires him to strip naked in the woods. It’s a very cheeky episode, with continual flashbacks […] The post Almighty Jo...