Reviews by Philippa Hadlow Reading time: 12 minutes Love After The End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction Edited by Joshua Whitehead Arsenal Pulp Press 2021 Rating: 4.2 out of 5 on Amazon I resorted to an online dictionary to clarify the word ‘Indigiqueer’. What came up instead was...
By Katie Stone Reading time: 13 minutes We drink it, wash in it, cook with it, swim in it. We turn on the tap dozens of times a day. It comprises most of our food, our environment, and indeed, our bodies. Yet, most of us barely think about...
By Hayley White Reading time: 12 minutes [caption id="attachment_2888" align="alignright" width="860"] Paperwhite narcissus Photo: Masaaki Komori, Unsplash[/caption] As we step into the festive month of December, there are specific flowers relevant not only to this month but also to the Christmas holiday season. Paperwhite narcissus and holly are...
By Hayley White Reading time: 12 minutes Depending on how you feel about Christmas music, it can either be the most wonderful time of the year, or the worst, because nothing gets stuck in your head like Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’. I...
By Philippa Hadlow Reading time: 12 minutes When Elmien and Gerrit Feldtmann look out their kitchen window, they see and hear wildlife of a different kind from their hometown in South Africa. Trilling in the bush that surrounds their parklike property in Taranaki are fantails, finches, wax-eyes,...
By Hayley White Reading time: 13 minutes Rukuhia te ata o te whakairo, Rukuhia te ata o te wānanga, Rukuhia te ata o te wharekura, Whano! Whano! Hari mai te toki! Haumi e, hui e, tāiki e! Delve deep into the image of carving, Delve deep into the essence of knowledge, Delve deep into the image...
By Hayley White Reading time: 14 minutes There was nothing more exciting than celebrating your birthday as a kid. All the presents and having your friends come over and play – and not to mention the cake! But gradually, as you get older, the excitement starts to...
By Hayley White Reading time: 11 minutes People have been ‘getting laid’ since the dawn of time. Prehistoric sexual relationships that were primitive and focused on keeping the human race alive had further to evolve before sex became a comfortable act. Sexual reproduction itself is so enmeshed...
By Hayley White Reading time: 14 minutes Every now and then, I get a craving. The craving has me standing in the confectionary aisle staring at the wall of chocolate bars, and the chocolate bars stare right back at me. As I reach for my usual Caramilk...
By Philippa Hadlow Reading time: 15 minutes “My immediate question when I see a piece of art is, without fail, ‘what is its story?” – Artworkarchive "My task is to simplify and go deeper, making a commitment to what remains. That's what I've been after. To care and polish...