The Unquiet Earth
“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” ― Henry David Thoreau Image from Windows into the Earth by Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel There seems to be a new...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Season Five Episode Six Recap by K.J. Taylor
This blog is published after Game of Thrones first airs on Showcase, Monday at 11am AEST (Encore 7.30pm AEST) and contains spoilers. This recap is written by the fabulous K.J. Taylor, author of the new...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Season Five Episode Seven Recap by K.J. Taylor
This blog is published after Game of Thrones first airs on Showcase, Monday at 11am AEST (Encore 7.30pm AEST) and contains spoilers. This recap is written by the fabulous K.J. Taylor, author of the new...
View ArticleThe Golden Wheel Spider and the Cartwheel Spider
I have a confession to make; even though I am a zoologist, I am frightened of large, hairy spiders. I’ve always had this theory is was the way they walk … and now I know this is the truth of the...
View ArticleEthics, Morality and Science: The Ongoing Debate over the Legacy of Henrietta...
Henrietta Lacks; image from the Henrietta Lacks Foundation I have previously written about Henrietta Lacks and her immortal line of cancer cells so vital to cancer research, the immortal HeLa cell...
View ArticleThe Hoatzin
The Hoatzin – the Amazon Stinkbird I’ve done a few posts about amazing animals in the past, but I have to admit, the Hoatzin is rather special, because it has several features that makes it unique in...
View ArticleVetigel
Image from the Suneris website Bleeding out is one of the great contributors to death by injury. Often, the fatal loss of blood occurs quicker than the medic or ambulance officer can control the...
View Article5 books that shaped Eleanor
by Jason Gurley In late 2014 I visited fellow Portland author David Shafer at one of his events. We hadn’t met before, but had mutual friends. He inscribed a copy of his bestseller Whiskey Tango...
View ArticleShort Story: First Kill by Jennifer Fallon
We’ve got a special treat for you – Jennifer Fallon’s The Lyre Thief is set to be released in March and to get you in the mood she’s written a short story called First Kill about the assassin, Kiam...
View ArticleGuest post: Mitchell Hogan — Sticking the Landing
Mitchell Hogan is the author of The Sorcery Ascendant Sequence. The final book in the trilogy, A Shattered Empire, is available in all good bookstores and online now! FANTASY...
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