AUTHOR: EMILY RAE-BRINSDEN — Welcome to White Space. You have been living here for as long as you can remember Initially, OMORI was… a hard game for me to get into. To put it simply, OMORI’s creator isn’t a great person. They’ve done things that make me feel really uncomfortable, and I felt—and still feel—bad […]
Witch’s Heart: Love, Horror and Looping Timelines
AUTHOR: EMILY RAE-BRINSDEN Have you ever consumed a piece of media that utterly changed your life? For me, that piece of media was a ‘RPG Maker’ horror series called ‘Witch’s Heart’, created by ‘BLUESTAR IZ’ (@bluestar_iz and @blueiziz on twitter). And, boy, could I talk about it for hours. Before we go on, I’d like […]
After Hours – Review
AUTHOR: EMILY RAE-BRINSDEN Do you know what a VJ is? If not, don’t worry: until a few days ago, I didn’t even know they existed! ‘After Hours’ is a three volume sapphic manga series by Yuhta Nishio, and while not currently in the library, I was able to order it online at Booktopia! The protagonists […]
You Must be Layla – Review
AUTHOR: EMILY RAE-BRINSDEN Author: Yassmin Abdel-Magied For me, ‘You Must be Layla’ was an easy but fun read. It’s language is not too challenging and the storyline is engaging. The main character of the novel is Layla, a black hijabi who has recently moved into a predominantly white private school via scholarship. This book touches […]
Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal – Review
AUTHOR: EMILY RAE-BRINSDEN Author: Anna Whateley The protagonist of this story is Peta Lyre, a sixteen-year-old girl with ASD, ADHD and SPD. Living with her auntie and baby niece and having a reliable friend, Jeb, she feels comfortable in the weekly schedule she has set up around her. When a new girl arrives at school, […]
A Small Free Kiss in the Dark – Review
AUTHOR: EMILY RAE-BRINSDEN Author: Glenda Millard Despite what the title of this book may suggest, it is not actually a romance novel. Rather, it is a book that focuses on a boy and his relationship with those around him when a war invades his life. Just a warning, this book does contain themes of violence, […]
Creative Writing Piece – The Guardian
AUTHOR: EMILY RAE-BRINSDEN Rain had followed Poppy throughout her entire life, the background track to all the monumentalmoments that ended up making her, well, her.Poppy lost her first tooth in the rain. She had been playing outside during a storm, yellowgumboots sticky with mud and sunflower-patterned raincoat the only thing providing her warmthwhen she had […]