Critical Friends Episode 23: On Reviewing Debuts

EPISODE · May 4, 2026 · 56 MIN

Critical Friends Episode 23: On Reviewing Debuts

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In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Hana Carolina and Alex Kingsley join Dan Hartland to think about reviewing debut books and writers. Is there an extra responsibility reviewers owe to new writers? And if so, what might it be?Hana's review of Krackle's Last Movie by Chelsea SuttonAlex's review of Isaac by Allee Mead

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