Tor.com's resident Art Director Irene Gallo featured Shaun Tan in her Hugo Nominee Spotlight series.

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New YA Blog, We Love YA, is run by a group of Australian and New Zealand readers, reviewers and writers. Launched last week, they've posted a couple items of interest to SF readers; an interview with Michael Pryor, and an interview with Sarah Foster of Walker Books.

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The shortlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards has been released. Lots of SF authors on the list including Melina Marchetta, Shaun Tan, Emily Rodda, and D.M. Cornish. The winners will be announced on Friday, 21 August 2009.

Found via InsideADog.com

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Recently on ABC Radio's The Book Show:

Shaun Tan's visual narratives: 2009 Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture

Writing sex and dystopia in speculative fiction

Available for download and streaming for a limited time.

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SciFiDimensions Podcast interviews John Birmingham.

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The Aurealis Awards organisers are now accepting applications from people interested in being a judge for the 2009 Awards. Have the Judges Application Form in by Friday, 24th April to be considered.

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Supanova's on in Brisbane this weekend, and Madman Entertainment is hosting a simultaneous premiere (in Japan and Aus) of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the new anime series based on the best-selling manga by Hiromu Arakawa. The event is at 6pm on Sunday, April 5th. The series will also be a part of the upcoming launch of Madman's high-quality streaming video service, Screening Room Plus.

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In a post called Clarion South 2009: A Teachers View, Jeff Vandermeer blogs about his experience as one of the instructors at the workshop earlier this year.

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Fantasy Book News & Reviews Blog interviewed Karen Miller early in March.

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