Some market links:
Spec Fic for Kids Submission Call from Twelfth Planet Press
The Text Prize
Scary Kisses Anthology
A call for articles for AussieCon 4 Blog

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Back in April, Sean Williams linked to a pdf of a paper (now Ditmar award nominated) by Kim Wilkins called "Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction". Check it out.

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The 7th episode of the Terra Incognita Podcast is available, featuring Bill Congreve reading his story Souls Along The Meridian and a review of Maria Quinn's The Gene Thieves by Keith Stevenson. Horrorscope Blog links to their February interview with Congreve.

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Here's some recent author interviews:

Jules Watson

Kate Constable

Richard Harland

Fiona McIntosh

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Some recent links of interest from the ABC:

Articulate links to a short film about a Voodoo doll;

Will Elliot is interviewed about his new book about living with mental illness;

PM reports on the Comic Art exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia;

Figaro Pho – gothic short films for kids about phobias.

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Some shows to look out for: Apparitions, UKTV, Tuesday 26th May; Sanctuary, SCI FI Channel, Thursday 28th May; Dollhouse, FOX8, Tuesday 9th June. All PayTV unfortunately. And True Blood is available on iTunes.

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Last week's Collectors program on ABC TV featured two items of interest: an interview with collector and "very collectable" artist Graeme Base, and the "Creepy Collection" of Jack Sim. Both segments are available to watch online or for download.

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As part of her blog coverage of the Sydney Writers' Festival, Tara Moss asks 5 questions of Kate Forsyth.

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Tasmania's Mercury Newspaper reports on the second annual Tasmanian Sci-Fi Convention. Also, the "Top 10 sci-fi prophesies that came true."

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YA blog Persnickety Snark is having "Aussie month" in May, featuring interviews with writers and publishing professionals, including Paul Collins, Sarana Behan, and Kristen Young.

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