We love YA interview with Michael Gerard Bauer.

 Tim Jones interviews Lyn McConchie.

 Felicity Bloomfield interviews Richard Harland.

 Shaun Tan interviewed by School Library Journal.

 Damian Broderick interview at Missions Unknown.

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Alex Fitch interviews Shaun Tan for Panel Borders. They talk about "breaking into the illustration business, the art of designing books and the influence of Raymond Briggs on Shaun’s work".

The Sydney Writers' Centre Podcast interviews Richard Harland.

And the latest Terra Incognita Podcast episode is out, with Jason Nahrung reading his story Smoking, Waiting for the Dawn and Keith Stevenson reviewing Canterbury 2100, edited by Dirk Flinthart.

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Found some current and upcoming programs of interest on ABC TV; for kids,  The Boy and Galactik Football on iView, and Being Human and Torchwood, Friday nights on ABC2. The first episodes of the latter two programs have already aired, but are available on iView for a limited time.

And coming up is Clone in early July on ABC2.

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The Book Show interviewed Isobelle Carmody for their Off The Shelf segment, and Faster Than Light Podcast interviewed Elizabeth Knox.

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The Aurealis Awards are now open for nominations. See the site for more details, including a list of the Judges.

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This month's Spec Fic Blog Carnival is being hosted at HorrorScope.

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Some upcoming events at the Victorian Writers' Centre include:

The Hero's Journey with Paul Collins, 28th June. There's a special offer to non VWC members for this workshop. Please mention “VWC PROMO DEAL” to receive a special discount at the VWC membership rate of $100 / $90 concession. OFFER CLOSES MIDDAY, MONDAY 22 JUNE. Bookings are essential to receive this offer. Phone 9654 9068.

Genre Publishers Tell All with "a guest editor" from black dog books, Stuart Mayne (Aurealis Magazine) and Janet Rowe (Five Mile Press), June 30th.

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Australian spec-fic and horror author/illustrator (and Aurealis magazine's Art Director!) Andrew J McKiernan now has a new website: http://www.andrewmckiernan.com
Find samples from the forthcoming "SHARDS: Short Sharp Tales" collection by Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Andrew J McKiernan in the Image Gallery, as well as illustrations that have appeared in Aurealis magazine, Orb Speculative Fiction, and a number of other collections and anthologies.
The site also contains a full bibliography of works published, plus two pieces of previously unpublished fiction to read for free: "The Memory of Water" and "Last Words".

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Some miscellaneous items of interest from the newspaper sites: Alison Croggon won the Pascall Prize for criticism, an interview with author Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and top Oz scientists and science broadcasters (including Sean Williams) share their favourite science books – fact or fiction.

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Two long articles on the forthcoming graphic novels, The Example and Flinch, feature interviews with creator Tom Taylor: "In a superhero-free world" from The Australian, and "Tom Taylor on The Example and Flinch" from Cool Shite.

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