Recent links of interest:

Shaun Tan interview @ The Star "Striking, surreal and unsettling" bit.ly/2NBHS

Jonathan Strahan & Jack Dann contribute to SF Signal Mind Meld on creating anthologies bit.ly/HyO8K & bit.ly/b1nbf

At Writer Unboxed blog, Sophie Masson gives her answer to a reader question on "Fairytale as a basis for fantasy" bit.ly/Do1N2

All in the Mind explores The Singularity with scientists and sf author Richard K Morgan bit.ly/gJEKN – mp3 & transcript available.

Michael Pryor was guest poster @ The Random Blog recently. His intro post is here: bit.ly/AzjYD and he continues posting on the subjects of Steampunk, series, history, and more.

Reminder: The Aurealis Awards close Saturday 31 October 2009. Find the nominated works here bit.ly/OaqxG

Reading the text: Joel Shepherd interview at Grinding to Valhalla bit.ly/3NIPbO

Here's the transcript bit.ly/fBweE and video bit.ly/OMOyY (scroll down) of  Jennifer Byrne Presents (First Tuesday Book Club): Monsters and Bloodsuckers

And finally, I'm redesigning the blog. Here's a pic of what I've done so far bit.ly/15mKCa I'd appreciate any comments, either via Twitter or email: ax@aurealis.com.au. Thanks.

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