NSW Writers' Centre is running the workshop Magic and Fantasy – Exploring the 'Otherworld' with Felicity Pulman on the 2nd of August.

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The release of Margo Lanagan's Tender Morsels in the UK has raised a bit of controversy. Here's two articles I came across, first from The Guardian Online, and the second from The (Daily) Mail Online.

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ABC News talks to Russell T. Davies about "life, Doctor Who, and the return of Torchwood", including an extended audio interview.

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The deadlines for action, animation, fantasy, horror, & science fiction filmmakers to submit their genre feature film to the 2009 Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (MIFFF) in Seattle are as follows:

Regular Deadline: July 20th, 2009
Late Deadline: July 30th, 2009
Without A Box Extended Deadline: August 10th, 2009
Schedule Announced: August 25th, 2009
Festival Begins: September 18th, 2009

To submit your film or for additional information about MIFFF, please visit the newly launched official website at www.mifff.org

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Two interviews with Kaaron Warren at Falcata Times and Zone Horror (via)

Another interview with Richard Harland, this time at ABC's Articulate Blog

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Garth Nix talks about creating fantasy characters with LearncastNSW on YouTube.

The Book Show on Ray Bradbury and his love of libraries and his hate of the internet.

The Melbourne Writer's Festival is having a film-night fundraiser featuring Coraline, the film based on Neil Gaiman's book, introduced by Shaun Tan.

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 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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