Recent SF related articles on the websites of The Age, Australian and Sydney Morning Herald:

Shirley Barber: Our Fairy Godmother

Dreaming Again Review: Imagination that  deftly defies northern gravity

Children's Book Council Awards: Children's author is on a roll

Nick Harkaway: The future of normal, and On a secret mission

Stephenie Meyer: Blood lust, Vampire's dawn sets readers' pulses racing, and The night of the vampire writer

Lisa Gorton: Mallee-rooted poetry and grounded clouds

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Shaun Tan speaks on ABC Radio National's Lingua Franca.

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The Brisbane Writers Festival has released their program of events. Attendees (and events) of interest for SF readers include: Gary Kemble, Jack Heath, James Frenkel, John Birmingham, Margo Lanagan, Michael Pryor, Paul Collins, and Susan Parisi.

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The Conversation Hour with Richard Fidler repeats an interview with The Pilo Family Circus author Wil Elliot. To get the audio, select the link next to the green headphones icon on the left.

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SF Scope reports that Australia has won the bid to host World Con in 2010!

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Nightlife with Tony Delroy hosted a literary event with Jeanette Winterson at the Sydney Writer's Festival. The audio is available for a short time.

Regarding her latest book The Stone Gods, Winterson says on her website, "People say to me, ‘so is the Stone Gods science fiction?’ Well, it is fiction, and it has science in it, and it is set (mostly) in the future, but the labels are meaningless."

[Direct link to mp3]

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At Tor.com, Art Director Irene Gallo interviews Shaun Tan.

Also, "Science that made me smile"

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The Courier Mail interviews Alison Goodman on the release of her book The Two Pearls of Wisdom.

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Recently on Radio National's The Book Show: Fan fiction – the creative and legal pitfalls, and Peter Ackroyd and the mystery of Edgar Allan Poe. Available for streaming or download for a limited time.

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Conflux Blog is this month's host of the Australian Speculative Fiction Carnival. Also, don't forget about the Mini-Con which starts this Saturday.

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