John Ottinger interviews Karen Miller for SF Crowsnest.

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Simon Haynes is offering his book Hal Spacejock as a free download in rtf, prc, html and text formats.

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The Book Show interviews Shaun Tan. He also reads from his new book Tales from Outer Suburbia.

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Tanaudel is host for this month's Australian Speculative Fiction Carnival.

She also has extensive and visual notes on the keynote addresses given by Shaun Tan and Neil Gaiman at the recent CBCA Conference.

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The Australian profiles Shaun Tan on the imminent publication of his new book Tales From Outer Suburbia.

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If you haven't been seduced by Michael Pryor's Laws of Magic series yet, what are you waiting for? Check out the new book trailer for Word of Honour (Book 3, Laws of Magic) on YouTube.

 

John Flanagan has got quite a bit of press recently on the release of The Battle for Skandia in the US and news that the series has been optioned by director Paul Haggis.

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From ABC RN's Breakfast Show:The Magic Pudding turns 90

"It is 90 years since renowned artist Norman Lindsay wrote the classic Australian children's book The Magic Pudding. The artist himself called the book a 'little bundle of piffle' and wrote it only to win a bet: whether children preferred stories about fairies or about food."

Available for streaming or download.

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Speculative and fantasy fiction continues to grow in popularity with readers of all ages. How do writers create engaging and believable worlds? How do characters contribute to world-building and what cultural influences are at play?

This is what the focus will be at the Sydney Writers Festival event in Blacktown City on Tuesday, May 20 from 6.30pm.

The Sydney Writers Festival is in its 11th year and will see many of the world's greatest writers and thinkers converge in Sydney at the many events and activities taking place – including Blacktown City.

 

From ABC Radio's The Philosopher's Zone, a conversation with author Bernard Beckett about his novel Genesis in which Plato's philosophy is put into practice. It's available for download, streaming, or as a transcript.

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