The Aurealis Awards have posted a Flickr photoset of images from this year's Aurealis Awards Ceremony by Elleni Toumpas, including a picture of our own Aurealis Magazine Editor, Stuart Mayne.
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Author Interviews
Catch some recent interviews with Australian authors, including Karen Miller at Blogging the Muse, Steven Amsterdam at LiteraryMinded, Jenny Blackford at The Specusphere, Alison Goodman at Nethspace, and Kim Falconer via Voyager Online.
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Good news for Richard Harland
Richard Harland has secured a US deal for his steampunk/Victoriana novel Worldshaker. As well, Richard's short story A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead has been selected for Tor's Year's Best Fantasy 2009 anthology, along with Kim Wilkins' The Forest.
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Shaun Tan Spotlight
Tor.com's resident Art Director Irene Gallo featured Shaun Tan in her Hugo Nominee Spotlight series.
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We Love YA
New YA Blog, We Love YA, is run by a group of Australian and New Zealand readers, reviewers and writers. Launched last week, they've posted a couple items of interest to SF readers; an interview with Michael Pryor, and an interview with Sarah Foster of Walker Books.
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CBCA Shortlist
The shortlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards has been released. Lots of SF authors on the list including Melina Marchetta, Shaun Tan, Emily Rodda, and D.M. Cornish. The winners will be announced on Friday, 21 August 2009.
Found via InsideADog.com
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SF on The Book Show
Recently on ABC Radio's The Book Show:
Shaun Tan's visual narratives: 2009 Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture
Writing sex and dystopia in speculative fiction
Available for download and streaming for a limited time.
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John Birmingham Interview
SciFiDimensions Podcast interviews John Birmingham.
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Be an Aurealis Awards Judge
The Aurealis Awards organisers are now accepting applications from people interested in being a judge for the 2009 Awards. Have the Judges Application Form in by Friday, 24th April to be considered.
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Fullmetal Alchemist premiere at Supanova
Supanova's on in Brisbane this weekend, and Madman Entertainment is hosting a simultaneous premiere (in Japan and Aus) of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the new anime series based on the best-selling manga by Hiromu Arakawa. The event is at 6pm on Sunday, April 5th. The series will also be a part of the upcoming launch of Madman's high-quality streaming video service, Screening Room Plus.
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