Fantasy Book News & Reviews Blog interviewed Karen Miller early in March.

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Australians are regularly asked to contribute to SF Signal's Mind Meld feature. So far this year:

Sean Williams answers the question "Who are Your Literary Influences in the Ongoing Conversation of Science Fiction?".

Glenda Larke, Margo Lanagan and Anna Tambour give their opinions on "Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature".

Simon Haynes shares who he thinks are "the funniest writers in the history of sf/f?" and gets some props himself from Dave Freer.

Jonathan Strahan gives his answer to the question "Does The Used Book Market Help or Hurt the Publishing Industry?".

Karen Miller shares her "Most Difficult Part of Being a Writer".

Sylvia Kelso reveals her "favorite book".

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Some posts of interest from HorrorScope:

Clarion South is asking for donations to help support the workshop. They hope to raise $4000 dollars by the end of March.

Chuck McKenzie has started a second "fictional blog" called Deadwalkers. New chapters go up weekly.

Dr. Mark David Ryan's thesis A dark new world : anatomy of Australian horror films is available to download at the QUT website.

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Lee Battersby won the 2008 Australian Shadows Award for his novella The Claws of Native Ghosts earlier this month. You can find a link to an interview with him and comments by Guest Judge Sarah Endacott about the award and its nominees at the AHWA website. Found at SFScope.

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More Flycon interviews at ABC's Articulate blog; Jack Dann, Daniel Fox, Roberta Gellis, and Sara Douglass.

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ABC Classic FM program Sunday Live presents a free concert in Penrith by the Leichhardt Espresso Chorus called Love, Lust and Longing — Songs for Edward and Bella. An all-Australian program, it includes: Sally Whitwell, She Walks in Beauty; The Song of the Wandering Aengus; Dan Walker, Excerpts from Seven Deadly Sins; Marco Creazzo, Ave Maria; and Elena Kats-Chernin Longing.

The program will be broadcast live on Classic FM from 3pm on Sunday 22nd of March. Streaming audio is available.

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The Science Show interviews biomedical science student Luke Sturgess about his plans for settling Mars. The audio is available to stream or for download. A transcript is also available.

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Last Friday ABC TV's Collectors program had a segment on the Star Wars Exhibition currently on at the Powerhouse Museum and moving to Scienceworks in Melbourne in June. The segment is available to stream or download.

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The latest Terra Incognita podcast features Sean Williams reading his story A Longing for the Dark which "has not been published, however it was the basis for sections of the novel Geodesica: Descent". And Keith Stevenson reviews Chaos Space by Marianne de Pierres.

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Flinch, "a collection of stories exploring the title theme", features work by Shaun Tan and Terry Dowling among others. Articulate has more info and links.

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