April's Australian Speculative Fiction Carnival can be found at Eneit's Livejournal.

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ASif! reports that Brimstone Press is conducting a survey on Australian Dark Fiction until April 30, with participants going into a draw to win prizes.

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Recently on Articulate:

Jesus novel good news for Adelaide author

Terry Dowling wins Australian Shadows award

James Doig: shining a light on Australia's gothic literature

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Life Matters on Radio National interviews young author Alexandra Adornetto whose new book has just been published. The audio is available for streaming or download for a limited time.

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Right Down to the Plumbing: Speculative Fiction and World-building – Blacktown Library
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
6:30pm-7:30pm

Blacktown City Max Webber Library

Presenters:
Mr D M Cornish
Mr David Kowalski
Mr Stuart Mayne
Facilitator:
Ms Judith Ridge

Speculative and fantasy fiction continues to grow in popularity with readers of all ages. How do writers create engaging and believable worlds? How does character contribute to world-building and what cultural influences are at play? D.M. Cornish, David Kowalski and Stuart Mayne discuss with Judith Ridge.

I'm really looking forward to being at the SWF and hopefully meeting some subscribers and writers who can make it to the event.

ABC Radio National's The Book Show reviews Aurealis Award winner David Kowalski's The Company of the Dead (30 mins in). Also included in the download and stream is the main feature, an interview with David Mitchell.

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Shiny Mag is running a competition for ya speculative short fiction from 12 – 18 year olds: http://shinymag.blogspot.com/2008/02/shiny-writing-competition_07.html

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Garth Nix’s Ditmar-nominated story “Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex” is available for download on Night Shade Book's Website: http://www.nightshadebooks.com/downloads

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ABC TV program Sunday Arts has a segment on Graphic Novels in episode 4. The program is available for Windows Media or mp4 download on their Video page.

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Endicott Redux spotlights Australian artist Nadia Turner, and Justine Larbelestier shares two artworks from Nick Stathopoulos, one of which is a portrait of Shaun Tan.

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