Carissa's Weblog for April

Weblog items appear first at our Twitter page: http://twitter.com/aurealisXpress

Teen Writers Get Serious with Melina Marchetta. NSW Writers Centre workshop April 24th http://bit.ly/b9oBIV

Aussiecon 4's Hugo Ballot is now online. Deadline 31st July 2010 http://bit.ly/9ySAua

Larbalestier, Harland & Murray shortlisted for Ethel Turner Prize, NSW Premier's Literary Award http://bit.ly/dp6Txj

Deborah Biancotti, Kaaron Warren, Amanda Pillar & Jennifer Brozek took out the Australian Shadows Awards http://bit.ly/9edoIm

Jonathan Strahan: New book cover for Legends of Australian Fantasy!! http://brizzly.com/pic/1WKH

The Book Show asks "how are local writers coping with the Harry Potter and Twilight phenomena?" http://bit.ly/cT7U29

Kate Eltham shares 3 books that have had an impact in her life for ABC RN's Off the Shelf segment http://bit.ly/cfpdqa mp3 or stream

New Galactic Suburbia podcast up! http://bit.ly/cb5SUn Episode 2 & 3

Karen Healey (@kehealey) – Writing From A Strange Land: The Imaginative Displacement of Margaret Mahy http://bit.ly/cnNRHJ @strangehorizons

Recommend "strongly Australian" stories for @editormum75's reprint anthology Australis Imaginarium http://bit.ly/boSzjG

Read Alert has Shaun Tan's Adelaide Festival Award acceptance speech http://bit.ly/9GKeG7

Melina Marchetta on The Conversation Hour http://bit.ly/a6SoRh mp3 download

Up now TISF 17: Ben Peek reads 'Under The Red Sun', Keith reviews Mirror Space. Free at www.tisf.com.au or iTunes.

Australian Spec Fic blog carnival, March 2010 http://bit.ly/9HRWbZ