The release of Hal Spacejock Book 1 as a drm-free ebook has generated some attention around the blogosphere. Here's an interview with Simon Haynes from Jeri Smith-Ready's blog.

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During his recent visit to Australia The Book Show interviewed Neil Gaiman. Audio is available for streaming or download for a limited time, but there's a transcript of the entire interview as well.

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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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