Competitions, Interviews and more from Twitter

 

Recent links of interest @AurealisXpress:

The latest issue of aurealisXpress is out for Aurealis subscribers. Includes an interview with Garth Nix and, thanks to Madman Entertainment, a competition to win the 1960s classic cartoon Gigantor, Collection 1 and the Korean disaster movie, Haeundae on DVD

 

Cartoon Network will air “Deltora Quest” animated series in April http://bit.ly/b6dM5i 

 

@KathLangrish interviews Kate Forsyth for "An Australian Perspective…about writing fantasy" http://bit.ly/dijoVB 

 

LA Times announces 2009 Book Prize finalists | Sean Tan nominated in Young Adult Lit for Tales from Outer Suburbia http://bit.ly/aEhTHO 

 

Meet Melina Marchetta at SLV March 14th http://bit.ly/bCy83l also a the short video interview with Melina.

 

Syd Mead, concept artist for Blade Runner, Tron, Aliens, Star Trek, will appear at the Orpheum in March http://bit.ly/cfBef 

 

Foz Meadows on Solace and Grief @ Fancy Goods http://bit.ly/cQpQiT 

 

Paul Collins interview @ KidsLife | The stuff of legends: writing for the world of fantasy adventure http://bit.ly/c3N42M 

 

Maria V Snyder interviews Glenda Larke http://bit.ly/bGHJyT plus a contest to win The Last Stormlord 

 

Trespass Magazine (@trespassmag) interview with Foz Meadows http://bit.ly/dlg0IC 

 

February has been Aussie Month at The Clock Monkey: Interviews & Reviews of Australian authors http://bit.ly/a9xdlH ~ thx to @EllaPress 

"Keeping the magic alive: Australia and eBooks" by @renailemay http://bit.ly/d2d3p0 ~ thanks to @KimFalconer 

Garth Nix joins Mary Pope Osborne, Cory Doctorow & Mindy Klasky on The Author Hour http://bit.ly/bfITr0 audio & transcript 

 

Margo Lanagan’s (@MargoLanagan) workshop Blood, Boggarts and Battlestars: An Introduction to Speculative Fiction, 6th March @ NSWWC http://bit.ly/c4wc4r 

 

Tor.com interview with Garth Nix from late last year. I missed this one at the time.http://bit.ly/ckUYSI 

 

Paul Haines has (Aurealis Award winning) Wives & A Spot of Liver avail. at his website for your consideration http://bit.ly/cbJfkE 

 

You can pick up free e-copies of Horn, A Book of Endings and Siren Beat from Twelfth Planet Press till March http://bit.ly/cl67TH 

 

90 interviews for the 2010 Australian Specfic Snapshot! Here's the roundup by @kathrynlingehttp://bit.ly/9phNvH 

 

Here's Stuart Mayne’s (@AurealisEd) 2010 Australian Specfic Snapshot interviewhttp://bit.ly/bQcdkf 

 

2009 Nebula Awards Nominations: http://tinyurl.com/ycfxheq 

 

Writers Read: Narrelle Harris http://bit.ly/d9YDke 

 

ABC RN's Lingua Franca talks to the creator of the Na'vi language

(Avatar).http://bit.ly/dcdQX9 Stream or download, also transcript available.

 

The Small Picture Podcast interviews KJ Taylor (The Griffin's Flight) http://bit.ly/aCD0Av 

 

Sean Williams Interview @ The Long Write Blog http://bit.ly/9pLtGM 

 

Joel Shepherd interview @nethspace http://bit.ly/cWnv9y 

 

Patrick Ness Oz/NZ Tour details http://bit.ly/cub0uX 

 

February's Australian Speculative Fiction Carnival is up at Ripping Ozzie Reads http://bit.ly/aq4YRw

 

NSW Writers' Centre has an interview with Margo Lanagan (@margolanagan) in their February Newsletter http://bit.ly/bY5bar

 

Garth Nix is February's Writer in Residence at insideadog.com.au. His first post is here:http://bit.ly/9ZB9KN 

 

Up now TISF 16: Matthew Chrulew reads 'Beast Machine Fableaux', Keith reviews The Terminator Gene. Free at www.tisf.com.au or iTunes. 

Launch of @fozmeadows Solace & Grief by @ScottWesterfeld at Books Kinokuniya, Sydney, March 7 at 12.30pm http://bit.ly/aXp1025