An interview conducted by Aurealis Art Director, Andrew McKiernan with Alastair Reynolds can be found at the interviews section of the website.

Alastair Reynolds was in Australia this year to promote his new books, Galactic North and Pushing Ice published by Gollancz. Born in North Wales, Alastair Reynolds has a Ph.D. in astronomy and since 1991 has lived in the Netherlands where he works as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. His books have been short listed for major British SF awards. Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award.