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Sunday afternoon listening

I just found out that the interview I did with Ion Newcombe in a dark and cold alley outside the Independant Theatre in Sydney after the Aurealis Awards in May. The bonus is that you also get to listen to some wonderful flash fiction and interviews with Jason
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The Livings Drive-by, I presume: Martin Livings

Martin Livings is another one of those nice, talented Perth people.  His debut novel, Carnies, was published by Hachette in 2006 and has been optioned as a feature film this year. He’s the father of over sixty published short stories, and has been nominated for Aurealis Awards
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For the eMinded amongst ye

The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales will soon be available as an ebook from Ticonderoga. 

Ahem. Why, yes, it is the book that won this year’s Aurealis Award for Best Collection.

Huzzah for downloading bookish thingies to technical, hand-held and portable whatsits! (The sound you hear is my Geeky Significant
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And so, to Sydney

The Aurealis Awards are taking place this Saturday night, so it’s off to Sydney for me on Friday.

Once again, a reunion with Brain, which is always welcome and Significant Other gets to spend the weekend in a gaming marathon frenzy from which he will emerge only when he gets hungry.

And so tomorrow I shall go and find a dress to
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Aurealis Awards – got your ticket yet?

Mmmm? Well, do you?

Go get one – details are here. Garth Nix is the ring master for the event and anyone who saw him host the Hugos in Melbourne last year at WorldCon will know that’s a sight to behold.

So come along on Saturday
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Aurealis Awards Shortlists are Out

Courtesy of the speedy good graces of Dr Tansy Rayner Roberts, the shortlists have been posted here.

I’m so happy to see so many talented friends on the lists! Includes (obviously) Lisa L Hannett, Kirstyn McDermott, Tansy RR, Trent Jamieson, Marianne De Pierres, Dirk Flinthart,
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The FableCroft Drive-by: Tehani Wessely

Tehani Wessely is the driving force behind new indie press, FableCroft. She has edited for Twelfth Planet Press and was a founding member of ASIM (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine). She’s been an Aurealis Awards judge, writes reviews for ASif, Magpies and Fiction Focus. She
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There is an auction happening, with stuff that is cool

SpecFaction NSW Inc, the group that took over running the Aurealis Awards from the awesome Fantastic Qld, is running an auction on eBay. The media release is below:

Signed Speculative Fiction on Sale!
Some of the biggest names in Australian speculative fiction have cleared out their cupboards and the contents are being sold on Ebay! 

Where else can you buy an original print from
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The Morning Drive-by Most Definite: Trent Jamieson

Trent Jamieson is nice … a little too nice … don’t be fooled. Behind that innocent, mild, butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth face, he’s really … actually, he’s really nice. And his Death Works trilogy, beginning with Death Most Definite, is coming out under the auspices of Orbit in August. He’s published a
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Drive-by from the Campbell: Lezli Robyn

Yes! Lezli is our Aussie nom-nom-nominee for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer! Fingers crossed for AussieCon 4! Her qualifying story is Idle Roomer, written with the legendary Mike Resnick for Clarkesworld. She was an Aurealis Awards finalist in 2009 for the novelette Soulmates (also written with
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