Weblog for August

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

Fiona McIntosh will be on ABC's Talking Heads on 30 August 6:30pm http://bit.ly/aNEjo8

UTS Alumni Profile of Deborah Abela (Grimsdon) http://bit.ly/cDrtnG

2010 Ditmar Nominees http://bit.ly/d5Wq3T

The Small Picture Podcast interviews Alexandra Adornetto (Halo) http://bit.ly/bcf5MO

Noni Hazelhurst interviews Director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Innerspace), in Oz for #MIIF, on ABC 
Radio http://bit.ly/bTJOW6 mp3

Boomerang Books interview with Alexandra Adornetto (Part 2) http://bit.ly/a5NIWf

SMH interview with Neil Gaiman http://bit.ly/96wULk Also "Comic geeks take over the Opera House" http://bit.ly/cqSXMz Includes video.

Meanjin - Sci-fi Illustration: Travellers in Space http://bit.ly/cBySG7

Klingon Cave Tours - In Australia! http://bit.ly/cBV8Ep

Hugo award looms for legend among Legends | The West Australian features Jonathan Strahan http://bit.ly/aJ3T3T

VoyagerBooks Chat with Kim Falconer in August!: http://wp.me/pa7QW-yA

Sean Williams shares where his stories are made @BookChickCity http://bit.ly/b45c4M

Latest Writer in Residence at insideadog.com.au is @RichardNewsome http://bit.ly/cQJcHY

GeekSydicate’s Women in Genre Fiction interview with Karen Miller http://bit.ly/cBcD8J

Open spec fic short story markets in Australia, a round up! http://bit.ly/bWauaS

Comic Con video interview with Scott Westerfeld & Keith Thompson by Suvudu http://bit.ly/cKmMPX

Garth Nix and @JonathanStrahan contribute to the "What 'Sword and Sorcery' Means to Me" Mind Meld @sfsignal http://bit.ly/chfnFP

Australian Speculative Fiction Blog Carnival for July @ HorrorScope http://bit.ly/btFUa4

Paul Collins interview at Ripping Ozzie Reads http://bit.ly/av7RDc

Two George Ivanoff interviews: at Aus Lit Review http://bit.ly/a9HweY and SYN FM http://bit.ly/auvNeZ (direct link to mp3)

Glenda Larke on Geek Syndicate! http://tinyurl.com/2d6dp5z

Margo Lanagan’s Singing My Sister Down—a SUDS production, 11-21 August!: http://tinyurl.com/25b8hof

2010 Sturgeon Award Winners http://bit.ly/ax0726 

Damien Broderick tied for 2nd for story in @JonathanStrahan's Best SF&F of the Year #4

Rich Horton on four new Australian anthologies: http://bit.ly/dsrtVi

"Guest post: Creativity and the Scientific Mind by Graham Storrs | Not Enough Words" ( http://bit.ly/d6yLp4 )

Sandy Fussell – Author Interview | The Australian Literature Review http://bit.ly/a6mYZP

Follow Alexandra Adornetto on twitter @AlexandraHalo

Angela Slatter's Drive-By interviews with Kaaron Warren http://bit.ly/d5EQsI Karen Brooks http://bit.ly/9MMjVs Lezli Robyn http://bit.ly/aZvfUr Jason Nahrung http://bit.ly/cI3Pag

Meanjin has six questions for Margo Lanagan http://bit.ly/c6xh28

The Small Picture Podcast | Mars: A Survival Guide by Guy Murphy. http://bit.ly/9wgrnq

A limited edition version of Shaun Tan's 'The Arrival', with bonus material, coming in September: http://bit.ly/c7wLMz

Sydney Writers' Centre podcast: Patrick Ness http://bit.ly/afvEQS