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		<title>Speculating on family ties at Clunes Booktown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking forward to appearing on a panel with Sean Williams, Kirstyn McDermott and Lisa Hannett at Clunes Booktown Festival on 21 March. What a fabulous trio they are! The blurb: Family is often valorised as a source of strength when times get tough, but it can also be a place of danger and discord [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 calendar of Australian literary events is live</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2026 calendar of Australian literary events is up! There is already a healthy listing, especially in the first half of they year, with the big question being: will Bendigo Writers Festival bounce back from this year&#8217;s kerfuffle? The calendar is slightly more streamlined this year, with events yet to be confirmed listed at the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A report from Conflux speculative fiction convention: a recording, recommendations, a promise kept</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 22:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure of being a guest of honour at Conflux, Canberra&#8217;s annual convention dedicated to speculative fiction, which ran 3-6 October. Other GOHs were Kirstyn McDermott, James Bradley, Freya Marske, and Elise Miller, with the event chaired by Cat Sparks and emceed by Nicole Murphy. A fabulous line-up that I was thrilled and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rec160: The End Times of Markusz Zielinski, by Keith Stevenson – a race to the end</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Novel Title: The End Times of Markusz Zielinski Author: Keith Stevenson Publisher: self-published @ https://www.keithstevenson.com/books/end-times/ In which the Australian writer and publisher turns from the enjoyable space opera of his Lenticular books to harder science fiction, portraying the mad scramble to save a last outpost of life from a collapsing universe. Once again, Stevenson provides [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rec160: The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley – time well spent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 01:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Title: The Ministry of Time Author: Kaliane Bradley Publisher: Sceptre/Hachette, 2024 If you were to pick up The Ministry of Time, you may wish to flick straight to chapter 5, which opens thusly: “September found me in Pimlico, on a bench with Margaret Kemble*. The air was bisected by an iron hinge of autumn cold. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rec160: Beyond the Humming Downs, by Ellen Starsmore – fantasy that’s on song</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BOOK Title: Beyond the Humming Downs Author: Ellen Starsmore Publisher: self-published, 2025 I was provided with an ARC of this debut fantasy ‘with a dash of hopepunk’, and isn’t it great when, after a friend has spent years writing, rewriting, editing, polishing, and researching the self-publishing pathway, it all comes together. Our starcrossed lovers Adehl [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Delighted – An award nomination for Cruel Nights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Given I&#8217;m not the most prolific of writers, it does mean a great deal when one of my sporadic publications gets nominated for an award. So a toast to Cruel Nights, and moreso to those fans who cared enough to get it onto the ballot in the &#8216;best novella&#8217; category in the Ditmar awards. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rec160: Weapons – a clever vanishing act</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MOVIE Title: Weapons, 2025 Director: Zach Cregger Starring: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin Weapons is a movie that is probably best seen cold, because it does not walk the expected path as it plays out its central mystery. The fan gets hit one morning when a classroom of kids fails to turn up to school – [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rec160: Together – holding tight in a sticky situation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MOVIE Title: Together, 2025 Director: Michael Shanks Starring: Alison Brie, Dave Franco We checked out Together to see what Alison Brie is up to now that she had graduated from college and retired from professional wrestling. Turns out, she’s making a fun movie where the body horror takes togetherness to a whole new level. Millie [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rec160 – Superman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 08:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Film: Superman, 2025 Director: James Gunn Starring: David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult Superman never really grabbed me, and I would’ve passed on this latest iteration were it not for noises about the film getting up the nose of people who like to use ‘woke’ as an insult. If the price of a movie ticket [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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