Australian SF Author Interviews

Back in 2005, Ben Peek undertook to interview as many Australian sf and fantasy writers as he could, and called it 2005 Snapshot. Two years on, Girlie Jones decided that was such a good idea she'd get a few friends together and do it again.

The websites involved in the 2007 Snapshot are:
http://kathrynlinge.livejournal.com
http://girliejones.livejournal.com/
http://benpayne.livejournal.com/
http://kaaronwarren.livejournal.com/
http://cassiphone.livejournal.com/

And the interviews all took place last week. The best place to look into those interviews is, oddly enough, back at Ben Peek's weblog. Ben points out the differences between his survey in 2005 and this latest version, and is in the best position to comment on the changing fortunes of a number of the writers interviewed. If you want to know what's happening on the Australian sf and fantasy fiction scene, then this is the place to start.

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