Editorial

On-the-nose self-publishing Stephen Thompson

Features

Best Books of 2009 Ian Banks, Ross Murray, Carol Neist and Simon Petrie
Aurealis Awards Winners
Speculating about the imagination and life Damien Kane
The new Apple iPad Alan Baxter
Medical Bag: Ahasuerus Brendan Carson

People

Travelling in Time with Sue Bursztynski (An Interview) Astrid Cooper
Sinister nights around the table: An Interview with Malcolm Walker Astrid Cooper
Dracula meets the Godfather: Drinking the Undead with Erica Hayes Astrid Cooper
Whale Watching with Edwina Harvey Astrid Cooper

Writing and Publishing

My number one rule on writing Damien Kane
The Hero's Journey—the Antagonist Stephen Turner

Book Reviews

Strange Attractors by Kim Falconer Astrid Cooper
Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam, reviewed by Glenn A. Davies
Wonders of a Godless World by Andrew McGahan, reviewed by Satima Flavell
Wounds of Honour by Anthony Riches, reviewed by Astrid Cooper
Witch Craft by Caitlin Kittredge, reviewed by Bobbi Sinha-Morey
Uttuku by Robert N. Stephenson, reviewed by Carol Neist
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett, reviewed by Damien Smith
Unhallowed Ground by Heather Graham, reviewed by Bobbi Sinha-Morey
The Whorl and the Pallin by Ian Nichols, reviewed by Simon Petrie
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, reviewed by Katherine Petersen
The Sookie Stackhouse Books by Charlaine Harris, reviewed by Felicity Dowker
The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan, reviewed by Bobbi Sinha-Morey
The Prodigal Mage by Karen Miller, reviewed by Carol Neist
The New Space Opera by Dozois and Strahan (eds) reviewed by Simon Petrie
The Demonwar Saga by Raymond Feist, reviewed by Damien Smith
The Cardinal's Blades by Pierre Pevel, reviewed by Astrid Cooper
Queene of Light by Jennifer Armintrout, reviewed by Bobbi Sinha-Morey
Moxyland by Lauren Beukes, reviewed by Katherine Petersen
King Arthur; Warrior of the West by MK Hume, reviewed by Ian Banks
Killable Hours by Clay Blakehills, reviewed by Felicity Dowker
In Ashes Lie by Marie Brennan, reviewed by Satima Flavell
Gravesend by Jason Fischer, reviewed by Felicity Dowker
Festive Fear edited by Stephen Clark, reviewed by Damien Smith
Darkness Calls by Marjorie M. Liu, reviewed by Bobbi Sinha Morey
A Trial of Blood and Steel books 2 & 3 by Joel Shepherd reviewed by Satima Flavell

Up and Coming

Ford Street Publishers
HACHETTE Australia
Harper Collins

Fiction

Serial: 2. Djinn and Tonic Yusuf Martin
Serial: 3. Melvyn and the Magic Mushrooms Yusuf Martin