Editorial

Restating the Aim by Stephen Thompson

Features

Medical Bag: Faster than the Speed of Light by Brendan Carson
Defining Australian Literature by Benjamin Solah
Cheap Options for 3D TV by Damien Kane
Vampirefest by Jason Nahrung
Avatars by Stephen Thompson

People

Interview with Nicole Murphy by Astrid Cooper (PDF 129 kB)

Writing and Publishing

The Writer’s Journey: Mooks by Stephen Turner

Book Reviews

Ancestor by Scott Sigler, reviewed by Ian Banks
Animythical Tales, by Sarah Totton, reviewed by Simon Petrie
Belong by Russell B. Farr (ed), reviewed by Ian Banks
Betrayal by Lara Morgan, reviewed by Satima Flavell
Except The Queen by Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder, reviewed by Bobbi Sinha-Morey
Flesh Circus by Lilith Saintcrow, reviewed by Ross Murray
In Shade and Shadow by Barb and J.C. Hendee, reviewed by Bobbi Sinha-Morey
Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn, reviewed by Damien Smith
Nearly Departed by Rook Hastings, reviewed by Ian Banks
Never Mind the Bullocks—Here’s the Science by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, reviewed by Damien Smith
Rare Unsigned Copy by Simon Petrie, reviewed by Damien Smith
Semaphore Anthology 2009, by Marie Hodgkinson, reviewed by Simon Petrie
Spellwright by Blake Charlton, reviewed by Katherine Petersen
Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds, reviewed by Damien Smith
The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber, reviewed by Katherine Peters
The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin, reviewed by Ross Murray

Movie Reviews

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, reviewed by Astrid Cooper

Up and Coming

Hachette Livre 
Harper Collins 

Fiction

Serial 6: Girlnapped by Yusuf Martin
Serial 7: In Pursuit by Yusuf Martin

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