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You may want to check out Bibliobuffet for my first foray into the world of a regular column writer. It answers many questions about my native habitat. While I've linked to the actual page, I do suggest you explore the other articles this fortnight - if you don't, you'll miss good reading. If missing good reading isn't punishable with boredom, it ought to be.

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Remember that I was caught waiting for a letter, a picture and a medical appointment? Well, the letter has come and I must ask my friends to please not laugh. I'm doing a PhD. I'm officially enrolled as an external student at the University of Western Australia. My supervisor is Van Ikin. It doesn't get any better than this for a science fiction PhD in Australia.

Hopefully this will lead to jobs, but that's a while away. Right now I'm back in the land of full-time studentshipping! (brisingamen, I'm also not funded. If funding comes later I shall rejoice, but unless 'later' arrives we can both starve in attics, companionably. I have fee-waiver, though.)

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I had some morning news and some afternoon news and now I have some evening news. Life Through Cellophane was given a very nice compliment in the Judge's Report for the Australian Horror Awards. My short story "Passports" listed as of note.

2009 was an extraordinary year for Australian horror, so these are rather nice results. The list of winners makes a rather cool "You'd be silly if you didn't read these" list.

ETA: I need to give you a link to find the winners! http://australianhorror.com/index.php?view=196