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The Mysterious Success of Australian Sci-Fi Kids Shows
Growing up watching Australian TV shows and movies, we – that is, my generation and before, who were watching a surprising amount of Australian content – unintentionally developed a picture of Australia. A lot of water, beaches and the sea, … Continue reading
Posted in Science Fiction
Tagged Australian Fantasy, Australian kids tv shows, Australian Science Fiction, Australian Speculative Fiction, Australian tv shows, H2O: Just Add Water, Ocean Girl, Speculative Australia, The Elephant Princess, Wicked Science
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Lucy Sussex, Sonia Lovecraft, and Women’s Voices in Literature
Literature is a key tool to connect people from all places with other cultures, stories, and histories. Thus, the popularity that American and English writers and stories have had in the last centuries has been undeniably successful in their sales … Continue reading
Posted in Gothic & Horror
Tagged australian authors, female voices, Lucy Sussex, short story, sonia lovecraft, Speculative Australia
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Jewish-Australianness and Gillian Polack’s ‘Melusine’
Gillian Polack is an important Australian writer and Medievalist who was born and raised in Melbourne. Her heritage and religion have had a great influence on her writing, but not only that – her Jewish-Australianness shows us the importance of … Continue reading
Tagged Gillian Polack, Jewish-Australian, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts, transcultural
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