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'''Gillian Polack''' (born April 1961) is an Australian writer and editor working mainly in the field of [[speculative fiction]]. She has published four novels, numerous short stories and nonfiction articles, and is the creator of the [[New Ceres]] universe.<ref name="New Ceres webzine, Issue 1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceres.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=general:download_issues_as_pdf |title=general:download_issues_as_pdf [New Ceres&#93; |publisher=Ceres.dreamhosters.com |date=26 June 2007 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref>
'''Gillian Polack''' (born April 1961) is an Australian writer and editor working mainly in the field of [[speculative fiction]]. She has published four novels, numerous short stories and nonfiction articles, and is the creator of the [[New Ceres]] universe.<ref name="New Ceres webzine, Issue 1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceres.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=general:download_issues_as_pdf |title=general:download_issues_as_pdf [New Ceres&#93; |publisher=Ceres.dreamhosters.com |date=26 June 2007 |accessdate=12 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305002945/http://ceres.dreamhosters.com:80/doku.php?id=general:download_issues_as_pdf |archivedate=5 March 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
Gillian Polack was born in [[Melbourne]]. She went to local state schools. She attended [[Melbourne University]] and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in History, with the Margaret Kiddle and Felix Raab Prizes. She did her Master of Arts at the Centre for Medieval Studies (University of Toronto) and submitted her thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in History at the University of Sydney. She later took out teaching qualifications at the University of New England and a Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at the [[University of Western Australia]]. She currently lives in Canberra, ACT.
Gillian Polack was born in [[Melbourne]]. She went to local state schools. She attended [[Melbourne University]] and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in History, with the Margaret Kiddle and Felix Raab Prizes. She did her Master of Arts at the Centre for Medieval Studies (University of Toronto) and submitted her thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in History at the University of Sydney. She later took out teaching qualifications at the University of New England and a Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at the [[University of Western Australia]]. She currently lives in Canberra, ACT.


Polack was the Australasian delegate for the [[72nd World Science Fiction Convention]] and presented the Hugo award for Best Fanzine in 2014.<ref name="Hugo Awards I - Loncon 3">{{cite web|last1=Stokes|first1=Keith|title=Hugo Awards I - Loncon 3|url=http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/loncon3/14loncon21.htm|website=MidAmerican Fan Photo Archive|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref> In 2009, she was also the co-convener for Flycon,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lilley|first1=Sharyn|title=Women's History Month - Sharyn Lilley (and Flycon)|url=http://gillpolack.livejournal.com/1154643.html|website=gillpolack|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref> the first online international Science Fiction Convention.<ref>{{cite web|title=Question for the Audience|url=http://www.paksworld.com/blog/?m=20090315|website=The Chronicles of Paksenarrion's World|accessdate=1 July 2015|date=15 March 2009}}</ref> Polack was the convenor and judge of the Conflux short story competition in 2010 and spent seven years, from 2006 to 2013, as Conflux's acting project leader in charge of planning and organising its annual historical banquets, employing her knowledge as a food historian and teacher of food history at the [[Australian National University]].<ref name="2012 Aussie Snapshot: Gillian Polack">{{cite web|last1=McDonald|first1=David|title=2012 Aussie Snapshot: Gillian Polack|url=http://www.davidmcdonaldspage.com/2012/06/2012-aussie-snapshot-gillian-polack/|website=Ebon Shores|accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Gillian Polack">{{cite web|last1=Polack|first1=Gillian|title=Who am I?|url=http://www.trivium.net/gillianpolack/|website=Gillian Polack|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref>
Polack was the Australasian delegate for the [[72nd World Science Fiction Convention]] and presented the Hugo award for Best Fanzine in 2014.<ref name="Hugo Awards I - Loncon 3">{{cite web|last1=Stokes |first1=Keith |title=Hugo Awards I - Loncon 3 |url=http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/loncon3/14loncon21.htm |website=MidAmerican Fan Photo Archive |accessdate=1 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605172341/http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/loncon3/14loncon21.htm |archivedate=5 June 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> In 2009, she was also the co-convener for Flycon,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lilley|first1=Sharyn|title=Women's History Month - Sharyn Lilley (and Flycon)|url=http://gillpolack.livejournal.com/1154643.html|website=gillpolack|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref> the first online international Science Fiction Convention.<ref>{{cite web|title=Question for the Audience |url=http://www.paksworld.com/blog/?m=20090315 |website=The Chronicles of Paksenarrion's World |accessdate=1 July 2015 |date=15 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702224226/http://www.paksworld.com/blog/?m=20090315 |archivedate=2 July 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> Polack was the convenor and judge of the Conflux short story competition in 2010 and spent seven years, from 2006 to 2013, as Conflux's acting project leader in charge of planning and organising its annual historical banquets, employing her knowledge as a food historian and teacher of food history at the [[Australian National University]].<ref name="2012 Aussie Snapshot: Gillian Polack">{{cite web|last1=McDonald|first1=David|title=2012 Aussie Snapshot: Gillian Polack|url=http://www.davidmcdonaldspage.com/2012/06/2012-aussie-snapshot-gillian-polack/|website=Ebon Shores|accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Gillian Polack">{{cite web|last1=Polack|first1=Gillian|title=Who am I?|url=http://www.trivium.net/gillianpolack/|website=Gillian Polack|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref>


Polack has been the Guest for Honour for several [[science fiction convention]]s including Sydney Freecon in 2006, the Conflux Science Fiction Convention in 2008<ref name="Speaker/Teacher - Gillian Polack">{{cite web|title=Speaker/Teacher - Gillian Polack|url=http://www.actwriters.org.au/services/invite-a-writer/files/Polack_Gillian.pdf|website=Invite-a-Writer|publisher=ACT Writers Center|accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref> and the Liburnicon science fiction convention in Opatija, Croatia in 2014.<ref name="Interview with Gillian Polack">{{cite web|last1=Fitzgerald|first1=Elizabeth|title=Interview with Gillian Polack|url=http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2015/02/13/interview-with-gillian-polack/|website=Earl Grey Editing Services|publisher=Earl Grey Editing|accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref>
Polack has been the Guest for Honour for several [[science fiction convention]]s including Sydney Freecon in 2006, the Conflux Science Fiction Convention in 2008<ref name="Speaker/Teacher - Gillian Polack">{{cite web|title=Speaker/Teacher - Gillian Polack|url=http://www.actwriters.org.au/services/invite-a-writer/files/Polack_Gillian.pdf|website=Invite-a-Writer|publisher=ACT Writers Center|accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref> and the Liburnicon science fiction convention in Opatija, Croatia in 2014.<ref name="Interview with Gillian Polack">{{cite web|last1=Fitzgerald|first1=Elizabeth|title=Interview with Gillian Polack|url=http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2015/02/13/interview-with-gillian-polack/|website=Earl Grey Editing Services|publisher=Earl Grey Editing|accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref>
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===Non-Fiction===
===Non-Fiction===
Polack's nonfiction work covers a broad spectrum. Her scholarly work focuses both on the [[Middle Ages]] and on modern writers, with, for instance, a feature article on the Middle Ages in Robin Reid's ''Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0313335893 |title=Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy [2 volumes&#93; (9780313335891): Robin Anne Reid: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> She reviews speculative fiction<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=gillian_polack |title=gillian_polack [AS if!&#93; |publisher=Asif.dreamhosters.com |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> and has written guests posts on subjects ranging from writing<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://voyageronline.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/ |title=5 May 2008 " Voyager Online |publisher=Voyageronline.wordpress.com |date=5 May 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> to history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/richard-iii-week-the-shadows-in-historys-eye-by-dr-gillian-polack |title=Richard III Week: The Shadows in History’s Eye – by Dr Gillian Polack. « Vulpes Libris |publisher=Vulpeslibris.wordpress.com |date=21 August 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref>
Polack's nonfiction work covers a broad spectrum. Her scholarly work focuses both on the [[Middle Ages]] and on modern writers, with, for instance, a feature article on the Middle Ages in Robin Reid's ''Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0313335893 |title=Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy [2 volumes&#93; (9780313335891): Robin Anne Reid: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> She reviews speculative fiction<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=gillian_polack |title=gillian_polack [AS if!&#93; |publisher=Asif.dreamhosters.com |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327193031/http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com:80/doku.php?id=gillian_polack |archivedate=27 March 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> and has written guests posts on subjects ranging from writing<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://voyageronline.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/ |title=5 May 2008 " Voyager Online |publisher=Voyageronline.wordpress.com |date=5 May 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> to history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/richard-iii-week-the-shadows-in-historys-eye-by-dr-gillian-polack |title=Richard III Week: The Shadows in History’s Eye – by Dr Gillian Polack. « Vulpes Libris |publisher=Vulpeslibris.wordpress.com |date=21 August 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref>
*''The Middle Ages Unlocked'', co-authored with K. Kania, (Amberley Press, 2015, forthcoming)
*''The Middle Ages Unlocked'', co-authored with K. Kania, (Amberley Press, 2015, forthcoming)
*''Five Historical Feasts'', (Conflux/Eneit Press, 2011)
*''Five Historical Feasts'', (Conflux/Eneit Press, 2011)
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===New Ceres===
===New Ceres===
Polack created the New Ceres universe for a short story.<ref name="New Ceres webzine, Issue 1"/> Alisa Krasnostein, now of Twelfth Planet Press, used this universe as the basis for the New Ceres webzine<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceres.dreamhosters.com/doku.php |title=magazine [New Ceres&#93; |publisher=Ceres.dreamhosters.com |date=15 November 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> and for stories set in the New Ceres universe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twelfthplanetpress.wordpress.com/publications/new-ceres-nights/ |title=New Ceres Nights " Twelfth Planet Press |publisher=Twelfthplanetpress.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref>
Polack created the New Ceres universe for a short story.<ref name="New Ceres webzine, Issue 1"/> Alisa Krasnostein, now of Twelfth Planet Press, used this universe as the basis for the New Ceres webzine<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceres.dreamhosters.com/doku.php |title=magazine [New Ceres&#93; |publisher=Ceres.dreamhosters.com |date=15 November 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007015727/http://www.ceres.dreamhosters.com:80/doku.php? |archivedate=7 October 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> and for stories set in the New Ceres universe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twelfthplanetpress.wordpress.com/publications/new-ceres-nights/ |title=New Ceres Nights " Twelfth Planet Press |publisher=Twelfthplanetpress.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref>


==Editing==
==Editing==
Polack is the co-editor of ''Masques'', published by Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.csfg.org.au/publishing/anthologies/masques |title=Masques / anthologies / publishing / Home |publisher=CSFG |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> and of the forthcoming ''Baggage'' anthology to be published by Eneit Press run by Sharyn Lilley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eneitpress.com/news.php?yr=2010&mth=2 |title=News |publisher=Eneit Press |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> The table of contents includes [[K. J. Bishop]], [[Jack Dann]], [[Kaaron Warren]] and [[Jennifer Fallon]].
Polack is the co-editor of ''Masques'', published by Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.csfg.org.au/publishing/anthologies/masques |title=Masques / anthologies / publishing / Home |publisher=CSFG |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> and of the forthcoming ''Baggage'' anthology to be published by Eneit Press run by Sharyn Lilley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eneitpress.com/news.php?yr=2010&mth=2 |title=News |publisher=Eneit Press |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710192251/http://www.eneitpress.com/news.php?yr=2010&mth=2 |archivedate=10 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> The table of contents includes [[K. J. Bishop]], [[Jack Dann]], [[Kaaron Warren]] and [[Jennifer Fallon]].


==Teaching & Education==
==Teaching & Education==
Polack teaches mainly at the Centre for Continuing Education, Australian National University<ref>{{Cite web|author=Gillian Polack&nbsp; |url=http://news.anu.edu.au/?p=781 |title=ANU News " Halloween's origins show relevance for Aussies |publisher=News.anu.edu.au |date=27 October 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> and at the Canberra Writers' Centre. Her guest teaching has included History for fiction writers at the NSW Writers' Centre<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alumni.uts.edu.au/networks/writers/October2007.html |title=Writers' Network Update October 2007 : UTS Alumni |publisher=Alumni.uts.edu.au |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> and floortalks at museums such as the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/cmag/public.html |title=Canberra Museum and Gallery |publisher=Museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au |date=13 February 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> She has also been a panellist at the Canberra Literary Festival.
Polack teaches mainly at the Centre for Continuing Education, Australian National University<ref>{{Cite web|author=Gillian Polack&nbsp; |url=http://news.anu.edu.au/?p=781 |title=ANU News " Halloween's origins show relevance for Aussies |publisher=News.anu.edu.au |date=27 October 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref> and at the Canberra Writers' Centre. Her guest teaching has included History for fiction writers at the NSW Writers' Centre<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alumni.uts.edu.au/networks/writers/October2007.html |title=Writers' Network Update October 2007 : UTS Alumni |publisher=Alumni.uts.edu.au |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112005640/http://www.alumni.uts.edu.au/networks/writers/October2007.html |archivedate=12 November 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> and floortalks at museums such as the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/cmag/public.html |title=Canberra Museum and Gallery |publisher=Museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au |date=13 February 2008 |accessdate=12 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329151910/http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au:80/cmag/public.html |archivedate=29 March 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> She has also been a panellist at the Canberra Literary Festival.


==Organisations==
==Organisations==
Gillian Polack has worked on many committees and been asked to give talks for many organisations, both in paid and voluntary capacities. She has been a member of the Australian NGO Working Group for the UN World Conference Against Racism, a past member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Women, ACT, and was the Vice-President and National Director of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (1994–1997).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenshistory.com.au/image.asp?iID=195 |title=Australian Women's History |publisher=Womenshistory.com.au |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref>
Gillian Polack has worked on many committees and been asked to give talks for many organisations, both in paid and voluntary capacities. She has been a member of the Australian NGO Working Group for the UN World Conference Against Racism, a past member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Women, ACT, and was the Vice-President and National Director of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (1994–1997).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenshistory.com.au/image.asp?iID=195 |title=Australian Women's History |publisher=Womenshistory.com.au |date= |accessdate=12 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013182341/http://www.womenshistory.com.au/image.asp?iID=195 |archivedate=13 October 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Gillian Polack
Gillian Pollack in 2012
Gillian Pollack in 2012
BornApril 1961
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationWriter
Editor
NationalityAustralian
GenreSpeculative fiction
Website
www.gillianpolack.com

Gillian Polack (born April 1961) is an Australian writer and editor working mainly in the field of speculative fiction. She has published four novels, numerous short stories and nonfiction articles, and is the creator of the New Ceres universe.[1]

Life

Gillian Polack was born in Melbourne. She went to local state schools. She attended Melbourne University and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in History, with the Margaret Kiddle and Felix Raab Prizes. She did her Master of Arts at the Centre for Medieval Studies (University of Toronto) and submitted her thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in History at the University of Sydney. She later took out teaching qualifications at the University of New England and a Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at the University of Western Australia. She currently lives in Canberra, ACT.

Polack was the Australasian delegate for the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention and presented the Hugo award for Best Fanzine in 2014.[2] In 2009, she was also the co-convener for Flycon,[3] the first online international Science Fiction Convention.[4] Polack was the convenor and judge of the Conflux short story competition in 2010 and spent seven years, from 2006 to 2013, as Conflux's acting project leader in charge of planning and organising its annual historical banquets, employing her knowledge as a food historian and teacher of food history at the Australian National University.[5][6]

Polack has been the Guest for Honour for several science fiction conventions including Sydney Freecon in 2006, the Conflux Science Fiction Convention in 2008[7] and the Liburnicon science fiction convention in Opatija, Croatia in 2014.[8]

Writing

Novels

  • The Art of Effective Dreaming (Satalyte, 2015)
  • Langue[dot]doc 1305 (Satalyte, 2014)
  • Ms Cellophane (Momentum, 2012)
    • Published originally as Life Through Cellophane (Eneit Press, 2009)
  • Illuminations (Tritium Publishing, USA, 2003)

The many delays in publishing her novel The Art of Effective Dreaming, mostly as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike, have prompted questions as to whether the book is cursed.[9]

Short Stories

  • "Someone's Daughter", (2013), Next, CSFG Publishing
    • Finnish translation, Alienisti, (2015)
  • "Passports", (2009), In Bad Dreams 2, Eneit Press
  • "Horrible Historians", (2006), Subterranean Magazine, Fall, USA
    • Recommended Dozois Year's Best SF
  • "Impractical Magic", (2005), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #17,
    • Recommended reading, Datlow/Link/Grant Year's Best 2005[10]
    • Swedish translation, Enhörningen, (2015)
  • "Happy Faces for Happy Families", (2004), Encounters, CSFG Publishing
    • Recommended, Datlow's Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (2004)[11]
  • "Words", (1985), short story in EMU Literary Magazine for Young Australians Spring/Summer
  • "The Performance", (1982), The Journal (Short Story Supplement)
    • Winner, Victorian Government Ministry for the Arts Award[12]

Non-Fiction

Polack's nonfiction work covers a broad spectrum. Her scholarly work focuses both on the Middle Ages and on modern writers, with, for instance, a feature article on the Middle Ages in Robin Reid's Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy.[13] She reviews speculative fiction[14] and has written guests posts on subjects ranging from writing[15] to history.[16]

  • The Middle Ages Unlocked, co-authored with K. Kania, (Amberley Press, 2015, forthcoming)
  • Five Historical Feasts, (Conflux/Eneit Press, 2011)
  • A Medieval French Rosh Hashanah, (Kosher Consumers' Association, 2003)
  • Once and Future: Medieval and Modern Arthurian Literature, (The Arthurian Association of Australia, Occasional Papers Volume 1, 2000)
    • Polack acted as both editor and contributor

New Ceres

Polack created the New Ceres universe for a short story.[1] Alisa Krasnostein, now of Twelfth Planet Press, used this universe as the basis for the New Ceres webzine[17] and for stories set in the New Ceres universe.[18]

Editing

Polack is the co-editor of Masques, published by Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild,[19] and of the forthcoming Baggage anthology to be published by Eneit Press run by Sharyn Lilley.[20] The table of contents includes K. J. Bishop, Jack Dann, Kaaron Warren and Jennifer Fallon.

Teaching & Education

Polack teaches mainly at the Centre for Continuing Education, Australian National University[21] and at the Canberra Writers' Centre. Her guest teaching has included History for fiction writers at the NSW Writers' Centre[22] and floortalks at museums such as the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery.[23] She has also been a panellist at the Canberra Literary Festival.

Organisations

Gillian Polack has worked on many committees and been asked to give talks for many organisations, both in paid and voluntary capacities. She has been a member of the Australian NGO Working Group for the UN World Conference Against Racism, a past member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Women, ACT, and was the Vice-President and National Director of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (1994–1997).[24]

References

  1. ^ a b "general:download_issues_as_pdf [New Ceres]". Ceres.dreamhosters.com. 26 June 2007. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Stokes, Keith. "Hugo Awards I - Loncon 3". MidAmerican Fan Photo Archive. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Lilley, Sharyn. "Women's History Month - Sharyn Lilley (and Flycon)". gillpolack. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Question for the Audience". The Chronicles of Paksenarrion's World. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ McDonald, David. "2012 Aussie Snapshot: Gillian Polack". Ebon Shores. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  6. ^ Polack, Gillian. "Who am I?". Gillian Polack. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Speaker/Teacher - Gillian Polack" (PDF). Invite-a-Writer. ACT Writers Center. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  8. ^ Fitzgerald, Elizabeth. "Interview with Gillian Polack". Earl Grey Editing Services. Earl Grey Editing. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Gillian Polack". Trivium.net. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Gillian Polack". Trivium.net. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  11. ^ "Gillian Polack". Trivium.net. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  12. ^ "Gillian Polack". Trivium.net. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  13. ^ "Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy [2 volumes] (9780313335891): Robin Anne Reid: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  14. ^ "gillian_polack [AS if!]". Asif.dreamhosters.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "5 May 2008 " Voyager Online". Voyageronline.wordpress.com. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  16. ^ "Richard III Week: The Shadows in History's Eye – by Dr Gillian Polack. « Vulpes Libris". Vulpeslibris.wordpress.com. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  17. ^ "magazine [New Ceres]". Ceres.dreamhosters.com. 15 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "New Ceres Nights " Twelfth Planet Press". Twelfthplanetpress.wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  19. ^ "Masques / anthologies / publishing / Home". CSFG. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  20. ^ "News". Eneit Press. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Gillian Polack  (27 October 2008). "ANU News " Halloween's origins show relevance for Aussies". News.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 12 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  22. ^ "Writers' Network Update October 2007 : UTS Alumni". Alumni.uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 12 November 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "Canberra Museum and Gallery". Museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au. 13 February 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "Australian Women's History". Womenshistory.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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