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1 Is the Tide Turning for Australian Sci-fi on the Small Screen? Siobhan Lyons , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 29 August 2017;

'Netflix’s planned Australian TV series Tidelands has been met with excitement from a country not known for its sci-fi. Tidelands will focus on an ex-criminal who returns to her hometown, investigating a mysterious group of half-humans and half-Sirens known as “Tidelanders”.

'The ten-episode series will be filmed in Queensland in 2018. Co-creator and co-executive producer Tracey Robertson said of the show:

The primeval landscapes of Queensland are a perfect setting to tell the story of betrayal, small-town secrets [and] ancient mythology …

'Meanwhile, the not-for-profit organisation Scripted Ink will invest in developing Australian author C.S. McMullen’s sci-fi thriller series Awake. The series is set in a dystopian future in which the world’s richest 1% are able to choose to live without sleep.' (Introduction)
1 Bloody Good TV : How Rake Changed Australian Television Siobhan Lyons , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 7 July 2016; 'When Rake first hit our screens in 2010, it signalled a shift in Australian television. Based loosely on the life of barrister Charles Waterstreet (now a Sydney Morning Herald columnist), Rake’s lead character Cleaver Greene (Richard Roxburgh) is an unscrupulous, misanthropic but undeniably endearing scoundrel – one Australian television needs and deserves. ...'
1 The Myth of Rejection Siobhan Lyons , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , January no. 24 2016; (p. 37-45) 'The perseverance of authors in the face of multiple rejections gives hope to many struggling writers. But is rejection always just an obstacle to success?' (37)
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