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Who am I?
I am Gillian Polack. I answer mainly to Gillian, but also to Dr Polack, Ms Polack, Miss Polack and "Hey, you". I sometimes answer to "Gillian Pollack" because people simply can't seem to get my name right. 'Polack' is not an insult in Australia and it is most definitely the correct spelling of my surname. I live in the centre of the known universe (Canberra, ACT, Australia).
I write, I think, I serve on committees, I teach. I am passionate about people, about books, about history.
I talk a lot. I dream a lot. The Middle Ages sneaks into my dreaming, and so does speculative fiction. Cooking sneaks onto my waistline.
I am not terribly fond of writing webpages about myself (I really prefer inventing stuff fictional - truth is such a shaky proposition sometimes), so I really want to say upfront that Tamara Mazzei is responsible for this being here and me having written it. She also tweaked it for me when it looked like a dog's breakfast. Where I can be found At the Australian National University, and at the ACT Writers' Centre and in odd history, cultural and other locations. I was a guest at Conflux in 2008 and am creating the Conflux Southern Gothic dinner in 2009. If you want my daily doings or to chat, you might want to check out my writing-and-everyday-life-blog Even in a Little Thing and if food history is your thing, then I blog recipes, history trivia, and a whole lot more on my food history blog. If you want to get in touch with me directly, please feel free to email Some aspects of my life
Bibliographies for myself and other members of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Group This is not the whole of my life. I have largely left family and friends out of these pages because they (mostly) deserve their privacy. And I will add to the pages as I discover crucial other things that are missing, or get time to work more on content. This is my very first attempt to design a webpage, so please forgive all deficiencies!
Some more places you might find word of me or my doings:The Australian Virtual Centre for Women and the Law Australian Speculative Fiction website
Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild
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