Here's a way to help the victims of the Victoria bushfires in Australia and discover some fabulous Australian authors at the same time:

Satima's Blogspot: An ezine of Hope

Via Mia Nutick (copperwise), in her post, In which Mia pimps herself and others for a good cause, I learned that there is a new anthology available for a very limited time, the proceeds of which will benefit musician S.J. Tucker (s00j), who has no health insurance and was recently hospitalized for nearly a week to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.

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Via greenman_review ( An Important (and Meaningful) Announcement):

On November 14th, beloved member of the Bay Area music community Michelle McFee underwent radical cancer surgery in San Francisco. From her early days as a Pegasus poet through her years working with the New Riders of the Purple Sage and into today, Michelle has been a constant in Bay Area music ( Read more... )

But, you can help make it better.

From several sources, Vera Nazarian (norilana), of Norilana Books, is in need of help in order to keep her home and make needed repairs. For more details, please visit helpvera, where you can learn more about the specifics and about the auction taking place to help raise funds. There are some wonderful items/services being ( Read more... )

(via ellen_datlow) One of the managing editors at Locus, Amelia Beamer, and her husband, have just lost her father-in-law, Arthur Jokela, to a heart attack. Jokela was traveling from Africa to Los Angeles when he died in London, in connection with work he did in Malawi and Mozambique for programs intended to help mitigate poverty. He had no life insurance and ( Read more... )

Near the beginning of this month, I posted about Paul Haines, who has cancer and is currently in need of a $20,000 treatment that will not be covered by his insurance. The LiveJournal community artscaresyou is an auction fundraiser intended to help raise money for his medical expenses. In this post, Ellen Datlow ellen-datlow reminds us that the auction is now officially ( Read more... )

Per a post by nicolemurphy on the Conflux 5 minicon forum:

Paul Haines, a much-loved member of the Aussie specfic commuity is going through a tough time. After being diagnosed with bowel cancer, having sections of his bowel removed and enduring six months worth of chemotherapy, he has recently discovered he has spots on his liver. Paul has met ( Read more... )