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- ↑ "The White Body of Evening by A L McCann". Eidolon Publications. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ↑ "aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ↑ "Subtopia / A.L. McCann". National Library of Australia . Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ↑ McCann, Andrew, e.g., "Metropolis of Death" (5 Apr 2013), "Allegory and the German (Half) Century" (28 Aug 2015), Sydney Review of Books.
