AUSXIP NETWORK SITE UPDATES Created 15 December 1996 and maintained by MaryD   JUNE 2018 Click here for the more current news Click here for the more archived news 29 June 2018 Xena FanFic Legends Legacy - #13 - Cupid's Arrow by T. Novan Every parent's worse nightmare - their child grows up and dates. What happens when Xena and Gabrielle's daughter, the new Queen of the Amazons, falls in love (with a little help from Cupid and a stray arrow)? A rollicking good story. Xena Episode Replay & Art The Xena Scrolls (Season 2, Episode 10) In Macedonia, 1942, a descendent of Gabrielle, Dr Janice Covington, teams up with a descendant of Xena, Melinda Pappas, and a descendent of Joxer, Jacques S'Er, to track down the ancient Xena Scrolls. In doing so they unleash the imprisoned God of War, necessitating the spirit of Xena to take over Melinda's body and stop him. Episode Review by SLK Episode Stills Art by MaryD Art: Mad Dog Convington by MaryD Art: Episode Montage for The Xena Scrolls by MaryD (apologies for the size but back in the day the art was around 500 x 500 which is tiny by today's standards) Wynonna Earp 'Wynonna Earp' SDCC Panel Info Revealed 'Wynonna Earp' Showrunner Teases What's Next for WayHaught in Season 3 Wynonna Earp season 3: Check out all of the episode titles! How Wynonna Earp Nurtures Healthy Fandom Killing Eve Have you seen "Killing Eve"? It's a FANTASTIC show with Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. MUST SEE TV. Aussies: Killing Eve will air on ABC from 8:30pm Friday July 27 - it was previous available on streaming service iview "Who Is She?": How 'Killing Eve' Challenged the Girl-Power Trope How Jodie Comer Created An Assassin You Can't Help But Love BBC America's Breakout Hit 'Killing Eve' To Stream Exclusively On Hulu In Late 2018 Sandra Oh on Working With a Mostly Female Team on 'Killing Eve' Jodie Comer: Meet 'Killing Eve's Pink-Dressed-Psychopath Breakout Star A Discovery of Witches Sky Heads To Comic Con For First Time With Cast & Crew Of Fantasy Epic 'A Discovery of Witches' A Discovery of Witches TV series trailer breathes life into the Deborah Harkness trilogy TV Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner to guest on Fuller House. Movies 'The Bookshop' Opens New Trailer As It Heads For August Release -  A new trailer has dropped for the upcoming film The Bookshop which was the winner of three Goya Awards — Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay — and stars Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy and Patricia Clarkson. The film, set in 1959 England is about a free-spirited widow (Mortimer) who risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. While bringing about a surprising cultural awakening 28 June 2018 MaryD's Blog The woman's journey into the racing world was, ironically, a slow one. It took a slow trickle of hard-headed ladies eager to see what speed was all about in order to set the stage for women to come, testing out the waters one race at a time. And the first of those women was Helene van Zuylen. Read More Updated blog with news from Poland and Israel about WW2 and the Holocaust Hot New Show - Pose Hot New Show: POSE OOOH New show to watch: POSE. Pose is a visually stunning and emotionally wrenching look at the lives of queer people of color in 1980's NY - tackles difficult realities but refuses to give in to tragedy and instead uplifts, giving equal times to the joys of dance, first loves, ballroom victories, and the love shared by found families Supergirl 8 of TV's most kick-ass LGBTQ+ characters includes Bill Potts (Dr Who and one of my favourite companions!) and Alex Danvers from Supergirl Supergirl's Odette Annable lands first post-show project alongside husband Wynonna Earp 'Wynonna Earp' Season 3: Melanie Scrofano on What's Next for Wynonna & Her Baby Upcoming TV Shows Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union's Bad Boys Spin-Off Is Officially Happening 26 June 2018 MaryD's Blog Working on my new novella "Enemy At the Gate" which is part of a multi-author anthology about World War 2 Resistance - The Darkest Hour. I'm thrilled & honoured to be part of this amazing group of writers. Can't wait to read their stories. I made a video trailer for my story: Enemy At The Gate Book Trailer: Enemy at the Gate Lucy Lawless Lucy Lawless is public ambassador for cannabis reform. Press Release: Unlikely Alliance to Start the Conversation - Former police prosecutor teams up with stoner botanist and warrior princess to discuss cannabis reform. Ash vs Evil Dead: 6 episodes submitted for Emmy consideration Supergirl San Diego Comic Con 2018: Supergirl To Be at SDCC! One Day At A Time Gloria Estefan Joins the One Day at a Time Family Star Trek Star Trek TV Universe to Expand Under Alex Kurtzman's New Deal? Make It So! Upcoming Toni Collette Boards Netflix's Unbelievable Limited Series 22 June 2018 MaryD's Blog Upcoming Novella: Enemy at the Gate by MaryD Procrastinating Writer Creates Art...Ooh Shiny!  Brittney Powell Press Release: Trouble Is My Business with Brittney Powell Released on DVD and Blu-ray! Wonder Woman 1984 Wonder Woman 1984's Gadot Will Make a Surprise Appearance at SDCC Kristen Wiig Exits Apple Comedy Amid 'Wonder Woman' Scheduling Conflict Upcoming Shows TV 'Killing Eve,' FX Lead 2018 TV Critic Awards Nominations FX is in negotiations with two-time Academy Award winning actress, Jodie Foster, to lead their adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's comic series, Y: The Last Man. Angela Bassett, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Arquette join Netflix's Otherhood Fran Drescher Teases 'The Nanny' Revival: "We're Talking About It" Movies Linda Hamilton Arrives in First Terminator 6 Set Photos 19 June 2018 Our Amazon Sister Pany Has Passed Away... It is with a heavy heart that I announce we have lost another Xenite. Pany LL passed away on Sunday from brain cancer. Julie Hupp sent me an email last week letting me know that Pany didn't have long and today I received the inevitable news. I'm quite saddened by her passing. I first met Pany online and later at a Xena convention and she was such a glorious personality (larger that life personality and a fun person to be around who even managed to understand my Greek). She had this incredible laugh and was a real joy. Αντίο Panayiota μου χρυσή γυναίκα. Ο Θεός να σας κρατήσει στην αγκαλιά του (Goodbye panayiota golden lady. May God keep you in his embrace) Pany was born on May 2, 1967 and passed away on June 17, 2018 in Greece The funeral will be held 19 June 2018 at 3 pm. 'Say not in grief 'she is no more' but live in thankfulness that she was' The heavens now have a new star tonight. 18 June 2018 Xena What makes a great sidekick? Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) is Featured Adrienne Wilkinson Beautiful Photoshoot Image From Zensations Beautiful Eve Art Flashback to Adrienne in Sydney in 2017 Inner Bowie Supergirl Season 3 Episode 23 Battles Lost and Won Synopsis, Episode Stills and Trailer Melissa Benoist Talks about Episode 23: Battles Lost and Won 17 June 2018 MaryD's Blog Gena Turgel, Holocaust survivor known as Bride of Belsen, dies Tributes paid to Gena Turgel, a 95-year-old 'shining light' who tended to a dying Anne Frank and survived Nazi death camps Gena became known as the Bride of Belsen after she married a British soldier involved in the liberation of the Nazi death camps has died aged 95. Supergirl Season 4 News: Jeremy Jordan Drops To Recurring Character Status Season 4 News: Brainy Is Going Back in Time Superhero Insider: Supergirl prepares for a heartbreaking goodbye Wentworth Shane Connor cast in Wentworth A Discovery of Witches (Alex Kingston) When is A Discovery of Witches released on Sky1? Who is in the cast, and what's going to happen? 16 June 2018 MaryD's Blog 'A victory ride': cyclists to retrace Holocaust evacuees' journey for 80th anniversary Lucy Lawless Are We There Yet? - Women and Equality in Aotearoa Featuring Lucy Doctor Who New 'Doctor Who' Jodie Whittaker Set For Comic-Con Debut By BBC America Mariska Hargitay Airdate: I Am Evidence to Be Shown on Aussie Foxtel Monday June 18 at 9.30pm on Showcase  'Law & Order: SVU' Star Mariska Hargitay to Be Honored at Monte Carlo TV Festival Star Trek 'Star Trek: Discovery' Showrunners Out; Alex Kurtzman to Take Over (Exclusive) 15 June 2018 Convention News Renee Renee Confirmed for FanExpo Canada Aug 30 to Sept 2, 2018 Renee To Attend FanX Salt Lake Comic Con 2018 September 7-8, 2018 Win A Free Photo Op with Renee at FanX Salt Lake Comic Con! Lucy Updated: Lucy at FanX Salt Lake Comic Con Photo Ops, Autographs and Panel Information AUSXIP Store Updates Coloring Books Coloring To Relax Mandalas & Geometric Patterns Vol 1 by Mary D. Brooks (Print) Coloring To Relax Mandalas & Geometric Patterns Vol 2 by Mary D. Brooks (Print) Zentangles Designs 40 Tangles To Color by Mary D. Brooks (Print) Zentangles Designs 30 Tangles To Color by Mary D. Brooks (Print) 31 Zentangles and Mandalas by Mary D. Brooks (Print) Coloring To Relax The Mind – Under The Sea Vol 2 by Mary D. Brooks Fiction - Print & Ebooks No Good Deed by Mary D. Brooks (eBook) In The Blood of the Greeks by Mary D. Brooks (Print) Where Shadows Linger by Mary D. Brooks (Ebook) Awakenings by Mary D. Brooks (Print) Always Faithful by Isabella - (eBook) Forever Faithful by Isabella - (eBook) Nor The Battle To The Strong by Mary D. Brooks (Print) Under Your Skin by Lee Winter (eBook) The Red Files by Lee Winter (eBook) Merchandise Eva and Zoe Round Paper Coaster Set – 6pcs 14 June 2018 Renee O'Connor New Renee Art: The Rose #1 on Ebay MaryD's Blog Best BatDad Videos (HYSTERICAL) Supergirl Video: Alex Danvers Takes On Worldkilling Kryptionians! Wonder Woman 2 SPOILERS: Official Movie Stills from Wonder Woman 1984 – Second Wonder Woman Movie Aussie TV ABBAthon on SBS 11 June 2018 AUSXIP Publishing AUSXIP Publishing & Store has a newsletter! Click here to subscribe and you'll get all sorts of awesome stuff like member only prices and giveaways. Renee O'Connor From Renee: Sea Turtle In Emerald Coast Art On Ebay - Raising Awareness About Fragile Habitats From Renee: Art and Upcoming Prints! Xena Podcast: Les Talk About It - Season: Lesbian Culture Overview - How It All Started With Xena MaryD's Book Blog Upcoming Nine Book Series Kaia Saga by Lara Vezzani Supergirl Season 3 Episode 22 Make It Reign Synopsis, Episode Stills and Trailer Video: Melissa Rehearsing for Beautiful, The Carole King Musical Wynonna Earp ATX Convention Photos of Wynonna Earp Cast at ATX by Christa Morris 'Wynonna Earp' Cast & Creator Talk Season 3 at ATX Festival Season 3 Trailer Video: Wynonna Earp Season 3 Trailer!!! 08 June 2018 MaryD's Blog Guest Blog and Story: The New Guy by Barbara Dena Sapphire Books Podcast: Surprises are in store for those lesbian authors MaryD Reviews Under Your Skin has been released and it's a BEAUTY! Check out my review for the novel. If you loved The Red Files by Lee, you will flip over Under Your Skin. Book Review: Under Your Skin by Lee Winter AUSXIP Store The AUSXIP Store has been updated. We're doing a lot of tweaking to it to get it JUST right. AUSXIP Publishing Added author pages for: Mary D. Brooks Lucia Nobrega MJ Williams Pre-Order Mabel of the Anzacs (Historical Fiction / Lesbian Fiction / Women's Fiction) by MaryD New Releases New Release: Joan of Arc by MJ Williams 06 June 2018 Xena Australian Army To Have Xena As A Role Model For Female Soldiers! MaryD's Blog Video: Auschwitz Birkenau – The Revolt of the Greek Jews Hard to watch documentary but a must watch. We must NEVER let this happen again. A documentary from the book by Photini Tomai (Constantopoulou) “Greeks in Auschwitz-Birkenau” HSA – Holocaust Social Archive Auschwitz Birkenau – The Revolt of the Greek Jews MaryD Reviews I've posted a short story by a guest author on my book/review site called "The New Guy" - I enjoyed it a great deal. Go have a read. Renee O'Connor Painting Update: Renee's Golden Siren painting has reached $2000 with 2 hours to go! New Art by Renee: Companion Siren Painting Photos of Renee from Romeo and Juliet by Steven Sears Wynonna Earp Official Wynonna Earp Season 3 Poster and Character Promo Pics! Girl Power Jill Soloway, Lena Waithe Partner With Condé Nast's LGBTQ Platform for Short Film Series 'Queeroes' Allison Janney and Charlize Theron In Animated 'Addams Family' How 'The Fosters' Will Say Goodbye and Set Up Its Spinoff Dolly Parton to Star in Netflix Anthology Series Inspired By Her Music 03 June 2018 NEW AUSXIP Store!!I'm quite excited to unveil my newest creation. It's my new AUSXIP Publishing / AUSXIP Store. It features all my novels, novels from my friends who I like to promote because heck it's fun to share the joy, right? (more books will be added soon from other authors) AND it has some AUSXIP related Warrior and Bard goodies as well. I'm still adding stuff to the site. Go, Look. Tell me what you think and if you have any suggestions about goodies you want to see on there, let me know! Click here to view the new store02 June 2018 Killing Eve Aussies this news is for you: IVIEW has started streaming Killing Eve (all episodes are now available). You DON'T want to miss this show. Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer are INCREDIBLE. BBC America for the Americans, IVIEW for the Aussies and in NZ you have the show on TVNZ. This is BRILLIANT. Best new show this year. Villanelle, the gorgeous, demented psychpath is Killing Eve's version of Callisto (on steroids). Trust me. Killing Eve: tongue-in-cheek spy series - The Weekend Australian Killing Eve: Your new TV obsession starts now CANCEL your weekend because the hottest show in the US is finally here. Best of all, the full season is dropping and it's free to stream. A Discovery of Witches So you're late to the A Discovery of Witches fandom - Alex Kingston is in this show. Don't normally watch shows about witches (only two shows I've watched about witches were Bewitched (yes the original) and Charmed (yes the original) last century). Did I mention Alex Kingston (River Song from Doctor Who) is in this? TV News How Will Batwoman Be Introduced to the Arrowverse? Nicole Kidman on heartbreak, miracle motherhood and Big Little Lies Imposters Cancelled at Bravo The Hidden Queer History Behind "A League of Their Own" Hailee Steinfeld to Play Emily Dickinson in Just-Ordered Apple Comedy Series Movie News See every Disney princess meet in 'Wreck-It Ralph 2' first look Angelina Jolie & David Oyelowo To Star In Fantasy 'Come Away'; 'Brave' Helmer Brenda Chapman's Live-Acton Debut Uma Thurman To Star In Netflix Series 'Chambers' Produced By Stephen Gaghan   01 June 2018 Reminder: Alexandra Tydings' new theatre show starts June 1 through to June 28. Click here to read my article about the show and what Alex had to say about her character Adrienne Wilkinson Stunning Photo from Zensations Magazine Photoshoot! Renee O'Connor Renee Selling Her Original Artwork! Lucy Lawless Added photos of Lucy from 2018 MegaCon Orlando by Susan Geis Added video of Lucy's Q&A 2018 MegaCon Orlando by Susan Geis Killing Eve Sandra Oh on Working With a Mostly Female Team on 'Killing Eve' Melissa Benoist / Supergirl First Look! Supergirl's Melissa Benoist Makes Her Broadway Debut as Carole King in Beautiful New Movies Movie Trailer: Jennifer Garner in “Peppermint” – Upcoming Action Thriller – September 7, 2018 Release     Click here for the more current news Click here for the more archived news