G’day! ARRA, Australian Romance Reader Association, is bringing us for a visit down under this March.
Here are the dates:
. Sat 13 March 2027 ~ Melbourne
. Sun 14 March 2027 ~ Canberra
. Sat 20 March 2027 ~ Sydney
. Sun 21 March 2027 ~ Brisbane
ARRA says: Mark your calendar to save the date! Tickets will go on sale on 16 October (8 pm AEDST).
To stay up to date you can join the ARR mailing list here or the FB Attendees group here.
As you can see, we will be there for two weeks, and we will be buying the airplane tickets as soon as we can figure out which business traveler visa to apply for. We are there at ARRA’s disposal. And the beach. And also I want to see a kangaroo. That can happen, right? But back to two weeks: we want to make sure that we use this time as best we can to meet as many of you as possible.
Dear Aussie readers, ARRA is asking for your help:
Aussie horde assemble!
I’m sure you’ve seen the news here and elsewhere – Ilona and Gordon will be visiting Australia in March 2027 for ARRA’s series of ARR events (Melb, Cbr, Syd and Bris).
ARRA is considering whether to add additional events for the BDH before or after these currently scheduled events and we’d love to hear from any of the BDH who live in Australia. (Note: these are *proposed* events at this stage)
Please fill in their quick survey here: https://forms.gle/qvnywANRiKGdHXJq9
If you don’t know about these events, you can find all the details here: https://australianromancereaders.com.au/events/arr2027/Tickets go on sale on 16 October (8pm AEDST)
We are also asking for your help. We will be sending a box of swag to these events. We will either be printing it there or mailing it there, and we will be sticking mostly to paper goods, because a lot of these will be giveaways. Some of it, like vellum sets, maybe available for purchase. We are not sure yet how this would work.
We need you to vote on what you would like. The poll allows you to select multiple answers, but please try to stick to the one you want the most, because shipping big boxes to Australia is expensive and we need to prioritize.
Below you will find a catalog of our designs. Please look through them and see what you would like. There are 8 pages: put your cursor over the bottom of the pdf window and click the arrows.
We will not be doing mugs for Australia, but if you wanted that design on a sticker or bookmark or some other silliness, please let us know.
Note: You will see some new stuff in the Upcoming Designs. These are sketches, which we included just so you know that you will have chibi options. They are still being worked on by the artist, but we should have them available in the next sticker sheet drop.
If you love something very much, drop us a line in the comments.
Pheew! Must go work on a short with Everard’s aunt. Also, we have a very important meeting this afternoon. Please wish us luck!
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I wish I lived in Australia and could participate in a session. Have a great trip.
Where do you live? 🙂
Good luck with your important meeting!
Woohoo – a two week trip to Australia!!! It’s wonderful.
Good luck at your meeting and I can’t wait to read the short on Everard’s aunt!!!
I just heard all the Australia Horde scream in happiness. Have a lot of fun down there in the Australian fall.
If you haven’t had them, Tim Tams are really good. My brother had friends in Australia send him a package with them in it and shared a few with me.
Well, it’s 4:00 am there, so maybe not, hehehe.
That sounds like a blast. Any chance you are coming to the northeast??
Good luck on your meeting! And the Chibi characters are the cutest thing ever.
I voted for Maggie because it is your most recent work. I like everything you write and especially love the Kate Daniels and Innkeeper series! I voted for stickers because they seemed to be something that would be lighter to mail so you could send a whole lot of them. You get to visit another continent! Yeah!
Pretty sure a visit to Australia doesn’t count if you haven’t seen a koala.
All the best with the meeting! (And hooray for our Aussie BDH!)
Good luck on your meeting! I hope you get some time to explore in Australia. It was absolutely amazing to visit!
Good luck on your meeting!
I refrained from voting, as I’m not in Australia, but really wanted to click an option. 😄 We need a “Doesn’t apply to me, but I want to vote too!” button. 😁
Congrats to all the Aussie members (and surrounding areas that can easily travel there) to get the option to meet you!
I hope you get to rest and enjoy some down time while you’re there as well. Plus see kangaroos and koalas! Fyi, the San Antonio zoo let’s you go in with kangaroos and pet them, if they’re so inclined (we were able to, but wouldn’t have if they seemed uncomfortable).
Good luck! 🤞
Take all the best luck!!