The Romance Writers of Australia is holding its 2009 National Conference in Brisbane.
We’re not writers, but we’re sticky beaks, so we’re following the live tweets to keep up to date on the goings on (no incriminating photos, yet).
If you have a Twitter account, the hashtag is #RWAus09, and you might also want to follow @RWAus. You can catch up on previous tweets: Day 1 | Day 2 | RWA award winners
You can find additional official coverage on the RWA blog. If you know of any bloggers or tweeters covering the conference, please let us know so we can link to them.
If you can’t see the live updates below, you can also view the tweets via Twitter or ScribbleLive.
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The Romance Writers of Australia has announced the winners of their 2009 contests and awards. A big CONGRATULATIONS to the finalists and winners!
R*BY awards
The Romantic Book of the Year Award—more commonly known as the R*BY or Ruby Award—is awarded to the best romance book published the previous year by an Australian or New Zealand romance author, as voted on by Australian readers. More details on the RWA website.
Short Sweet — Marion Lennox (His Island Bride)
Short Sexy — Trish Morey (The Italian Boss’s Mistress of Revenge)
Long Romance — Anne Gracie (The Stolen Princess)
Romantic Elements — Suzanne Perazzini (Beneath The Surface)
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The Romance Writers of Australia is holding its 2009 National Conference in Brisbane.
We’re not writers, but we’re sticky beaks, so we’re following the live tweets to keep up to date on the goings on (no incriminating photos, yet).
If you have a Twitter account, the hashtag is #RWAus09, and you might also want to follow @RWAus. You can catch up on Day 1 tweets here.
You can find additional official coverage on the RWA blog, including award winners as they’re confirmed. If you know of any bloggers or tweeters covering the conference, please let us know so we can link to them.
This is an archive of the Twitter stream for Day 2. You can also view the tweets on ScribbleLive.
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The Romance Writers of Australia is holding its 2009 National Conference in Brisbane. We’re not writers, but we’re sticky beaks, so we’re relying on live tweets to keep us up to date on the goings on (no incriminating photos, yet).
If you have a Twitter account, the hashtag is #RWAus09, and you might also want to follow @RWAus.
This is an archive of the Twitter stream for Day 1. You can also view the tweets on ScribbleLive.
Unfortunately, I think there was an issue with the wireless connection at the venue, so the tweets drop off in the afternoon. Also, the Harlequin cocktail party must’ve rocked because no one was tweeting!
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The International Association for the Study of Popular Romance is hosting its first ever “Popular Romance Studies: an International Conference” in Brisbane. You can find more information, including the schedule, on the IASPR website.
If you didn’t catch it last night, the event got a mention on ABC News last night. The segment shows lots of old Aussie Mills & Boon covers, which make me want to hunt down a book about the Flying Doctors!
Anyway, we can’t be at the event, so we’re relying on live tweets to keep us up to date. If you have a Twitter account, the hashtag is #romcon, and you might also want to follow @IASPR. (Please note that Book Thingo is NOT in any way affiliated with IASPR.)
To catch up, check out the Twitter stream from the morning and afternoon sessions on Day 1.
This is an archive of the Twitter stream. You can also view the tweets on ScribbleLive.
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The International Association for the Study of Popular Romance is hosting its first ever “Popular Romance Studies: an International Conference” in Brisbane, starting today. You can find more information, including the schedule, on the IASPR website.
We can’t be at the event, so we’re relying on live tweets to keep us up to date. If you have a Twitter account, the hashtag is #romcon, and you might also want to follow @IASPR. (Please note that Book Thingo is NOT in any way affiliated with IASPR.)
Click here to view the tweets from the morning sessions.
This is an archive of the Twitter stream. You can also view the tweets on ScribbleLive.
Read the rest of this post.
The International Association for the Study of Popular Romance is hosting its first ever “Popular Romance Studies: an International Conference” in Brisbane, starting today. You can find more information, including the schedule, on the IASPR website.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to set up the live Twitter stream thingo for the morning sessions of the2009 Conference.
However, I’ve taken the #romcon entries from Twitter and archived them here, for anyone who’s interested.
Please note that Book Thingo is NOT in any way affiliated with IASPR. I do think they’re doing very interesting work, and I’m still miffed that I didn’t get to go. *sob*
Anyway, here are the tweets from the morning session.
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Congratulations to everyone who won an award at the Romance Writers of America (RWA) national conference last weekend.
Rosemary’s Romance Books in Brisbane was awarded the Steffie Walker Bookseller of the Year Award. According to the RWA website, this award is given to a bookseller “who provides outstanding service to romance readers and demonstrates notable support of romance authors and the romance genre.” Awesome win.
The other Aussie winner is Stephanie Laurens for Best Novella.
RWA sponsors the the RITA®, arguably the genre’s most prestigious award. Here’s a list of the winners:
A Mother’s Wish by Karen Templeton (Best Contemporary Series Romance) — Excerpt
Danger Signals by Kathleen Creighton (Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure) — Excerpt
Hell Week by Rosemary Clement Moore (Best Young Adult Romance) — Excerpt
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Swan & Edgar bar (via the Booktagger blog)
First things first: Happy Mother’s Day to all you mums, nannas and mums-to-be! I hope you enjoyed a good breakfast in bed and that the kids’ arts and craft project churned out something useful or appealing or edible or easy to hide. :-D
Apologies for slacking off last week with the Bizzo, but this one is absolutely chockers with good romancey stuff, so I hope it’s worth the wait.
ARRC09 audio recordings
Audio recordings from the Australian Romance Readers Convention in February are now available. Click here for more information and an order form.
International Association for the Study of Popular Romance
The IASPR is offering yearly, 5-yearly and lifetime memberships. Click here for more information. The IASPR, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and the Romance Writers of Australia are sponsoring an academic conference on Popular Romance Studies.
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Anzac biscuits - a link to the recipe is included below (source: Penguin Books Australia)
Top Aussie writer blogs
CopyWrite has posted its list of top blogs by Aussie writers. Romance writers who made the list:
#16 Romance Bandits (Various authors)
#34 Christina Phillips
#38 Romance, Rumours and Rogues (Nicola Marsh)
#52 Outback Romance (Fiona Lowe)
#54 Ramblings of a Romance Writing Mama (Rachael Johns)
#58 Yvonne Lindsay
#68 Bronwyn Parry
#69 Lexxie Couper
#85 Cassandra Cornell
#91 Alison Stuart
#99 Writing Romance (Sandie Hudson)
#102 Elisabeth Rose
#108 Sami’s Scribbles (Sami Lee)
#109 Stumbling along the path to publication (Monique Wood)
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