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Isobelle Carmody will be in Australia in May this year, to launch Metro Winds, and will be appearing at several bookshops around the country. 
She has confirmed a few appearances on facebook yesterday - and there's surely more to come! 

Have you been, or are you going to, one of these events? Let us know all about it in this thread. 


8 May 2012 - done
Ellison Hawker Bookshop, Tasmania
Time: 4:00pm
Address: 90/92 Liverpool Street, Hobart TAS 7000 [ map ]
Contact: (03) 6234 2322

15 May 2012 - done
Parkdale Library, Victoria
Time: 1.30 - 2.30pm
Address: 94/96 Parkers Road, Parkdale VIC 3195 [ map ]
Contact: 1300 135 668

15 May 2012 - done
Chelsea Library, Victoria
Time: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Address: 1 Chelsea Road, Chelsea VIC 3196 [ map ]
Contact: (03) 9580 4377

16 May 2012 - done
Woodend Library, Victoria
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Address: Cnr High & Forest Streets, Woodend VIC 3442 [ map ]
Contact: (03) 5427 2074

16 May 2012 - done
Castlemaine Library, Victoria
Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm
Address: Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [ map ]
Contact: (03) 5472 1458

16 May 2012 - done
Bendigo Library, Victoria
Time: 5:00 - 6:30pm
Address: 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 [ map ]
Contact: (03) 5449 2700

18 May 2012 - NEW
Collins Booksellers, Edwardstown
Time: 6.30 - 7.30pm (subject to change, please call to confirm)
Address: Shop T 54 Castle Plaza. 992 South Rd, Edwardstown SA 5039 [ map ]
Contact: (08) 8277 8857
Website: Collins Booksellers Edwardstown website

19 May 2012
CBC Conference, Adelaide
Session: Program
Time: 12.15 - 1.00pm and 2.45 - 3.45pm
Address: Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 [ map ]
Contact: (03) 6234 2322
Website: 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia Multi Storied Conference

20 May 2012
Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney
Session: A Neverending Story: Fantasy Worlds
Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Address: Sydney Dance 4, Pier 4/5, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay [ map ]
Contact: 9252 7729 or info@swf.org.au.
Website: Sydney Writers' Festival 2012

23 May 2012 - NEW
ABC Radio National Books and Arts Program
Time: 10:00am
Website: Radio National Books & Arts Daily website

23 May 2012
Readings Hawthorn, Victoria
Time: 5:00pm
Address: 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122 [ map ]
Contact: (03) 9819 1917
Website: Readings website

We'll add to the list as more dates/times/places become available! 

Penguin has posted a news item on their Penguin Teen Website concerning the release date of the Red Queen.



To read the whole news post, click here. Penguin also releases updates via their Facebook page, which you can find here.

While many of you will be disappointed and some of you aren't sure you want the series to end, we've got to keep in mind that good things come to those who wait.

Some of you may have seen her Facebook post, others her tweet; but for those that haven't seen either, head over to insideadog.com.au and check out Isobelle's first blog post as author-in-residence for March, Skating on Thin Ice.In this article, Isobelle blogs about her life in Prague, and about why she loves it. 


You can read the full blog post here: Skating on Thin Ice.

All of Isobelle's posts will be linked to here - head over and enjoy!

• The End - 31 March
  
• The Short Story (Pt 2) - 29 March
  
• A Day in the Life of a Writer - 28 March
  
• The Bologna Book Fair Blog - 24 March
  
• The Journey (Pt 3) - 19 March
  
• The Journey (Pt 2) - 17 March
  
• A Lovely Thing - 16 March
  
• Judging a Book by its Cover - 14 March
  
• The Short Story (Pt 1) - 12 March
  
• The Journey (Pt 1) - 9 March
  
• Paradigm Shift(ers) - 7 March
  
• Prague Days - 5 March
  
• Skating on Thin Ice - 1 March
  

InsideADog.com.au is the State Library of Victoria's site that's all about books – by young people, for young people.

Isobelle posted an excerpt today on her insideadog.com.au blog post, The Short Story (Pt 2).
The excerpt is from The Stone Witch, a short story from the upcoming anthology Under My Hat, edited by Jonathan Strahan.

Under My Hat will be published by Random House in September 2012 and contains stories by Garth Nix, Neil Gaiman and Margo Lanagan to name a few.


Read the entire excerpt here: The Stone Witch excerpt.