Last weekend (May 23rd + 24th 2009), about 30 Obernetters gathered in Sydney for the Sydney Writers' Festival 2009 - to attend the Isobelle Carmody / Garth Nix panel on Sunday.
...if things look a little different than they usually do in the next couple of days.
Ladies and Gentleman, fairies and furry-friends, it is with great pleasure that we are able to bring to you the results of Obernewtyn.net’s Moonfair 2008!
The east coast of Australia has been experiencing a swathe of disasters this year: the devastating Victorian bushfires, NSW bushfires and Queensland floods.
Isobelle's done a recent interview, and the lovely people's over at Omnivoracious have allowed us to add it to the Interview's section of Obernet.
A few months ago, I was emailed by a Patricia Kennon, co-editor of "INIS: The Children's Books Ireland Magazine", asking if they could use a screenshot of Obernewtyn.net in their upcoming article about the fanfiction phenomena.
Harper Collins have released Dreaming Again, which is a collection of 35 new short stories celebrating the writings of Australian Fantasy authors.
[act]glitter spills out over everything as a pretty Moonfairy rises into the air[/act] Greetings!
I received a lovely update message from Isobelle today and she asked me to share it with everyone, to keep you posted on what she's up to.
