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  Isobelle's appearing in several places during May to promote the launch of Metro Winds; have you been to see her, or are you planning to go see her?
  
  What did she talk about? What was it like?
  Share your experiences here.
  
  For full details of each appearance, see this news post.
  [strike]8 May 2012 - Ellison Hawker Bookshop, Tasmania
  15 May 2012 - Parkdale Library, Victoria
  15 May 2012 - Chelsea Library, Victoria
  16 May 2012 - Woodend Library, Victoria
  16 May 2012 - Castlemaine Library, Victoria
  16 May 2012 - Bendigo Library, Victoria
  18 May 2012 - Collins Booksellers, Edwardstown
  19 May 2012 - CBC Conference, Adelaide
  20 May 2012 - Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney
  23 May 2012 - ABC Radio National Books and Arts Program
  23 May 2012 - Readings Hawthorn, Victoria[/strike]
   
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  I went to Bendigo last night. The talk was amazing with Isobelle reading some parts of the stories in Metro Winds. The really amazing things was the 'voices' she uses as she reads. She has the ability to change her voice to that of the character in an unbelievable way. If I didn't know it was Isobelle, I would have thought a totally different person was up there reading.
  
  Most of the audience were older readers. I think there was maybe 2 teenagers there, and lots of people in their 30s to 50s and even older. Made me feel right at home. :P
  
  I managed to record most of the talk so when I figure out how to get it off my phone and onto the computer I will try to transcribe it.
  
  Isobelle talked mostly about Metro Winds, how the stories came to her and what inspired them in the first place. She also discussed the Little Fur books and talked about how she will be doing the drawings for the Cloud Road.
  
  There was also mention of a new short story coming out in an anthology sometime soon.
  
  Maruman came up at one point and almost caused Zieria and myself to squee out loud but the control held...just.
  
  All in all it was a great evening.
   
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  I'm going to be at the Sydney Writer's Festival on Sunday to see her, is anyone else planning on going to that particular event?
   
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  I just got back from Isobelle's talk at the Sydney Writer's Festival. It was so great chatting to Isobelle afterwards. I had a great time!!!
  
  ps: I took 4 pages of notes on the talk and asked if it was ok with Isobelle to blog the talk. She said she didn't mind so if anyone wants a link to my post when it's up I guess I'll just pm it? :)
   
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  I just got back from Isobelle's talk at the Sydney Writer's Festival. It was so great chatting to Isobelle afterwards. I had a great time!!!
  
  ps: I took 4 pages of notes on the talk and asked if it was ok with Isobelle to blog the talk. She said she didn't mind so if anyone wants a link to my post when it's up I guess I'll just pm it? :)
  

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  Just got back from Sydney after the Writer's Festival. I was the crazy lady in the Slytherin scarf and the newspaper pirate hat.
  I called out "Anyone from Ober.net?" and six or seven random hands in the line-up shot up, then I said "I'm Helena" and I think a few people screamed or something? o_O
  I only ever got to talk to Alyse, though. :P Who else responded to the insane stranger? Y'all deserve kudos for putting up with me! Hahahaha! :P
  
  We didn't end up making it into the actual seminar, so we had to sit outside in the rain (hence the newspaper hat) and listen to it, crazed fans that we are.
   
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  ^omg back in 2009 that happened to my friend and I, so this time we left an hour extra and lined up from 10 30am to get into the hall :P
  
  I was the girl in the black hat and the cat necklace.
   
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  Just got back from Sydney after the Writer's Festival. I was the crazy lady in the Slytherin scarf and the newspaper pirate hat.
  I called out "Anyone from Ober.net?" and six or seven random hands in the line-up shot up, then I said "I'm Helena" and I think a few people screamed or something? o_O
  I only ever got to talk to Alyse, though. :P Who else responded to the insane stranger? Y'all deserve kudos for putting up with me! Hahahaha! :P
  
  We didn't end up making it into the actual seminar, so we had to sit outside in the rain (hence the newspaper hat) and listen to it, crazed fans that we are.
  

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  I was there an hour early, so I got a front row seat. :D
  
  I learnt my lesson last year when I was stuck outside in the rain, without the benefit of a newspaper hat.
   
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  I was the crazy lady in the Slytherin scarf and the newspaper pirate hat. 
  I called out "Anyone from Ober.net?" and six or seven random hands in the line-up shot up...

  Helena

  
  Ahahaha...brilliant XD nice work Helena!
  
  I can't believe you couldn't get into the talk though :-/ bah! It sounds like you had fun anyway. I remember we queued for hours in 2009...this managed to get the front 2 rows of the talk with IC & Garth Nix. Good times :P
  
  DoL please do share the link here when you've gone through your notes/blogged - many will love to read about it :)
   
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  then I said "I'm Helena" and I think a few people screamed or something? o_O
  

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  I wasn't there, but I would probably scream if you just randomly announced yourself somewhere. I'm normally quite shy at Obermeets, but surprises tend to send me into shock. I will also scream at unexpected mice, and I am one <
  
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  I went to the SWF, but since that one was at capacity, Lol and I went to another talk with Largo Lanagan and two other authors. I just didn't fancy sitting in the rain for an hour ...
   
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  I was in Sydney for something different on the weekend, and discovered at the baggage carousel that Isobelle had been on the same flight as me back to Melbourne. I didn't go up and talk to her though, figured she'd prefer her privacy!
   
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  I'm planning on going to the talk at Readings in Hawthorn, anyone else going to be there too? :) I'm really looking forward to hearing IC speak.
  
  

  
  I called out "Anyone from Ober.net?" and six or seven random hands in the line-up shot up, then I said "I'm Helena" and I think a few people screamed or something? o_O
  

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  I think screaming was an appropriate response to meeting you, Hell. ;) If I meet any Obernetters, please don't expect many coherent sentences because I'll literally be screaming inside. It's just so exciting! :D
  
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  Hey Meza, have you booked? I phoned and you need to book a place.
   
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  I'm still on a high from Sunday. If I do badly in my presentation in class tomorrow, I blame the writer's festival! :P
  
  Isobelle is such a lovely lady and a wonderful role model for me :)
  
  Nef: How was Margo? I really wanted to go listen to that talk! Silly festival putting Isobelle and Margo on at the same time and on the same day! Margo had another talk later but I couldn't wait that long in the city, as my friend and I both had uni work to do alas.
   
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  Deb, yes I have. :) Phoned up a couple of weeks ago. Thanks. ;) So you're planning on going?
   
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  Here is a transcript from Isobelle's panel talk at the Sydney Writer's Festival. I did my best to transcribe everything but I missed some parts because I just couldn't keep up, and we weren't able to record the talk. Please feel free to comment at my blog, or pm me with parts I missed that others remember :)
  
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  Woot! Came back from Readings at Hawthorn and bought a copy of Metro Winds!! If anybody is curious to know who I am I was the Asian guy in the black sweater!
  
  hey Dweomeroflight - the anecdote about Santorini was that IC goes to Santorini (a small island in Greece) every 2 years or so for about 3 weeks to write. She read in a really battered old guide book that contained a quote that goes "Bringing vampires to Santorini is same as bringing coals to Newcastle". Santorini (according to Google) has some local vampire lores. That quote inspired her to write about vampires and she used some of the physical settings of Santorini to inspire her further. The second part of this quote is that when she produced that story and sent it to her editor, the editor happened to receive another story from a British author who had used exactly the same quote to inspire his own story.
  
  Obviously the story was told with a lot more humour than my dry recount above!!
  
  I loved listening to IC's talk about the inspiration of Metro Winds, each story representing her evolution from girl to princess to queen and how travel has changed her world view. Sorry I didn't think to record or make notes until after the event >______>
  
  Anywho when she was signing my books I asked her about the masked ball for the Red Queen release - she said news would be available Oct/Nov this year!!!
  
  Also she'll definitely have the Red Queen finished by this year!! WOOOOOT!
   
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  ^omg thanks so much! I'm updating my transcript now. Would you like me to credit you?
  
  Isobelle and I had an epic conversation about travelling (I was on exchange in 2010 and 11), Metro Winds and how travel changes your perception. I've read the first two stories of Metro Winds and I'm halfway through the third one and already I'm just loving the travel theme. I can see I will reread Metro Winds alot :)
   
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  I was so going to ask if any other Oberneters were at Readings, but they stopped the Q&A session before I could. Did meet up with Emi in the line though. She was very surprised when I told her that I ask for tidbits to post on here.
  
  Isobelle very kindly gave me this: as she was writing the Cloud Road, she left one of the brothers in mortal danger in the bottom of a chasm.
   
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  I had a lovely time at Isobelle's events, getting to hear and speak to Isobelle and Obernetters. I was very lucky that both of the events that were somewhat :P close to me happened on my day off! I always love to hear Isobelle speak, because she always shares some small tidbits or other that I hadn't heard, either about the origins of her stories, or about experiences she's had while travelling or at home. My favourite thing that Isobelle said went something like this: "I want the world to be a more just, compassionate place. The idea that life should be fair is ingrained. Maybe it's written in our DNA." I love the way Isobelle feels and thinks about the world. It makes me look at things differently as well, because it's so true. I feel that way as well - I wish life was more just and people were more compassionate.