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To Melburnians booklovers, and to anyone visiting our lovely city.

Sending you all an invitation to our first ever Melbourne get together of 2017!
To be held on Saturday, 29th April in the CBD over lunch. And since everyone like the idea of Mystery book swap we’ll do it again.

So if anyone is interested in joining us, please post your comments below, and I will provide you with more details closer to the RSVP date.

Date - Saturday, 29th April
Time – 12.00pm
Location - City
RSVP – Friday, 21st April

Mystery Book Swap

1. Bring along one book to the venue to give away – a new book or a book in excellent condition, preferably a stand-alone or 1st book in the series.

2. Wrap the book in whatever paper you have at home.

3. Place a tag on the wrapping with the description of the genre.

4. Each participants name will be placed in a hat, and when your name is drawn, you can select a mystery book from the pile.

Hope to see you all there :)

Attendees

Definites
Mish
Priyanka
Michael
Tracey
Elaine
Rosie
Nat
MaryG2E
Jo
Heather
Denise
Mystery Guest Author


Maybes
Sharon
Alleesia

Count me in. see you all soon :)

Priyanka wrote: "Count me in. see you all soon :)"

That's great Priyanka. Glad you can make it!

Please put me down as a maybe, Mish. I'd love to be there, but it all depends if I can get into the city :)

Woohoo, looking forward to it Mish :-)

Sounds great Mish. I'm pretty sure I can make it. Thanks for organising. :)

Wonderful! looking forward to catching up with you all again :)

Hi Mish,
at the moment it's a maybe I may not be in the country at the end of April

Count me in. I am looking forward to it.

I'm totally in!!! always a fantastic time with everyone. :)

Love the idea, so count me in please Mish.

Great! I've counted you in Ladies :)

Fingers crossed Heather. Hope you can make it

just seen your message Mish. I have returned from a cruise to Vanuatu. count me in too.

A great idea. Maybe until possibly 26th April? I will know definitely then. I really want to come along, but that day is a Uni deadline for an assessment. Will update if ok Wednesday B4?

RSVP is 21st Alleesia, so Mish can let the venue know totals :)

Jo wrote: "just seen your message Mish. I have returned from a cruise to Vanuatu. count me in too."

Nice Jo! Welcome back. We'll have a lot to talk about when I see you next :)

Alleesia wrote: "A great idea. Maybe until possibly 26th April? I will know definitely then. I really want to come along, but that day is a Uni deadline for an assessment. Will update if ok Wednesday B4?"

Hi Alleesia,
That's fine. We'll touch base when we get closer to the date :)

Hi Mish,

I can attend!

Heather wrote: "Hi Mish,

I can attend!"

Yay! Glad you can make it Heather :)

Oh yes please! How exciting

Denise wrote: "Oh yes please! How exciting"

You'll have a great time Denise :)

So, 11 people attending so far Mish?

Tracey Allen wrote: "So, 11 people attending so far Mish?"

Ah!! there could possibly be 12 people attending Tracey.

We may be lucky enough to have a mystery guest author coming to our luncheon- thanks to Elaine for organising it. She’s a writer of crime novels and her new book launch is the next day but she is pretty sure she can make it.

How exciting!! Elaine or I will keep you all posted :)

Ooh! You're just rubbing it in, aren't you Mish!?

Mish wrote: "Tracey Allen wrote: "So, 11 people attending so far Mish?"

Ah!! there could possibly be 12 people attending Tracey.

We may be lucky enough to have a mystery guest author coming to our luncheon- ..."

Oh wow that's wonderful... yay!!! Exiciting information Mish! Thanks for this wonderful arrangements...

Andrea wrote: "Ooh! You're just rubbing it in, aren't you Mish!?"

Oh no Andrea. I thought I might tease the others and keep them guessing as to who's coming ;)

I really wish you were able to make it. You're going to be missed :(

Priyanka wrote: "Mish wrote: "Tracey Allen wrote: "So, 11 people attending so far Mish?"

Ah!! there could possibly be 12 people attending Tracey.

We may be lucky enough to have a mystery guest author coming to o..."


I know! It's great news Priyanka! :)

Michael wrote: "Mish wrote: "Tracey Allen wrote: "So, 11 people attending so far Mish?"

Ah!! there could possibly be 12 people attending Tracey.

We may be lucky enough to have a mystery guest author coming to o..."

Yeah thanks Michael. It will be a nice surprise for everyone to keep her identity a mystery :)

Wow, that's brilliant Mish! A surprise author is so exciting, but I wish I knew who it was so I could look up their books in GoodReads first. Otherwise if I've never heard of them, that'll be embarrassing.

Andrea, are you not coming?

Mish wrote: "Tracey Allen wrote: "So, 11 people attending so far Mish?"

Ah!! there could possibly be 12 people attending Tracey.

We may be lucky enough to have a mystery guest author coming to our luncheon- ..."

Ooh I know who that is!!!!

Mish wrote: "I really wish you were able to make it. You're going to be missed :(..."

Thanks Mish, I wish I could come too. But maybe next time.

Tracey wrote: "Andrea, are you not coming?..."

No, I'm returning to Nepal next week. Taking the kids trekking - they're so excited. Surprisingly, it's something they never have the opportunity to do.

Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "Tracey Allen wrote: "So, 11 people attending so far Mish?"

Ah!! there could possibly be 12 people attending Tracey.

We may be lucky enough to have a mystery guest author coming to o..."

Haha! How did you guess Brenda? Did I give something away in my post! ;)

A little bit Mish :) But I happen to have insider information about certain parts though...

Brenda wrote: "A little bit Mish :) But I happen to have insider information about certain parts though..."

Oh okay :)

It should be a good day. I'm looking forward to meeting her and everyone else!

It'll be wonderful :) I'd love to meet her as well - haven't yet! But she'll be a very special guest :)

Hi, I have sent everyone a PM on the weekend about the venue - except you Michael, I told you earlier - so please check your PM messages :)

I need to confirm numbers with the venue this Wednesday so if something has come up and you're unable to make it please let me know. Otherwise I will see you all on Saturday! Yay!

I'm off to the shops this afternoon to find my Mystery book. :)

Thanks so much Mish for once again organising our get together. It will be great seeing everyone again and hopefully meeting some new people. Mish and I would also like to let you know that our mystery author will be bringing along copies of her new book which she will be happy to personally sign for you. The cost is $20 ( cash only please ) for those of you that may be interested. Can I just say though she is an amazingly talented writer and her books are fantastic and she's a lovely and down to earth person as well. So exciting!!!

It looks like this has the makings of a great day!

Sounds great Mish and Elaine! Wish I was coming :)

Me too Carolyn!! Makes you realise how vast our wonderful country is doesn't it!

We'll need to try and attempt a crossover states get together one day. Michael can help us plan it. He's become a bit of an expert now. Although coordinating 2 or more states might be a bit of a logistical nightmare!!! :)

Logistical nightmare is right! I'm staying out of this one! lol

Brenda wrote: "Logistical nightmare is right! I'm staying out of this one! lol"

I thought you'd love the challenge Brenda!!! I do recall having a similar conversation with you a few years back and I think that was before we were even having the state get togethers so you never know what these AR are capable of and you moderators are superstars at keeping it all together.

Michael wrote: "When I get back I will look into it. Logistically challenging. Maybe if we have the Melbourne/Sydney and Brisbane on the same day and we all Skype to see each other that might work."

Sounds like you've had a good day today Michael. Did you manage to stay warm while you were bookshop hopping? Yes I think it's a bit of a pipe dream actually but they do say "never say never". :)

Elaine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Logistical nightmare is right! I'm staying out of this one! lol"

I thought you'd love the challenge Brenda!!! I do recall having a similar conversation with you a few years back and..."

O_o!!!!!

Wohoo!!! I'm exicted to meet you all today, finally the day has come😀 Books books books!!!
See you all soon...
Have a lovely day everyone!

Have a great time everyone!!!!!

Thinking of you all - have a wonderful time.

Hey everyone
just letting you all know Elaine and myself are already here at The Duke..we are currently downstairs in the bar waiting for upstairs to be opened..