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Wrapping up the Lake Hill Book Launch

Margareta-Admin — Fri, 05 May 2017 07:15:00 +0000

Wrapping up the Lake Hill Book Launch

Margareta-Admin Fri, 05/05/2017 - 5:15 pm

First up, I want to thank you for all your good wishes on the launch of LAKE HILL from the very bottom of my heart. For those of you who have bought my new book already, huge appreciation for investing your time and money in my words, and for those of you making lists for a Mother’s Day present, maybe you could suggest LAKE HILL? ;)

What an incredible night we had at the LAKE HILL Launch! IT WAS A SELL-OUT! We couldn’t fit another person in the room and I can’t even BEGIN to tell you how much fun it was. So many people, such a lovely space to gather, divine wine and pizza, books being signed and on their way to new loving homes … it was a mecca of goodness, and we all had a fantastic time. Huge thanks go to Liz and Trevor from Collins Booksellers, Sale along with Catherine & Al at Blue Gables Winery for organising it all.

Lake Hill Launch Crowd

Here’s a few photo’s of the night, where my mate and rural journalist Jeanette Severs and I had a chat. We succeeded mightily in not falling off ‘the stage’ laughing and disappearing into one of the surrounding hay bales. We discussed LAKE HILL and the inspirations behind the book, chuckled ourselves silly over sex scenes and Lee Kernaghan (Yes! It jolly well came up AGAIN! Hangs my head in shame …)

Jeanette Severs and I

The East Gippsland Field Day’s were also a huge success, with many of my Lardner Park regulars visiting the Just Books stall to get their books signed. These wonderful and supportive readers are creating ‘a signed set’ and I am starting to get to know them well. There were new babies (Carmen, so lovely to meet your gorgeous little girl), Dad’s and kids being dragged to field days kicking and screaming (so not) for their wives to get their books signed. One lovely fellow, Bill, even advised me on which cattle crush to buy. Sure enough, he was right, so if you’re reading this, Bill, I followed your advice and the crush will be delivered on Monday. Thanks so much!

From this week onwards, I’m on a lovely road trip around my home ground – Gippsland – over the next little while, plus throwing in a couple of pre-Mother’s Day book signing at two city bookstores, so it’s going to be a busy, but fun time.

We kicked off the journey in Heyfield on Wednesday where over 40 people turned up for THE most DIVINE afternoon tea and listened to me chat about the inspirations behind my new book, and how to “never say never. We only get one life. Get out there and tick your bucket list while you can.”

Next week I can be found chatting and signing books in two places. First up will be THE best café in Gippsland (in my (not so) humble opinion!), the stunning Café 3847 & Co in Rosedale, where some ideas for my café in LAKE HILL originated. You can understand how delighted I am to be holding a book launch there! This in on Wednesday night (May 10) at 7pm. Booking can be made with Andrea and Mark at the Readers Emporium, Traralgon (phone: 51764620).

On Thursday evening (May 11) from 7.30pm I will be at the Onyx Café, 61 Breed Street, Traralgon, chatting about LAKE HILL. Booking for this event can also be made with Andrea and Mark at the Readers Emporium, Traralgon (phone: 51764620).

Think, Mother’s Day treat. Think, new book to read. Think, I can get it signed by Margareta! I would adore seeing you there.

And can I just quietly add here that I was shouting with joy and dancing around in my horse paddock on Friday morning, when I received the news that despite LAKE HILL not being officially released until Monday May 1, IT HAD ALREADY GONE TO REPRINT!

OMG, the horse, dogs and chooks thought I’d gone nuts!

For those of you who have already downed the book like a delicious hot chocolate, can I ask you to post a review? That’s if you enjoyed it, I guess … ;)

Reviews at all sorts of places (LibraryThing, GoodReads or your online retailer / private blog) really help authors with their books, and we sincerely appreciate it when readers take a few minutes to comment on our work, which might encourage others to pick up LAKE HILL or any other book you have read recently and enjoyed. (Let me know via the contact page above and we'll happily link to your review as well!)

Until next week, Happy Reading!

Love and many, many thanks,

Margareta

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Lake Hill Release - an update on events and ... stuff

Margareta-Admin — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 05:04:24 +0000

Lake Hill Release - an update on events and ... stuff

Margareta-Admin Wed, 26/04/2017 - 3:04 pm

Our book launch for LAKE HILL is a sell-out! Thank you to everyone who has responded in any way to the invitation to help celebrate the arrival of my seventh book! It should be a fabulous night!

SO, if you aren’t at the book launch to get a signed copy, where can you get LAKE HILL?

At any good book store, is the short answer! And if you can’t see it, ask for it and the bookstore can order it in. It’s that easy!

I’ll also be at the East Gippsland Library in Bairnsdale TOMORROW Thursday April 27 at 2pm and then again at 5.30pm, chatting about LAKE HILL. Elaine from Just Books, Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance, will also be there, with plenty of books for sale, which I can sign for you.

I’ll also be at the East Gippsland Field Days, Aerodrome Road, Bengworden with the lovely Elaine and team again on both Friday April 28 (9am-3pm) and Saturday April 29 (9am-4pm). So come and say hello, and purchase your copy of LAKE HILL, which I can sign especially for you. Or perhaps you might like to buy and give any of my books as a gift to mum for MOTHER’S DAY? I can sign them for her too. We will also have some lovely matching bookmarks. What a nice gift for that special mum in your life.

Next week on Wednesday May 3, I’ll be at the Heyfield Library (42 MacFarlane Street, Heyfield) from 2pm chatting about LAKE HILL. Bookings are essential. Ph: 51482644. I cannot tell you how excited I am to be having a chat at one of my own local libraries. Especially Heyfield. The library there is as lovely as Cath, who runs it. Better till it’s only a 15-minute drive down the road. Awesome. What? I still haven’t told you about my new car??? I’m such a tease …

Over the coming weeks I’ll also be at Rosedale, Traralgon, Trafalgar, Korrumburra and Moonee Ponds, just to name a few places. Details of events are now going up onto my events page.

You’ll also see the cover for LAKE HILL hanging out on the huge light walls in the airports across Australia (I KNOW! I’m going to have to drive the 5 hours to Tullamarine just to see it myself!). So, if you happen to see a fellow traveller pick my book up at the airport, or in any bookstore or BIG W or Target or any newsagent that has novels on the shelves, could you possibly give me a good shout out? Shove them in the direction of the counter whilst telling them you know the author and she’s a really nice farmer from up in them there hills in East Gippsland who tells a reasonable yarn; makes you laugh, cry and curse and well, she really loves chocolate, so unless you buy the book, her chocolate fund will be very poor … where was I...

Last newsletter I chatted about my back titles as eBooks, (they’re all still on sale). But for those of you who are audiobook lovers, the pre-order links for LAKE HILL are here as well. The LAKE HILL audio book will be released concurrently with the print and eBooks. Yahoo! (All dairyfarmers who love to listen to audio while milking or truck drivers, take note!)

And if you follow my Facebook page we’ll be running a competition for a free book very shortly. Plus a VERY special little something from Sarah at http://www.saylittlehen.com/, one of my favourite blogs. Get on board and come and like my page if you haven’t already!

So as you can see from the above, things are very busy and I reckon by about midday Saturday, I’ll be a needing a Tim Tam and a half shot cappuccino! Someone? Anyone?

Love

Margareta x

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Lake Hill is Nearly Here

Margareta-Admin — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 01:51:40 +0000

Lake Hill is Nearly Here

Margareta-Admin Sat, 22/04/2017 - 11:51 am

The time is nearly here! LAKE HILL is due to start arriving on shelves at a bookstore near you LATE THIS WEEK. Are you excited? I’m excited! Can you tell?

Actually, I’m nearly beside myself with excitement. In fact, after Easter and all it’s associated mounds of chocolate, I’m feeling like the kid who’s been allowed to eat lollies all day! (That could also be due to the fact, in a recent housework splurge, I managed to mop myself into the corner of the kitchen where the bowl of remaining Easter eggs were kept. I just had to sit down. I couldn’t walk across a wet floor, now could I? And I had to do something while all that cork dried. Those Red Tulip delights were staring at me, daring me to do something about cleaning them up too ... )

Books, Margareta, books! Concentrate woman. (See what chocolate does to me ...)

SO, we are having a HUGE book launch of LAKE HILL, next Friday night, April 28, from 6pm-8pm at one of our awesome local wineries, Blue Gables (100 Lanigans Road, Upper Maffra West)!

And I would absolutely love, love, love it, if you could come (tickets can be booked here).

It will be a great night out - $30 per head for a glass of wine and all you can eat wood fired pizza (believe me when I say they are to die for) and a cheese platter selection. I’ll be there chatting to the lovely Jeanette Severs, a Gippsland rural journalist and long-time pal of mine, about LAKE HILL and anything else that crops up. NO, Lee Kernaghan jokes will be entered into THIS discussion … and if you happened to miss the time I publicly admitted to certain things that should’ve remained private which Pip Courtney – from ABC’s Landline - then posted on Twitter:

(Blushing. Really, really red)

Liz and Trevor from Collins Books, co-organisers of my book launch, will be on hand with lots of LAKE HILL for sale and I’d be delighted to sign your novel (or any books of mine you may have). So come along! Bring a few friends and have a fantastic night out! But you have to book!

eBook readers of all types can pre-order LAKE HILL at your favourite ebook retailer (some of them are listed on the Lake Hill Page here). It really helps my sales rankings if you pre-order. I have no idea why, but that’s the weirdness of the Internet algorithms for you!

Also, most of my other eBooks are currently on sale for $4.99. WINNING! So, if you haven’t caught up with your reading and would like my previous books for your eBook shelf, mosey on over to your favourite ebook retailer again OR you can find out all the books and links on my Book Page here.

Next week I’ll be telling you where I’m out and about in Gippsland. Bairnsdale Library and the East Gippsland Field Days are the first stops!

So we’ve got lots happening, that’s for sure. Thank goodness I washed that floor. There’ll be no house or farm work done for weeks!

LAKE HILL ~ Here we come! SOOOO EXCITING!!!

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Launch - Lake Hill @ Blue Gables Vineyard - Upper Maffra West

Margareta-Admin — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 02:00:37 +0000

Launch - Lake Hill @ Blue Gables Vineyard - Upper Maffra West

Margareta-Admin Thu, 23/03/2017 - 1:00 pm

Date & Time

Fri, 28/04/2017 - 6:00 pm

Event Address

Blue Gables Vineyard, Upper Maffra West

Well, here it is!!!! The launch of my latest novel, LAKE HILL. Book #7 - Can you believe it?!

Where? Blue Gables Vineyard, Upper Maffra West

When? Friday April 28, 2017 at 6pm

What? Award winning wine, wood-fired oven pizza, cheese platters (YUM YUM YUM!)

Who? Hopefully you and me and a bunch of other friendly, happy people ...

I'd love you to come!!!

Click on the link to book!

The link goes to the event on Facebook - which is hosted by Blue Gables Vineyard - if you don't use Facebook click here to go direct to the booking link.

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Rose River Book Launch

Margareta-Admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:46:14 +0000

Rose River Book Launch

Margareta-Admin Thu, 12/02/2015 - 6:46 pm

Date & Time

Sun, 01/03/2015 - 12:00 pm

Event Address

Blue Gables Winery 100 Lanigan Road Maffra West Upper, VIC

Book Launch

ROSE RIVER

Blue Gables Winery
100 Lanigan Road
Maffra West Upper, VIC

From 12 midday with the Official Launch at 2.30pm.

Wood fired oven pizzas, wine, beer and soft drink are available at over the counter prices.

Includes Margareta Osborn in conversation with Penny Monger, well known from ABC Radio.

Bookings essential with either Collins Booksellers, Sale (03) 51446262 or direct with Blue Gables on (03) 51480372

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Mountain Ash Launch Night

Margareta-Admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:45:58 +0000

Mountain Ash Launch Night

Margareta-Admin Fri, 28/02/2014 - 11:45 am

MOUNTAIN ASH is officially launched! Ya HOO! Over 100 people joined me last night at Duart Homestead, Maffra to celebrate the release of my third print novel. And what an evening it was too!

First up I had to get my hair done, which is always a laugh as one of my best mates (Sandra) is the woman in charge of making me presentable on such occasions. As it is a well-known fact amongst my friends, I am absolutely hopeless with hair, it was quite hilarious Sandra let me loose with a curling gadget to curl her hair for the evening to come.

All coiffured and hair-sprayed to within an inch of my life, it was homeward bound to dress for the big night. Add makeup, jewellery, painted toes …

... and we were ready to go!

Our daughter was excited.

There were over 100 people packed into the homestead’s reception room.

The food was absolutely delicious.

The guests were out to have a great time.

Meanwhile in Singapore, our friends were having a party of their own on my behalf.

A beautiful cake …

Back in Australia …

Celine Foenander from ABC Gippsland and I perched up on a pair of bar stools, and proceeded to have an even better time!

We spoke ‘in conversation’ about MOUNTAIN ASH, and it was enough to tease yet not give all the twists and turns away. Some of the topics we covered included the characters, inspirations for the story, how I researched different aspects of the novel. Celine was just fantastic and really knew the story having read the book and ‘loved it!’ (She said that. True!)

Sometimes I let my hands do the talking.

Sometimes I forgot I was sitting in front of so many people. (Phew! We got through that bit without mentioning the sex scenes.)

And sometimes I was trying to be serious … but obviously it wasn’t working.

Two happy ladies after the event, delighted the ‘in conversation’ had been received so well. Can I say again just how fabulous Celine was?

Signing, signing, signing up to twelve books for the same customer! My fellow Gippslanders really support their home-grown authors!

Me with MOUNTAIN ASH along with my stunning new banner courtesy of my very talented graphic designer, Cathy along with Dee at James Yeates Printers.

And here I am with the wonderful and supportive owners and staff of Collins Booksellers, Sale who organised the night – Trevor & Liz Watt along with Jayne Weatherley and Tanya Lawrence. Thank you so much!

The stunning bouquet of flowers my gorgeous friend Andrea gave me to celebrate the arrival of my third novel, MOUNTAIN ASH into the world.

The night of MOUNTAIN ASH’s release was truly one of my life’s most memorable occasions.

Thank you to all who attended, laughed and celebrated with me. Thank you to all who commented and sent their best wishes. Thank you to Celine Foenander who was one of the best interviewers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Thank you to my gorgeous husband and children who support me in this crazy life.

Thank you to one and all.

I sincerely hope you love my new novel, MOUNTAIN ASH.

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Off to the Launch

Margareta-Admin — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:36:40 +0000

Off to the Launch

Margareta-Admin Wed, 27/02/2013 - 5:36 pm

I've got my new shoes on and I'm on my way out the door.

I like my new shoes, but the lovely old dog trapper who gave me such wonderful background for Hope's Road wasn't convinced. I asked him if he'd like to come to tonight's launch. He didn't think it was exactly his sort of "thing", especially after I told him all about my brand spanking new high heels and how all I had to do was learn how to walk in them by Wednesday.

The look on his face kinda gave it away, even before he said he'd rather be out in the bush setting a line of traps.

Wonder if he'd mind if I came too... I'd have to change these shoes though {smiley} {smiley} {smiley}

I really am looking forward to catching up with everyone who can be there tonight (I'm sure I'll lose the twitch once that darned speech is done and dusted... ), and those of you who can't make it, hope to catch up with you somewhere on the Road real soon.

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Collins Booksellers Sale: Hope's Road Has Arrived & Launch RSVPs

Margareta-Admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:32:52 +0000

Collins Booksellers Sale: Hope's Road Has Arrived & Launch RSVPs

Margareta-Admin Thu, 21/02/2013 - 4:32 pm

Doesn't this look FABULOUS! Collins Booksellers Sale Front Window yesterday, which reminds me to to remind you :) , RSVPs for the book launch are closing off - if you are interested in coming it would be great if you could let Trevor, Liz and Staff know by tomorrow (Friday 22nd February).

Details of the Launch:

WHEN: Wednesday February 27, 2013

TIME: 6.30pm for 7pm

WHERE: Duart Homestead, Cnr McLean & Boisdale Sts, Maffra

COST: $35/head for a delicious 2 course dinner

BOOKINGS: Collins, Sale Ph: 51 446262

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