July Events Recap

Melina Marchetta at the Books of Wonder event (Image source)

During the past month Melina Marchetta has been busy with author events in Australia and the United States. Some bloggers who were able to attend these events have posted awesome recap posts on their blogs. There are some very interesting info about Melina's novels, and her views on certain book-related subjects. Be sure to check out these great posts!

Balmain Library in Sydney on July 12:

• VeganYANerds

Comic-Con in San Deigo on July 15 at the What's Hot in YA panel with 8 other authors:

• Lytherus
• whatchYAreading?

Books of Wonder in New York City on July 17 with authors Kristin Cashore & Gayle Forman:

• Bunbury in the Stacks
• Janicu's Book Blog
• The Readventurer

Melina Marchetta also had an event at the LA Public Library in Los Angeles, California on July 26 with authors Rachel Cohn, Josephine Angelini, and Jessica Brody. So yes, she was all over the place in July! More tidbits and pictures from each event can be found retweeted on the @MMarchettaFans Twitter feed. If I happened to miss your event recap post, let me know and I'll add it to the list asap.

News in Less Than 132 Minutes #3

- For the International Reading Association's ENGAGE site, Melina Marchetta wrote a post and included photos about the landscape in the Froi of the Exiles: Researching the Landscape in FROI OF THE EXILES

- Melina revealed the cover for the Australian ebook bundle of Finnikin of Rock and Froi of the Exiles on GoodReads.

- If you missed the reveal for the lovely Australian cover of Quintana of Charyn, you can check it out here! Quintana will be out this October in Australia and March 2013 in US.

- MM finished the first draft of Quintana of Charyn back in February! She shared on GoodReads what she planned on doing during her break from working on QoC.

- Also back in February, MM updated us on her travels in Europe, which helped with the setting in QoC. Find out more at her blog.

- The ladies at whatchYAreading? had Melina Marchetta Week during the week of Froi of the Exiles's US release (March 12-16) where they shared their thoughts on some of Melina's books and they also had a really wonderful interview with her!

• Finnikin of the Rock and Melina Marchetta Week
• Froi of the Exiles
• Jellicoe Road
• Saving Francesca and The Piper's Son
• Interview with Melina Marchetta

- Chachic at Chachic's Book Nook hosted Marchetta Madness this past week (March 18-24)! There were lots of fan posts from readers and also authors where they shared their love of MM's novels, including an awesome guest post from MM!

• What was for your first Marchetta?
• Elizabeth Fama - Melina Marchetta, From the Perspective of a New Fan
• Jo @ Wear the Old Coat - An Ode to Marchetta’s Men
• Trish Doller (Jonah Griggs)
• Brandy @ Random Musings of a Bibliophile - How Saving Francesca Often Saves My Day
• Flannery @ The Readventurer (The Piper's Son)
• Megan Whalen Turner (Parents in MM's novels)
• Nomes @ Inkcrush (Looking for Alibrandi book + movie)
• Lisa and Maja @ The Nocturnal library (Finnikin of the Rock & Froi of the Exiles)
• Joy @132 Minutes - Evanjalin of the Monts
• Alexa @ 132 Minutes - Before I Read a Melina Marchetta Novel
• Kirsty Eagar (Chatting with MM in a video)
• Melina Marchetta - The sequel, the companion novel, the audience and me.
• Random Facts + wrap-up

- There were also more great fan posts written during and for Marchetta Madness Week!

• Alex @ A Girl, Books and Other Things
• Favorite Secondary Characters
• At the Movies: Looking for Alibrandi
• A Romantic Spotlight
• Aaron @ Guy Gone Geek - The Duality of a Narrative
• Lissa @ The Real Book Critique - Magic Writing by Melina Marchetta

- And on Twitter, @PenguinBTL found out about a new word to descirbe 'mega fan hype and activity': fandemonium. They came up with a few words of their own!

Marchetenmonium! haha There's been plenty of Marchetenmonium going on around the web these past two weeks with all the Melina Marchetta posts, and there's definitely some here at 132 Minutes. :D Thank you all for visiting this fan page!

Marchetta Madness Week

Chachic at Chachic's Book Nook is hosting a week just full of Melina Marchetta on her blog! There will be guest posts by fellow Melina Marchetta fans all during the week of March 18 - 24. Be sure not to miss it! Also, since there are many MM fans, Chachic is inviting everyone to write their own post relating to MM's novels, and she'll include it in a Marchetta Madness roundup post. Check out Chachic's annoument post here for more information. We're definitely looking forward to this awesome week!