Media releases

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See below a list of our media releases to date.  You can also read the various clippings featuring Australian authors and the romance genre here.

2023

  • 25 Jan 2023: Dear Reader: international best-selling authors to star in book-signing events of the Season

2021

  • 22 Mar 2021: 13th annual Australian Romance Readers Awards announced

2020

  • 12 Feb 2020: Bestselling authors Darynda Jones and Susan Donovan headline second multi-city Romantic Rendezvous signing tour
  • 10 Feb 2020: Finalists announced for 2019 Australian Romance Reader Awards

2019

  • 18 Mar 2019: Romance readers and writers gather in support of love

2018

  • 7 May 2018: Australian authors dominate at the 10th annual Romance Readers Awards
  • 15 March 2018: ARRA—celebrating the best in romance fiction

2017

  • 25 August 2017: Dangerous men and adventurous women—Jayne Ann Krentz, author of 32 consecutive New York Times bestsellers, cruises into Australia this November
  • 5 March 2017: Melbourne author breaks her own record at the 9th annual Romance Readers Awards
  • 16 January 2017: ARRA—celebrating the best in romance fiction

2016

  • 9 November 2016: Some Australia women are doing this more than 15 times a month
  • 20 March 2016: 8th annual Romance Readers Awards scooped by home-grown talent

2015

2014

  • 24 March 2014: 6th annual Romance Readers Awards recognise home-grown talent
  • 10 January 2014: ARRA – supporting the best of Australian romance fiction

2013

  • 11 June 2013: New York Times bestselling author meets with readers, fans in exclusive event
  • 15 March 2013: 5th annual Romance Readers Awards announced
  • 17 January 2013: ARRA-supporting the best of Australian romance fiction

2012

  • 9 October 2012: Readers convention promises romance
  • 27 July 2012: Get ready to mingle: romance readers, authors and publishers all in the same place
  • 15 February 2012: 4th annual Romance Readers Awards announced

2011

2010

  • 10 December 2010: Registrations open for second Romance Readers Convention
  • 3 August 2010: Places still available for romance lovers to meet favourite writers
  • 16 May 2010: Annual Romance Readers Award Dinner crowns Australia’s favourite
  • 18 April 2010: NYT Best-selling author to speak at romance readers’ night of nights
  • 15 March 2010: The finalists for the 2nd annual Australian Romance Readers Awards

2009

  • 17 February 2009: The romance community rallies for Victorian bushfire victims
  • 3 January 2009: What you didn’t know about the authors attending ARRC09…

2008