ARRC2015: date and venue announced

While you have all been patiently waiting, we have been very busy behind the scenes with plans for ARRC2015. We are thrilled to announce that we have now signed a contract with our venue, and can reveal the details to you!

The fourth biennial Australian Romance Readers Convention will be held at Rydges Lakeside in Canberra from Friday 6 March to Sunday 8 March 2015. (And we also have some special tourist-y plans for the Friday and Monday, so stay tuned for details on those.)

We’ve selected this particular weekend as it doesn’t clash with school holidays in any state of Australia, it’s well before Easter, and it’s also a lovely time of year to visit Canberra. In fact Canberra Day celebrations will be on 9 March, so Canberra will have on its very best tourist-y smile.

The Lakeside Hotel is a 4½ star hotel, located on the edge of the CBD overlooking Lake Burley Griffin. It is newly refurbished and set in the heart of the trendy New Acton district.

We have secured a great accommodation discount for our delegates with the Lakeside. Details and a link for booking accommodation will be available very soon–and the earlier you book the more you will save, so keep an eye out for that.

We’re progressing well with plans for the event, and will be announcing our first keynote speaker at the awards dinner on 22 March. We are excited to start work on the program for ARRC2015; we plan to keep all the very best ideas from previous conventions and incorporating some new ideas as well.

We look forward to seeing you in Canberra for ARRC2015!

Cora and Debbie

(photo courtesy of VisitCanberra)