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The Hub Productions presents...
the 2010 Twilight Convention, with special guests
Ashley Greene
Daniel Cudmore
Gil Birmingham
more details here!
February’s Book of the Month is:
The Kingdom by Jennifer McBay Barry
Set in a mystical, yet modern-day, Ireland, The Kingdom tells the story of Rioghan and Lily; a man bored with existence and a girl afraid of truly living. Follow Rioghan as he finds a new reason to be, and Lily as she finds the courage to embrace her own future. Fall in love with each character, in spite of their shortcomings, as they find love in each other.
Hi Aussie Twilight Mums,
Can you believe that it’s February already? I have a feeling that this year is going to fly by!
I hope that you all survived the Christmas holidays and your kids are settling back into school and preschool. I had one kid start kindergarten and one start high school so it has been a pretty big couple of weeks for us here 
I’d like to welcome all our new members to the forum! At last count we had 291 members, it still blows me away that so many woman have found us
Please come in and introduce yourself if you haven’t done so already. If you are unsure how to go about using the forum check for your welcome message in the menu bar just under the forum header. It will give you some hints and tips on how to get started.
I have gone through our member list and deleted all members that had not been active within the last 60 days. I will be doing this every month so please be sure to post every now and then to keep your membership active
Our 1st Birthday is getting closer and we need more input from the people interested in attending our Sydney function. You can join in the conversation on the party thread here, register your interest in attending here, and vote on what time of the day the party should be held!
For anyone that can’t make it to Sydney for our birthday, I’ll be having an online party in March. More details about that will be coming later in the month
Hub Productions have announced another Twilight Convention on Saturday the 24th April in Sydney and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne.
Ashley Greene, Daniel Cudmore (and now) Gil Birmingham and others will be appearing on Saturday 24th April in Sydney from 9:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday the 25th April in Melbourne from 9.00am to 6.00pm.
For more information go to The Hubs website!
I will be at the Sydney Convention and would love to see you all there
The Aussie Twilight Mums Book Club was a great success last month, with many Mums reading Fallen by Lauren Kate and discussing it in the forums.
I am now taking suggestions for March’s Book of the Month so please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com if you have a book in mind.
February’s Book of the Month is:
Set in a mystical, yet modern-day, Ireland, The Kingdom tells the story of Rioghan and Lily; a man bored with existence and a girl afraid of truly living. Follow Rioghan as he finds a new reason to be, and Lily as she finds the courage to embrace her own future. Fall in love with each character, in spite of their shortcomings, as they find love in each other.
During their journey together, they meet several delightful characters; Ciaran, Aisling, and Frankie; who will teach them the meaning of unconditional love and trust. Rioghan and Lily will also discover that respecting their elders doesn’t mean being a doormat.
The lush Irish countryside provides a colorful and mysterious background. Specific points in Ireland’s turbulent history provide lessons to both Rioghan and Lily as they grow into the people each knows the other can be.
The Kingdom is currently only available through Amazon but I think you should be able to order it in through your local bookstore.
If you would like to take part in the Book Club, get yourself the book and head over to the Book Club thread on the forum!
Don’t forget to leave your questions for the author here. We are hoping that Jen will be able to join us in an upcoming Podcast to answer all your questions!
If you have any questions about the Book Club please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com or PM me in the forums.
Have you checked out the New Moon Merchandise at Gifts for the Geek yet?
If not you should! Not only have they put some excellent New Moon Merchandise up on their site but they are giving us Twilight Mums a 10% discount. Simply enter the code atmrocks during the check out process to get your discount.
On the website:
If you have visited the Aussie Twilight Mums website in the last couple of days you will have noticed that I have given it a facelift. It was time to freshen it up a bit. You’ll notice that I have added some page links in the sidebar to make it easier to navigate your way around the site.
Aussie Twilight Mums Podcast Episode 01 is finally up and ready for you to listen to! You can subscribe to it in iTunes, visit our Podpage to listen or you can download it from Talkshoe !
Gen, Lisa, Tania and I will be hosting a monthly podcast and we would like your involvement.
Each month we will be inviting a ‘Guest’ Mum to join us. To be eligible to become a Guest Mum you need to have access to Skype and a microphone. Go to the Podcast Thread and register your interest and at the end of the month I will pick one lucky Mum using an online random number generator.
You can also send me audio messages and I will play them on the podcast. Simply record your message or ask us a question and email the audio file to me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com and I’ll play it on the next podcast.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for the podcast you can comment on the Podcast forum thread, PM me or email me.
This month’s Fic of the Month is Abbracciare il Cantante by Bratty-Vamp
What if Edward left Forks after his first encounter with Bella, and he never returned? Fate couldn’t keep these two apart. But meeting at a later time and place might have changed the nature of their relationship.
Rated: M - Chapters: 52 - Reviews: 5347 - Edward & Bella - Complete
Join us in the forum for the discussion!
This year ATMs are going to be helping out charities! Each month $2 from all tshirt sales, $1 from all other ATM merchandise sales and all profits from one special item will go to charity.
Thank you to everyone who purchased merchandise and made donations last month, you have raised some much need funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
This month I have chosen The Luke Priddis Foundation as our Charity of the Month.
Taken from their website:
“Luke and Holly Priddis established the Luke Priddis Foundation following the diagnosis of their third child Cooper as having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Following Cooper’s diagnosis they became caught in a whirlwind of meetings, assessments, occupational therapy, speech therapy and early intervention.
Through searching for approriate intervention programs, it was found that there was a lack of services in the Western Sydney area. Further to this, the services that were accessible struggled with a lack of funding, along with a lack of provisions suitable to provide appropriate intervention for children with ASD and other special needs.
The aim of the Luke Priddis Foundation is to maximise the services and opportunities available to Autistic and special needs children.”
You can help support this charity by purchasing any of our ATM merchandise in February, purchasing a special charity ATM tee or clicking on the Donate button in the sidebar on the ATM website.
This month all profits from the sale of these Aussie Twilight Mums mugs will be going to the The Luke Priddis Foundation.
$32.99 AUD each (incudes free postage)
If you would like to place an order please go here!
Please allow up to 21 days after payment for delivery, or ask me about faster delivery.
This month I have 2 Movie Gift Cards to give away. One $25 Hoyts Gift Card and one $25 Greater Union Gift Card.
The winners will receive their Gift Cards in time to see Robert Pattinson in his new movie Remember Me!
For more details and to enter the draw go to the Competition Page.
Friday nights are our ATM Chat Nights. All Chats are held in the Chatbox at the bottom of the forum homepage. They officially begin at 9pm Sydney time but there is usually an eager Mum or two in there a little earlier.
You may have noticed in the Calender that I have planned some themed chat nights for this month and next month. If they are popular I’ll look at making the themed nights permanent.
The new chat night themes are:
Newbie Chat - This chat night is for any new members who have just joined ATMs or for any existing members who have not participated in a chat night before.
General Chat - This chat night is as it sounds, a chat night to discuss anything and everything
Book Club Chat - This chat is scheduled for the end of the month so that we can discuss the current Book of the Month.
Fan Fiction Chat - This is for all the girls that read Fan Fiction to come in and discuss their favourite FF’s!
Here’s a list of the themed chat night dates:
February
5 - Fan Fiction Chat
12 - Newbie Chat
19 - General Chat
26 - Book Club Chat
If you haven’t joined us for a chat yet, you should join us for the next one!
February
5th - Fan Fiction Chat Night
11th - Taylor Lautner’s Birthday
12th - Newbie Chat Night
19th - General Chat Night
26th - Book Club Chat Night - The Kingdom
March
ATMs 1st Birthday Party (more details coming soon!)
I’d like to thank our sponsors, without them and without you wonderful mums purchasing your twi merchandise from them, we wouldn’t have our wonderful sites
and our newest sponsor, The Book Depository!
The best way to stay connected and get all the news and updates is to:
Follow ATMs on Twitter!
Join the ATMs Facebook Group!
Be a regular on the forum!
Visit the ATMs website often!
and read the monthly newsletters. (Past Newsletters can be found here!)
If you have any ideas for things to add in the next Newsletters, any events you would like added to the calender, or any feedback about the Newsletter, website or forums, please email me at aussietwilightmums@gmail.com before the end of the month.
Rachel xxx
This month I have a $25 Hoyts Gift Card and a $25 Greater Union Gift Card to give away.
The winner’s will receive their gift cards in time to go and see Robert Pattinson in Remember Me
Leave a comment below to enter the draw! Be sure to mention if you would prefer the Hoyts or Greater Union Gift Card?
At the end of the month I will use an online random number generator to draw the winners.
Competition ends at 9pm (Sydney time) on 28th February.
All winners will be emailed and published on the competition page.
Entry open to Australian residents only.
All unrelated comments will be deleted from this post.
Please only 1 entry per person.
Things might look a little weird around here for the next couple of days!
I am playing around with a few new themes, so please bare with me!
I’ll have everything up and running properly again real soon!
Here is the infamous SHUFFLE vid featuring Charlie Bewley!
This video was a gift for all of Charlie’s fans who helped him to kick Peter Facinelli’s butt in the January 2010 Mr. Twitter vote.
Here’s an interview that Xavier did with The Kyle and Jackie O Show on 2Day FM. He talks about the Eclipse audition, filming, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
This month I have 2 sets of New Moon Dog Tags to give away. For more details and to enter the draw go to the Competition Page.
Make sure you tell me whether you are Team Edward or Team Jacob because I have 1 set of Edward Tags and 1 set of Jacob Tags to give away.
The Kingdom is our Book of the Month for February and I have 1 copy to give away to a lucky winner. Go to the competition page for entry details.
