Hola Mexico Film Festival: Australia

Hello Everyone, A quick mention of the Hola Mexican Film Festival this year in Australia, which is supporting Misión México - which is the orphanage in Mexico that one of our previous Success Story women, Pamela Skuse, so selflessly runs with her husband, Alan.

Opening night in Australia is Wednesday 18 November in Sydney at Dendy Opera Quays. To find out the tour dates for other Australian cities and to see the program, please click here.

Mission Mexico Fundraiser in Sydney

Hi Everyone, If you are living in Sydney or know someone who is, please try to support Mision Mexico's Trivia Night With A Difference by spreading the word and/or attending this very deserving fundraising event:

Friday 12 June 2009
220-232 Paddington Rd, Oxford St, Sydney
For details, please email here or phone 0404-409-290.

Note: Unfortunately we do not have enough resources to promote every worthy event that is emailed to us. The reason we are helping this one is because the co-director of Mision Mexico kindly gave her time to us last year when we interviewed her as an Expat Women Success Story.
Thank you!

Update 19 May 2009: We just received this YouTube link about Mision Mexico, for anyone interested to learn more about Pamela and Alan Skuse's great work near Tapachula, Mexico.

Moving to Australia?

Hi Everyone, If you are moving to Australia, check out my friend Vicky Gray's brand new book:

Didgeridoos and Didgeridon'ts:
A Brit's Guide to Moving Your Life Down Under.

"Didgeridoos and Didgeridon'ts is a collection of short, personal experiences Vicky Gray and her family encountered during the first year of their new life Down Under.

In addition to the entertaining diary entries, inspirational stories from other expats, top tips and vital resources, the book is crammed full of well-researched information on everything you need to know to survive and thrive during your first year in Australia."

Here's the direct link on Amazon.com (Paperback), on Amazon.co.uk (Paperback) and on Bookshaker (PDF/E-Book).

Thanks Everyone!

PS. If you are a budding author or editor and would like to have your name in print like Vicky, take a read of our previous blogpost about Bookshaker's search for authors and editors.

PS2. Congrats on your first book, Vicky!

Australian Expats & Repats

Hi Everyone, If you are an Australian living abroad (or recently returned home) and you have not heard of Advance, you might like to take a minute to check out their site.

It was not until Advance invited me (thanks to Sue Ellson of the Newcomers Network) to an event last month that I learnt about Advance - and I am impressed by their 11,000 (!) members, global reach and extensive industry networks.

By the way, I see on the Advance home page that a link to the Australian Woman of the Year in the UK Award, sponsored by Qantas. The inaugural winner of the award in 2008 was Glenda Stone (congratulations Glenda) who we interviewed as an Expat Women Success Story in 2007. I met Glenda at the event last month and she is lovely. If you are an Australian and would like to be in the running for 2009's award, visit the link above and good luck!

Living in Australia? Online Divas & Mexico Films

Hello Everyone, If you are living in Australia, you might like to check out the following upcoming events that promise to be lots of fun:

Online Divas
If you have been looking for an online and offline networking group that brings young entrepreneurial women together, who all share a common vision - running an online business and working in the online world - Online Divas might just be your answer.

Upcoming Events:
Sydney: 25 November 2008
Melbourne: 17 February 2009
Brisbane: 19 May 2009

Hola Mexico Film Festival
If you are interested in movies from Mexico, plus supporting a great cause (Mision Mexico, which will soon be featured on Expat Women), take a look at this year's program, which can be seen in:

Sydney: 25 November - 7 December
Adelaide: 3 - 7 December
Brisbane: 9 - 14 December
Canberra: 11 - 14 December
Melbourne: 15 - 21 December

Anyone willing to volunteer at the events to sell Mision Mexico Christmas cards, please contact Deborah. Thanks, Andrea.