Archive for July, 2007

Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

I released this at Offshore Cafe in Glasgow, where I am currently visiting family. It was picked up by another BookCrosser who left this journal entry:
Journal entry 14 by MikeWoods from Glasgow, Glasgow City United Kingdom on Sunday, July 29, 2007
I’ve just found this book whilst leaving another bookcrossing book in Offshore cafe. [...]

Escape from the Cotswolds

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

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A tourist in my own city

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

My family are here! Hip, hip, hurray! That’s my Dad, his wife Sarah, my five-year-old sister Emma, and my one-year-old brother Huw. They arrived on Tuesday morning and I’m easing off on work this week and next so I can spend as much time with them as possible. I’ve already impressed them greatly since I [...]

Food writing in Devon

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

I have been wanting to do an Arvon Foundation writing workshop for some time but it’s been a question of time and money. When I saw they had a food writing course with Sophie Grigson and Alastair Hendy at Totleigh Barton in Devon, I jumped at the chance.
I am a sucker for recipe books [...]

BookCrossing in Singapore

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

At the Brighton Unconvention, we were given a preview of some of the exciting plans for the site. I couldn’t blog about all of them at the time because they were still secret, but now I can reveal that Singapore is becoming an official BookCrossing country.
It seems odd since I think the idea of [...]

Tutu-Mauve a la Radio by Lise Le Coeur

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

I released this on the mass releasing walk at the 2007 BookCrossing Unconvention in Brighton on Sunday 1 July 2007. I left it under the stone archways at the entrance to the Brighton Royal Pavilion. It was picked up by a member of the public, who joined and left this journal entry a few days [...]

BookCrossing in Brighton

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

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