Debbie Robson's Blog - Posts Tagged "message-in-a-bottle"
Newcastle Book Launch
Well, it was a launch with a difference. My publisher, his partner and my friend Ann Maree all helped launch 10 messages in bottles containing a slip of paper advertising Crossing Paths. Each slip referred to one of the 52 books in my BookCrossing novel. The ten that were "launched" yesterday referred to the wonderful novel by Italo Calvino - If on a Winter's Night a Traveller. The ten bottles I will be launching next week off Swansea Heads will refer to a Daphne du Maurier novel.
Here's hoping the bottles head down south and that some drift safely to shore.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69586232...
Debbie
Here's hoping the bottles head down south and that some drift safely to shore.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69586232...
Debbie
Swansea Book Launch
Everything went off like a dream. Ten messages in bottles launched into Lake Macquarie near the Swansea Channel. I had my supporters around me - Ann Maree, Danuta and new friend Michelle and the delightful Kitty the Newcastle Herald photographer who took great pains to get some good shots. The local fisherman were amused, the weather was beautiful and the tide had turned - all good omens for a successful "bottle/book" launch.
Here are a few pics from yesterday.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69586232...
A very fun day. If anyone would like to get involved you can contact me and I can personalise a flyer for you to drop into your local ocean!
Debbie
Here are a few pics from yesterday.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69586232...
A very fun day. If anyone would like to get involved you can contact me and I can personalise a flyer for you to drop into your local ocean!
Debbie
Message in a Bottle
In January 2011 I released 20 bottles into the ocean with flyers advertising my book Crossing Paths: the BookCrossing Novel. 10 bottles (mainly wine bottles) were released at Newcastle breakwater and ten bottles at Swansea channel. More details are on my webpage http://www.tomareebook.com/crossing_p... including a plea to contact me should any bottles turn up.
Last month, out of the blue, I received an email from Meredith in Maine with a picture attached, asking me if a bottle was mine. I knew immediately that it wasn't because what was enclosed in my bottles was the cover of my book and details of how to buy it.
My next thought, of course, was who did release the bottle? It was found in the Bayside area of Northport, Maine and the message reads in capitals:
GENE - I THINK OF YOU OFTEN .. AND REMEMBER YOUR SMILE AND LAUGHTER!
DEBBIE
In the photo I was emailed the sand is quite a lot lighter than the beach sand from Maine. Meredith thinks that it may have come from Cape Cod or the Virginia area. Maybe even Australia! I would love to find out. Please contact me if you know where it may have come from or even if you are the Debbie who released the bottle. Here's hoping we can meet. One Debbie to another! My fingers are crossed!! Please pass this message on if you can.
Last month, out of the blue, I received an email from Meredith in Maine with a picture attached, asking me if a bottle was mine. I knew immediately that it wasn't because what was enclosed in my bottles was the cover of my book and details of how to buy it.
My next thought, of course, was who did release the bottle? It was found in the Bayside area of Northport, Maine and the message reads in capitals:
GENE - I THINK OF YOU OFTEN .. AND REMEMBER YOUR SMILE AND LAUGHTER!
DEBBIE
In the photo I was emailed the sand is quite a lot lighter than the beach sand from Maine. Meredith thinks that it may have come from Cape Cod or the Virginia area. Maybe even Australia! I would love to find out. Please contact me if you know where it may have come from or even if you are the Debbie who released the bottle. Here's hoping we can meet. One Debbie to another! My fingers are crossed!! Please pass this message on if you can.
