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Read Local
I’ve always loved reading in public.
In addition to the exhibitionistic thrill of showing off your good taste in literature – and the possibility of who might see – it makes those moments when you put your book down that much more special when you can look around and see things a little differently with your fresh knowledge.
I’ve always agonized over bringing the perfect book with me on holiday. What’s the best thing to read in London or Paris? Mexico? The stories told in those books always seem to melt into my own travel experience, and rereading them later always returns forgotten memories of past travels.
But, why do I only do that on vacation?
There are so many books written about the places that we visit each day. Part of the inspiration in our BookCrossing experiment was to return the books to where they came from. A well-described setting makes it obvious that the author walked through those same streets, crafting the same book that you’re now reading – with the hope that one day you’d read it.
So to start this off, our authors are sending us photos of them, with their local books, in their local bookstores. You eat local, buy local, why not read local?
The first to join in is Gerry Boyce, author of Belleville.
And we’re adding more all the time on our Read Local Map.
When you pick up your book and find the right setting to read it in, add a photo to our Facebook page. We’d love to see where you take them.
Read the stories around you. There are lots of them. Don’t save that magic for a special trip.
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Ashleigh is the Manager of Digital Development at Dundurn Press. She is a huge bibliophile who has hard time getting rid of any book, a technophile who always wants to know about the latest gadgets, and a francophile who can't speak French.
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Hi Ashleigh,
So nice to meet you here on the site…I just read about your wonderful work you’re doing in Canada for the Canada talent. Please look up my essay about writing my book, Holiday in Hell. I do believe that Dundurn Press is doing a review of my book, Holiday in Hell.
On September 3, the publisher, Asteroid Publishing Inc. will launch my book, Holiday in Hell and it would be super if we could meet, then. You may contact me at trisha@holidayinhell.ca.
Thank you,
Trisha Smith
Ashleigh,
The essay on Holiday in Hell is posted on OPEN BOOK TORONTO.
Trisha
Let’s take this a step further. What about reading locally/thinking globally. I love to be seen reading too – and even more if I’m reading (and trying to understand) another part of the world. Asheigh, I’ll send you some spots from my book – but they’ll be wild ones – the Dalai Lama’s palace in central Tibet, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Machu Picchu in Peru.
That’s what I’m reading and writing about.
Hi Asleigh! This is a great project that Dundurn has taken on. Jumping the ropes of marketing for a first time author (book signings, mass mailings, school visits, bookstore tours, promotional reviews) is a real learning curve for us “Newbies”. Every bit helps. Thanks for the exposure! David