Further to my message about Bearpark being mentioned in 'Shakespeare
My Butt!', I thought you might be interested in this:

Take me to your reader

Ever stood on the beach and wondered if you would find a bottle
washed up with a message in it? Ever wondered who finds the helium
balloon that has gone the furthest from some village fete? Ever
thought you might find buried treasure? Pondered what you might find
in a time capsule? Serendipity, adventure, chance…. We are all
curious!

On that basis, local author John Donoghue's plan to `release' 500 of
his books into the wild…left in coffee shops, on park benches, on
the bus etc for anyone to find will appeal to us all!

The concept behind these random acts of literacy comes from
BookCrossing. The Oxford English dictionary defines Bookcrossing
as `the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up
and read by others, who then do likewise'

So…you find the book in the wild, you read it, and release it back
into the wild again…recycling literature! It's good for the
circulation!

John's book `Shakespeare My Butt!' has drawn comparisons with Bill
Bryson and Dave Gorman.

"Whilst that is very flattering" says John "It's just a funny feel
good book"

"Despite the title, it's nothing to do with Shakespeare (you have to
get to the last line in the book to find out why it got its name).
It's just a fun book about the various stupid projects I've wasted
my life on.

Heard of 'The 10 Commandments for dogs'? I wrote them and from the
backlash from certain quarters, you'd have thought I was the Da
Vinci Code fella!

I invented my own titanic text language (it sunk without a trace)

Pity me, No Place, Gobblers Knob, Wetwang, Bearpark..... I also
visited some of the more bizarre named places around the UK and
beyond.

I've enraged Russians in the Arctic Circle and corrupted Cowgirls in
New Orleans…and more, much more.

I decided to release my book into the wild as it will give some
people an opportunity to try reading something that they wouldn't
normally read…it's the karma of literature...and who knows where the
book will end up!

Each time someone finds the book, they are invited to log onto the
BookCrossing website and leave a comment about the book. I get my
kick out of hearing how it's made people laugh….and you can't put a
price on a good belly laugh!

So don't buy this book…find it!"

There are more details about Bookcrossing on John's website
www.marsupialelvis.com