Friday, July 08, 2011

THE BOOKMAN HEADS TO EUROPE

Today (Friday lunchtime) we head off for a long-planned European holiday, visiting family and friends and attending opera and generally hanging out.
I plan to continue blogging throughout our trip but from time to time there will be gaps, especially on the long flights to and from New Zealand. I will be reporting on our travels, books being read, book news that comes to hand etc. so keep tuning in but forgive the odd silence.

All best,
Bookman Beattie

8 comments:

Mark Hubbard said...

Lucky, lucky man. Enjoy it. (Hope you've packed your Kindle).

Beattie's Book Blog said...

Hoping to buy a Kindle later in the year Mark, meantime I have several flipbacks!

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

That Eiffel Tower, when my Dad went to Europe in 1958 as a scholarship student to London, he bought lots of souvenirs of the Eiffel Tower. We were living in Borneo and it was a BIG deal to have gone to the BA LI TIAK TUCK, the metal tower of Paris in Chinese.

He told the villagers of Borneo, his eyes clouded his eyes when he thought how, a little country bumpkin from Borneo, was actually looking up the tower.

I hope you will have fun when you look up at the tower.

Ann,
a new writer in Auckland.
http://annkschin.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

Ah yes, i see what a flipback is:
new on the market. and highly portable but still a print book.
http://laurastanfill.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/flipback-book-1/

Bookbrainz

Helen Lowe said...

Bon voyage, Graham.

TK Roxborogh said...

You are a machine! Actually, I think it's kind of good you might slow down a bit. As I've said before, miss a day of checking your blog and I've lost an hour or two and I'm far too busy for that!

Had a student (actually one of the 'legendary babes' of my series just return from London. Went to the Globe AND saw David Tennant and Catherine Tate perform Much Ado About Nothing. Sigh.

Sometimes I feel we are hard done by living where we do. In the cultural sense.

Have a lovely time catching up with friends and whanau.

Anonymous said...

If anyone finds out where to buy flipbacks let me know - the Whitcoulls I went into today didn't have them!
Bookbrainz

Beattie's Book Blog said...

Flipbacks being released in NZ Tuesday 12 July 2011.