Aotearoa: Anniversary Convention 09

BookCrossing's eighth Birthday was celebrated in style in Christchurch, New Zealand, the land of the Long Running Book, April 17-19. Festivities were chronicled in our forums, in member blogs, and other online spots members have set up through sites such as FaceBook and Flickr. BCinDC, the Washington DC BookCrossing group and future hosts of the 2011 Anniversary Convention, also arranged a stateside celebration in the Nation's capitol, which you can learn more about here or at the BCinDC bookshelf. Other local groups, such as the Cherry Tree OBCZ meet in Oxfordshire, UK joined together over the weekend, no doubt raising a glass to BallyCumber. There was even a Release Challenge happening during the time of the Convention to release books in honour of other BookCrossers, so that everyone could join in the celebratory fun. We hope you grabbed a book, hummmed a few bars of Happy Birthday, and set that volume free! See you in Amsterdam in 2010!