In the News

align=left hspace=5> For starters, both bookcrossing (the noun, not the site) and flashmob got a mention in a recent review in The Star Online of the Concise Oxford English Dictonary (11th Edition).

Then, the Herald Dispatch, had a great article featuring moldovagirl and her planned trip at the end of April to Moldova. She taught there for two years and is currently gathering books for friends and universities. Books in English are hard to come by there, and greatly appreciated. Good luck, moldovagirl! And safe travels!

BookCrossing shares the spotlight with the "One Book, One City" programs that have been running in such places as Boulder, Salt Lake City, Pasadena, and Iowa's "All Iowa Reads". A fascinating article in the North Iowa Globe Gazette.

Our apologies to our New Zealand BookCrossing buddies. We somehow missed this article about a special release event to honour author and teacher Bronwyn Tate, who died in Palmerston North on 25 February. Participants in this BookCrossing event are being encouraged to choose either one of Bronwyn Tate's books or a novel by another New Zealand author. The event is organized by LisaEm and was brought to our attention by abbynormal92243.


As the April 18 date for Book Aid International's Mass Release approaches, prepare to be flooded with news as well as with books! The first radio interview we know of in connection with the BookAid/BC Event will be on The Arts Show on Radio Scotland on Thursday eve between 6.10 and 7.00pm (local time). They are interviewing Michael Murpurgo, the children's laureate and one Scottish bookcrosser (aka swan-scot!) who will be at home that evening instead of wandering the hills looking for good release spots! Here's a link to the Radio Scotland piece. To hear the piece and Michael Murpurgo and swan-scot, you'll need to click the link for "listen again".