3 Days to go for the Start of the BookTRAVELEX

We are counting down......I'm very excited that it's only three more days to go to the Start of the Manly Arts Festival and also the start of the first morning of the BookTRAVELEX.
I hope many of you will join in and find participants in public places who are interested to swap books!
Remember the ARTISTIC SWAP 'code' is a flower on top of your book. You can swap the flowers too! don't forget to put them in a glass of water when you go home. Let's enjoy the beauty of spring and take care of our wonderful natural environment. Also don't forget to pick up a Manly Arts Festival booklet from your local outlets. OR look up the full program at www.manlyartsfestival.com

Great idea

Unfortunately I am too far away to participate in this great opportunity to swap books and meet people. I read about a book a week and most of the time I am reading two books at the same time, one relaxing book such as from Leigh Redhead, a Melbournian writer, and a book with new knowledge on topics I am interested in such as at the moment I am reading The shock doctrine by Naomi Klein. Not a book to read in one go as it's really shocking. I have just finished a book called Design is the problem by Nathan Shedroff. Most of the books I get from the library but also from friends and I am a keen verge shopper too.
When I was a kid I had a sticker on my door which said: Live a double life when you are reading!

Travelling Books by Angela van Boxtel

I love to read books which have the words 'Spirit' & 'Heart' & in them. I've read thousands over the year! I will share a selection of them with you during the BookTRAVELEX as part of the Manly Arts Festival 2009 in September. You can find me at Cafe Cruz opposite Ocean World Manly at Manly Cove nex to the Manly Art Gallery & Museum. Every morning I have a coffee there while my two youngest children are playing on the Beach. Besides the great coffee and good service it's a very relaxing place to sit. It's the only place in Manly where you can sit on the path next to the beach. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do and I'm looking forwards to read in this blog what you thought about the books.

Manly Arts Festival 2009

Book TRAVELEX

Do you have a bookcase full of books which you hardly read? During the Manly Arts Festival you can exchange books in a fun way. Take a book with you on the ferry, to the coffee shop, a restaurant, to work etc. PUT a flower on top of it. This is your exchange code to swap books. Let life become an open book & let the stuff flow and blog your experiences!

11 - 27 September

@ Manly & Beyond
When: Daily during the festival
Costs: Free