Posts made during January, 2009
The Melbourne Couch Surfing Summer Fest.
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
It’s only one week till the ‘official’ launch of ‘Sleeping Around – A couch surfing tour of the globe’. And although the book has been in bookshops for a couple of weeks I timed my launch to coincide with the 1st Melbourne CS Summer Fest. According to the Summer Fest website: ‘The Melbourne CouchSurfing Summer Fest 2009 is about celebrating our CouchSurfing community and showcasing to the world how amazing Melbourne really is!’ Events in the week-long celebration (which begins this weekend on the 24th) include a Graffiti Party, a Scavenger Hunt, an Afternoon of Lawn Bowls, a Puffing Billy day trip and an International Potluck dinner. Melbourne isn’t the first city to hold a Couch surfing ‘Fest’, however. Other cities to hold a ‘Fest’ include London (with a ‘Wild Disco Night’)… (read more)
Photos of couches and dead flamingos.
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
There is a new addition to my website. The ‘Sleeping Around’ mini-site is up and running (just click on the book over there in the bottom right hand corner). On the site you will find the blurb for the book, an extract, links to all the ‘couch surfing’ sites, a link to buy the book online (feel free use that one as often as you like!) and my photo album page with over 150 photos from my Grand Couch Surfing Tour of the Globe. Amongst them you will find photos of small people devouring huge slabs of meat… (read more)
Radio interviews and dripping snot.
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
I had my first radio interview this morning for ‘Sleeping Around’ with Tim Cox on ABC Hobart. It’s the first of many interviews on the publicity junket for the book. Except there isn’t much junket-ing going on because they didn’t actually fly me to Hobart. I went into the ABC studios in Melbourne and sat in a tiny room called ‘The Tardis’ and spoke ‘live’ to Tim in the studio in Hobart. It was also for ABC Hobart that I did my first ever radio interview for ‘Rule No.5: No sex on the bus’ about eight years ago. That interview went quite well particularly since I had a bad cold and had to keep wiping my dripping nose with my sleeve. But, I did make a bit of an ass of myself in the middle of the interview, however… (read more)
Sleeping Around goes on sale today! (or last week)
Monday, January 5th, 2009
My new book ‘Sleeping Around – A Couch Surfing Tour of the Globe’ hits the shelves in Australia today! Although some bookshops have been selling it for a while apparently. I’ve had quite a few emails from readers who had not only already bought it, but had finished reading it. Everyone has been very complimentary so far, though, which is always nice. I also got my first review from ‘Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine’ which went like this:
Brian Thacker is no newcomer to the writing of a great travel narrative, having previously penned such greats as Rule No. 5: No Sex on the Bus, Where’s Wallis? and I’m not Eating any of that Foreign Muck… (read more)