From Sometimes Love Beth, an adventure in postcards.
The humble postcard celebrates its 140th birthday in October 2009*, the month we publish From Sometimes Love Beth, a compendium of all things postcarderly by author and artist Beth Sometimes.
On the eve of 2008, Beth set herself a challenge to send a postcard to somebody or something every day for the next year. From her new home in Central Australia, her mostly handmade cardboard communiqués radiated throughout the country and beyond – to friends, exes, strangers, mountains, stars and just about anything she wanted to reach out and touch.
Some postcards she raced, others she designed to make posties blush, while other focus on Beth’s experiences working with indigenous Australians in the Central Desert. Each contains a piece of writing of some significance; moments in time and personal reflections that create their own poetic narrative as public and exposed as a postcard itself.
Collected are the best of the postcards and 20 challenges to inspire readers to set off on their own postal adventures (tear-out postcards are included so there’s no excuse). This is a uniquely celebratory book that explores the themes of isolation and connection, brings people together and influences by delight.
Beth Sometimes
Author and artist Beth Sometimes – pictured above – will be on a publicity tour and available for interview in Adelaide (1-5 October), Newcastle (6 October), Melbourne (7-8 October) and Sydney (9 October). She is also available to write articles on anything to do with postcards.
For more information or to arrange an interview, contact Shirley Hardy-Rix, at shirley@hardyrix.com.au or 0412 057 288.
GG: It’s really an awesome book and you should get a copy, oh and one for a friend too !
(GREAT GIFT IDEA for 09)
ISBN 978-0-9806378-0-9, RRP is $29.95. To purchase a copy online, visit the Affirm Press website: www.affirmpress.com.au