Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebooks Virtual Book Publicity Tour March and April 2012

Join Christopher Wilson, author of the Antarctic exploration notebooks, Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebooks (Reardon Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – April 20 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Christopher Wilson

christopher Wilson2 (2) Christopher J. Wilson Dip Eco (Cork), FZS is the great nephew of Dr Edward A. Wilson, who died with Captain Scott and his party on their return from the South Pole in 1912. He is widely travelled, having spent time on all the continents of the world and has completed eight full seasons in Antarctica having first travelled to that Continent in 1999 on the Antarctic Circumnavigation. Born in the UK, he was educated in both UK and Africa, was a London policeman for 16 years and moved to Ireland in 1981. He completed a Field Ecology Diploma at University College Cork in the mid 1990s. Currently he is self employed as an Environmental Consultant based in County Wexford, Ireland specialising in field survey work (particularly birds).

A highly respected ornithologist with over thirty-five years of bird ringing experience, in Ireland, UK and Australia, he includes in his scientific accolades the organisation of staff and volunteers in numerous ornithological surveys of national and international importance. Before taking early retirement in 2007, Christopher worked for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, for 16 years, serving as warden of Ireland’s premier wildfowl reserve, ‘Wexford Wildfowl Reserve’. In 2000, Christopher spent a year working for the Wildlife Service in South Australia where his expertise in Goose Management, Bird Ringing (including Cannon Netting experience) Bird and Butterfly Survey work were useful attributes to the job he was involved in. Christopher currently has his only weekly newspaper column and a regular slot on local radio. He regularly contributes to a wide number of wildlife magazines, makes radio and television programs and featured in a half-hour television wildlife documentary on his work as a wildlife warden. He has two web pages, the first www.snowysheathbill.com relates to his Antarctic wildlife work and the second www.wildside.ie relates to local news, views, comment, opinion and wildlife sightings in his home County, Co. Wexford.
He is an accomplished photographer contributing to numerous wildlife books. His own publications include: ‘High Skies – Low Lands, An Anthology of The Wexford Slobs and Harbour’ (1996); ‘Wildfile – A Guide to Irish Wildlife’ (1997); ‘Wildlife Quiz and Amazing Facts Book’ (1999) – with a second edition (2002); ‘Edward Wilson’s Nature Notebooks’ – published in November 2004;’The Lepidoptera of County Wexford’ (2009) and ‘Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebooks’ (2011). Christopher lectures extensively on birds and wildlife and is the current chair of the Wexford Naturalists’ Field Club. He states that his personal motto of “Birds are my Passion, Wildlife my Nature” actively describes his interest, love and passion for our environment and its biodiversity.

To find out more about the author you can visit him at:

http://www.antarcticbookshop.com

http://antarcticnews.blogspot.com

About Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebook

Edward Wilson's 1 We are enraptured by the images captured by the camera lens for the BBC’s Frozen Planet. But when the nation’s imagination was first seized by polar exploration a century ago, Robert Falcon Scott’s team heading for the South Pole in 1911 had no means of recording colour images other than the skills of the chief of the scientific staff on the expedition, the self-taught artist Edward Wilson.

Wilson, who had also travelled with Scott on his earlier Antarctic expedition in 1901-04, was a gifted depictor of landscape and wildlife, and his images combine accuracy with humanity and humour, ensuring a record of the voyages that not only provides invaluable research material, but also a fascinating insight into the personalities involved and the challenges they faced.

To coincide with the centenary of Scott’s final expedition, Wilson’s great-nephews, David and Christopher Wilson, have brought together images and texts from the great southern expeditions in Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebooks (Reardon Publishing). Their ancestor died with his colleagues, but his legacy is the work that conveys, with timeless power, the challenges and rewards of polar exploration. Edward’s combination of record and interpretation is the epitome of expedition artwork.

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Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebooks Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

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Thursday, March 8

Guest Blogging at Review From Here

Friday, March 9

Interviewed at American Chronicle

Monday, March 12

Interviewed at Blogcritics

Tuesday, March 13

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book

Thursday, March 15

Interviewed at Review From Here

Friday, March 16

Guest Blogging at Digital Journal

Monday, March 19

Interviewed at Examiner

Wednesday, March 21

Interviewed at Examiner

Thursday, March 22

Guest Blogging at Idea Marketers

Friday, March 23

Interviewed at Literal Exposure


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Christopher Wilson’s EDWARD WILSON’S ANTARCTIC NOTEBOOKS VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on March 5 and ends on April 20 2012. Please contact Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)me.com if you are interested in hosting his book. Thank you!

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One Response to “Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebooks Virtual Book Publicity Tour March and April 2012”

  1. Hi Sheri,That is a stock photo but you can find one that is very similar here.

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