This is an auction for ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING: A JOURNEY AROUND THE SHIPPING FORECAST, by Charlie Connelly.

“An engaging and often very funny book.” SUNDAY TIMES (UK)

“A wonderfully eccentric study” OBSERVER (UK)

“One of those simple yet brilliant ideas.” DAILY MAIL (UK)

Amazon.com reviews:

“The solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales. Sitting at home listening to the shipping forecast can be a cosily reassuring experience. Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice, those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography. Armchair travel will never be the same again.”

“FIVE STARS!! What a brilliant book, so well written that I feel that I've been everywhere that the author has visited.”

“FIVE STARS! A very funny trip around the British Isles. This is a great book! If you have ever wondered where North Utsire is or what it may be like to have a North Easterly Gale force 8 blowing across Lundy, then this is the book for you. Connelly reveals each of the sea areas of the shipping forecast in turn in a very easy to read format. He is quite ready to share with us his failings but he also tells the reader about life on the edge of the coast with a gentleness lost in some others’ writings.”

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Paperback 2005.

370 pages.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $3.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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