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BOOK LAUNCH Claude gets his Claws
Published on: 14/08/2011
Local author Sarah Boothroyd and illustrator Caroline Cleave set to work to write a children’s story about a Cornish lobster. ‘Claude’ the main character of the book is no ordinary lobster he is a Cornish lobster and the special thing about Cornwall is, we have our very own lobster hatchery that grows and releases baby lobsters back into the wild around our coastline. Both Sarah and Caroline were very keen that 50% of all proceeds should feed back into the marine conservation work of the National Lobster Hatchery to help boost the local lobster population so that these amazing creatures can face a brighter future.
The tale follows Claude and his 4,000 brothers and sisters, from egg on the underside of their mum’s tale to graduating with proper claws. To being caught in a lobster pot and taken to the lobster hatchery where they are nurtured through their most vulnerable stage of their life cycle and finally being released back into the wild to start their new life.
The author, Sarah Boothroyd said ‘it’s been three years in the making (because it took me two years to find an illustrator) but it’s so nice to see it on the shelves. We have already had orders from book shops in the county but I would also love to see it sold in fishmongers. Customers that are purchasing lobster or other local seafood may be tempted to buy this book, and in doing so, the proceeds would feed back into the fishery; completing the cycle’.
Caroline Cleave has been fascinated by lobsters, fish and other crustacean for years and has recently started to focus on ‘sustainability’ through her art. Caroline is exhibiting her work at the Lobster Hatchery in Padstow from the 6th to 21st August. Caroline said ‘the theme of my work is `sustainability` and features fish whose living is threatened through over fishing. The textiles I have produced are all hand printed and sewn using recycled materials that no longer have a use to others. Each one is made with care and love and created as a reminder of the fact that fish stocks are diminishing and numbers dwindling.’
The book will be available from Waterstones (Truro), Eden Project, Wadebridge Bookshop and the National Lobster Hatchery or you can purchase a copy on-line through the Hatchery’s ‘Little Shop of Lobsters’.
BOOK SIGNINGS
You can meet Sarah, Caroline and the hatchery’s mascot Larry (a very cuddly 6ft lobster costume) who will be doing book signings at the following dates and times:
Tuesday 16th August 2-5pm at Eden Project
Waterstones in Truro - yet to be confirmed
We will also be at the Lobster Hatchery intermittently.
