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Hi Jon
way to end the evening (I apologise to the speakers I have forgotten to mention but we were up till 3am listening to strange music and my brain is rather less than in gear so far). 
Gundaroo Historic Village
NSW Southern Tablelands
Australia
27 July, 2009
Next weekend, at a remote windswept graveyard and under the cloak of darkness, a leading paranormal author will burn a copy of his new book.
“It’s certainly an unusual way of launching a book,” exclaims Tim the Yowie Man who will voluntarily throw a copy of Haunted and Mysterious Australia into the roaring flames of a bonfire on the outskirts of historic Gundaroo village next Saturday evening, 1st August.
“The book is full of stories of those who have gone to the grave and returned to the Earth in one way or other, so it’s quite symbolic that their stories should also return to the Earth in the form of ashes,” explains a philosophical Yowie Man.
This bizarre book launch will form part of a special ‘Graveyard Tour and Ghost Story’ evening to be held at Old Saint Lukes Studio, near Gundaroo on the Australia’s Southern Tablelands, next Saturday from 5pm. The event is one of the first of the 2009 Canberra District Fireside Festival, which runs during the month of August.
The spooky evening will also feature a tour of the Old Saint Luke’s graveyard by celebrated potter-cum-historian Ian Jones who, twenty years ago, transformed the burned-out remains of the church into his studio, home and gallery.
Tim the Yowie Man will be using the event as a warm-up for his headlining act at Weird Weekend - the world’s biggest gathering of mystery animal investigators - to be held in Devon, England from 14 -16 August 2009.
For editors:
I should have guessed that this would happen. We have been waiting for a week or so to confirm the last speakers for this year's Weird Weekend, and finally I posted the incomplete list this morning. However, we can now proudly announce that we have Tim the Yowie Man as one of our headliners. We have been hoping to get him for the WW, but as he lives in Australia this has not been easy. But finally herte he is, so lock up your daughters.
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