Shoppers snap up stunning Dorset picture book (From Bournemouth Echo)

Shoppers snap up stunning Dorset picture book

1:00pm Sunday 28th October 2012 in News By Jane Reader

SNAP HAPPY: WHSmith staff Zara Hooper and Alex Rose pose with the new book,

“THE pictures are stunning as usual – it is creating a great deal of interest.”

These are the words of book store boss Emma Cornwell ,who is proudly displaying the latest Daily Echo book in WHSmith in Poole.

Since its launch earlier this week, scores of shoppers have taken an interest in the 2012 book, which contains 176 pages of stunning pictures.

Dorset: A Photographic Journey in an Olympic Year, features the work of award-winning Daily Echo photographers and contributors from across the county.

Thousands of copies are now up for grabs at stockists all over Dorset and volumes are being snapped up for Christmas.

Beautiful buildings such as Kingston Lacey house and Wimborne Minster are featured, as are more quirky landmarks such as Weymouth’s Jubilee clock and the bandstand at Christchurch.

Striking scenes such as snow at Wick village and sunrise over Mudeford are certain to catch the eye of Dorset residents and there is also a chapter featuring the county’s involv-ement in the Olympics and Para-lympics.

The hardback book costs just £14.95 and would make a welcome addition to anyone’s Christmas stocking.

Stockists

• Waterstones: Castlepoint
• Waterstones: Bournemouth
• Waterstones: Poole
• WH Smith: Castlepoint
• WH Smith: Bournemouth
• WH Smith: Poole
• Bookends: Christchurch
• Paperview: Ringwood Westbourne Bookshop
• DJ Brooking: Parkstone
• Gullivers: Wimborne Swanage Bookshop
• Farwells: Wareham Daily Echo offices in Bournemouth, Poole, Swanage, Weymouth and Dorchester.

A list of stockists with full addresses is available at bournemouthecho.co.uk/book