Pump Up Your Book Presents Arn? Narn Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Bruce Meisterman, author of the photo-documentary, Arn? Narn, as he tours the blogosphere October 15 – December 14, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

ABOUT BRUCE MEISTERMAN

As a photographer, Bruce Meisterman has worked in areas as diverse as fine art and commercial photography, always looking to meld the two. Originally studying to be a painter, Bruce found that he could express himself and his art more effectively with a camera. Starting out as a photo-journalist with a newspaper, he honed his eye, insight, skills, and story-telling abilities from working with the demands of daily deadlines.

The book Arn? Narn. was initially conceived as an examination of a western culture, isolated from the world. Isolated not so much as to having no contact with the outside world, but as to being a destination rather than a place along one’s way. In researching the then-untitled book, Meisterman determined Newfoundland would be the perfect place in which to do this study.
After his first trip up there to photograph, he realized that a core element to his photos was missing, necessitating another trip to Newfoundland the following year. It was then where the story became apparent to him. The title of the book tells it all.

“Arn? Narn.” is the shortest conversation in Newfoundland English. The story behind it is this: two fishing boat captains are in the bay: one departing, the other returning. The departing captain yells out across the bay “Arn?’ The returning captain responds “Narn.” The translation is simple: “Any fish?”; “No fish.” And this book is about a culture, that culture, having supported itself for many years on fishing, finding itself now unable to do. The fish are gone.
While Arn? Narn. is about Newfoundland, the implications are of a much broader scope. The lessons learned here have global ramifications. Meisterman likens it to a canary in a coal mine, but on a planetary scale. When the canary dies, it’s time to get out of the coal mine and avert a human catastrophe. In this instance, the canary (the Newfoundland fishing industry) died, but no one took notice until it was too late. Evidence indicates other such global collapses are inevitable but may be avoidable, but only if action is taken.

Meisterman has been widely published in numerous publications such as: the New York Times, The Sun magazine, Yankee magazine, Country Journal magazine among many others and has been featured in a number of books. He has had numerous exhibitions ranging from galleries to museums. And his work resides in many private collections. Arn? Narn. is Meisterman’s first book.

He has been a guest lecturer at colleges and universities, religious organizations, and trade groups conducting them in a fashion where he also learns from the process as well as those attending. “We are all teachers to each other. How fortunate that I can be the recipient of a whole room full of teachers’ knowledge. They have made me a much better photographer. The one thing I never want to do is stop learning.”

Visit Bruce on the web at www.bmeisterman.com.

Arn Narn ABOUT ARN? NARN

Arn? Narn., while telling the true story of a disappearing rural Newfoundland, is also a cautionary chronicle of an imminent world wide concern. In 1992, the Canadian government enacted a cod fishing moratorium on the over 500 year old fishing industry, throwing over 40,000 fisherman out of work. In the next ten years, nearly 20 % of Newfoundland’s population migrated off the large island. Now, 20 years later, the fish have not returned nor have the people.

The implications of this are only now just beginning to be understood. In 2006, Dr. Boris Worm of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia published a paper which received world-wide attention. In it, he predicted that by the middle of this century all stocks of wild, edible fish will be in total collapse. What happened in Newfoundland is expected to occur planet-wide.

Arn? Narn. is a photo-documentary of a culture vanishing before our eyes; perhaps as an early warning to all countries to learn how to manage their resources more carefully. This could very easily happen anywhere.

The title refers to a short conversation in Newfoundland English. It comes from the story of two fishing boats in a Newfoundland bay: one boat is departing, the other returning. The departing boat’s captain yells across his bow, “Arn?” The returning boat’s captain replies, “Narn.” The translation is simple: “Any fish?” “No fish.” That is the tragedy of this story. Through over-fishing, government mismanagement, and greed, the fish are gone.

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Arn? Narn Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

Friday, October 19

Guest blogging at My Devotional Thoughts

Monday, October 22

Book reviewed at Book Lover Stop

Tuesday, October 23

Interviewed at As the Pages Turn

Wednesday, October 24

Interviewed at Examiner

Friday, October 26

Interviewed at Divine Caroline

Monday, November 5

Book reviewed at Geo Librarian

Tuesday, November 6

Interviewed at Geo Librarian

Wednesday, November 7

Guest blogging at Shine

Thursday, November 8

Interviewed at American Chronicle

Monday, November 12

Book reviewed at Miki’s Hope

Tuesday, November 13

Guest blogging at Miki’s Hope

Thursday, November 15

Interviewed at Blogher

Friday, November 16

Interviewed at Digital Journal

Monday, November 19

Interviewed at Review From Here

Tuesday, November 20

Guest blogging at Literarily Speaking

Wednesday, November 21

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book

Monday, November 26

Interviewed at Literal Exposure

Tuesday, November 27

Guest blogging at Redroom

Wednesday, November 28

Interviewed at The Writer’s Life

Friday, November 30

Book reviewed at Back to Books

Monday, December 3

Guest blogging at Allvoices

Wednesday, December 5

Interviewed at Examiner

Thursday, December 6

Guest blogging at She Writes

Friday, December 7

Book reviewed at Books, Books, the Magical Fruit

Monday, December 10

Guest blogging at Newsvine

Book spotlight at The Book Connection

Tuesday, December 11

Guest blogging at ArticlesBase

Wednesday, December 12

Book reviewed at Broken Teepee

Thursday, December 13

Interviewed at Broowaha

Book reviewed at The Writer’s Life

Friday, December 14

Book reviewed at Review From Here

Bruce Meisterman’s ARN? NARN VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on October 15 and end on December 14,2012. Please contact Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing his book. Thank you!

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