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<p><strong>Booked Up 2011</strong></p>
<p>I've done music and running related fundraising before and now its the turn of another great love of mine - books! The idea is to raise funds for two charities - <strong>Beating Bowel Cancer </strong>and <strong>Kidney Research UK <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/bookedup2010" target="_blank"></a></strong>- by auctioning off various signed or unique items donated by authors via <strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">EBay.</span></strong></p>
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<p>As charities are seeing declining donations due to the current economic climate I thought one way to get in vital funds is by charity Ebay auctions as people get an item they want whilst helping the nominated charity, who get funds they may not have otherwise have got.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Please note - 100% of the selling price goes to the nominated charity less Ebay’s final selling fees</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZjr-68QQhtZ-1" target="mytarget"><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">Charity EBay auctions</span></strong></a></p>
<p>Total raised so far via EBay auctions…<strong>£1,440.53</strong></p>
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<p>Beating Bowel Cancer = <strong>£1,391.76</strong></p>
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<p>Kidney Research UK =<strong><span style="color: #e4d3a6;"> </span>£48.77</strong></p>
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<p>If any author would like to donate an item for an EBay auction please contact me via <a href="mailto:papa_bear70@hotmail.com" target="mytarget"><span style="color: #fd5a1e;">papa_bear70@hotmail.com</span></a></p>
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<p>Items donated… (<strong>BIG</strong> thanks to all the people mentioned below and please do visit their websites)</p>
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<p>Signed <a href="http://www.peterjames.com/" target="_blank">Peter James</a> novel</p>
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<p>Whole heap of signed <a href="http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ian Rankin</a> paperbacks plus a very rare bottle of <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300502234913&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT" target="_blank">‘Rebus’ whisky</a> <strong><em>(this sold for £1,319!!!)</em></strong></p>
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<p>Signed <a href="http://www.paulcdoherty.com/" target="_blank">Paul Doherty</a> hardbacks</p>
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<p>Signed <a href="http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/site/" target="_blank">Jeffrey Archer</a> book</p>
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<p>Signed <strong><a href="http://www.geraldscarfe.com/" target="_blank">Gerald Scarfe</a> </strong>book on <strong>Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’</strong></p>
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<p>Signed <strong><a href="http://www.michellepaver.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Paver </a></strong>book</p>
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<p>Signed <a href="http://www.jasperfforde.com/"><strong>Jasper Fforde</strong> </a>audio book & postcards</p>
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<p>Signed <strong><a href="http://www.johnconnollybooks.com/">John Connolly</a></strong> book</p>
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<p>Signed <strong><a href="http://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/" target="_blank">Michael Morpurgo</a></strong> book</p>
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<p>Signed <strong><a href="http://www.brookmyre.co.uk/">Christopher Brookmyre</a></strong> paperback</p>
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<p>Signed <strong><a href="http://www.simonbrett.com/" target="_blank">Simon Brett</a></strong> paperback</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.arthursmith.co.uk/" target="_blank">Arthur Smith</a></strong> audiobook CD</p>
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<p><strong>ALSO </strong>you can sponsor me and my daughter on our sponsored read to raise funds for <strong><a href="http://www.justgving.com/wellread2011" target="_blank">Surrey Young Carers.</a></strong> It is like the sponsored reads we used to do at school.</p>
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