Friends of Green Lesbos to Publish Dragonfly Book

[news item March 2008]

Our President, John Bowers, has written a book on the Dragonflies of Lesbos. It provides a guide to the dragonfly sites on the Island, lists the species that you might hope to see there, and how to identify them. The book is lavishly illustrated with 80 coloured photographs of dragonflies and is being printed in Mytilini in the handy pocket size used for Island guides (22x11cm) It is now at the stage of page proofs and should be published this summer. Honeyguide Holidays has provided us with a generous grant which we are putting towards production costs and the the Nomarch has promised to buy a substantial number of copies. The book should be available for sale in Lesbos hotels, museums and bookshops and we are negotiating with NHBS to sell it in the UK. All profits from the sales will go to our activities on protecting the wetlands. The target price is 15 Euros. Depending on the details of financing, 1/3 to 2/3 of the purchase price - 5-10 euros per copy - will go to conservation on the Island