The pandemic interrupted the orderly flow of annual BookCrossing.com conventions.
Every April since 2004 a city somewhere around the world has hosted a convention to celebrate the anniversary of the site: St Louis, Christchurch, London, Toronto, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Gothenburg, Bordeaux…
I’ve attended most of them, not to mention various more localised “Unconventions”. Each one a tonne of fun with friends and an excuse for travel.
Mainz in Germany was the last one, in 2019, and a couple of we Aussies made a presentation pitching the delights of the 2020 world convention on the Gold Coast.