Book release: Sailor dog vacation – cartoon book for dog lovers of all ages

Book release: Sailor dog vacation – cartoon book for dog lovers of all ages

Auckland author Cornelia Luethi is launching her second cartoon book, “Minnie The Westie: Sailor Dog Vacation – The Adventures Of A West Highland Terrier Cartoon Dog At Sea!” on 2 September 2013. The cartoons are based on Cornelia’s real-life dog, Minnie, a West Highland White Terrier, who enjoys sailing.

Minnie The Westie - sailor dog vacation cartoon book

Announcing Minnie The Westie’s second cartoon book.

Minnie The Westie lives in Auckland, New Zealand – a place known as “The City Of Sails”. Minnie goes cruising on her owners’ sailboat for her summer vacation, and the cartoons depict the adventures through a dog’s eyes.

Like the first Minnie The Westie book, the cartoons appeal to dog lovers of all ages. “I get fan emails from seven year-old children, right through to mature-aged people,” says author Cornelia Luethi.

“Minnie The Westie has a broad appeal, much like Snoopy or Garfield.”

Minnie The Westie has a particularly strong following in the US and UK, especially on Facebook and Twitter, where the cartoon dog enjoys a loyal following.

“Dogs have the ability to charm people and make them feel good about themselves, and it’s those feel-good qualities I wanted to convey in the cartoons. But dogs can be naughty, too, so there’s definitely some of that in the Minnie The Westie cartoons as well,” says Cornelia Luethi.

“Minnie The Westie: Sailor Dog Vacation – The Adventures Of A West Highland Terrier Cartoon Dog At Sea!” is available as a paperback from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk from 2 September 2013 (ISBN 978-0-473-24672-3).

A Kindle eBook will be available from October 2013.

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For more information please contact:

Cornelia Luethi (Author and Publisher)

Email: [email protected]

Photographs and cartons: high-resolution photographs and cartoons are available on request.

Website: www.MinnieTheWestie.com

Note to Editors

About Minnie, the real-life West Highland Terrier

Cornelia Luethi, author of the Minnie The Westie books, pictured with the real life Minnie.

Cornelia Luethi, author of the Minnie The Westie books, pictured with the real life Minnie.

Minnie is a pedigree West Highland White Terrier living in Auckland, New Zealand… known as the “City of Sails”. Minnie sails regularly, participating in fortnightly Richmond Yacht Club races (snoozing in the cabin) all year round. In summer Minnie goes cruising around the Hauraki Gulf with her owners on their Elliott 7.9m keelboat, called “FX”.

About Cornelia Luethi

Swiss-born Cornelia Luethi has emigrated twice in her life: first to England, where she was educated, then later she moved to Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland has been her home for over ten years, where Cornelia enjoys sailing.

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This is the first Minnie The Westie cartoon book, which enjoys 5-star reviews on Amazon.com.

Although Cornelia enjoyed drawing at school, she only picked up her sketchbook again in 2010, which is when she created the Minnie The Westie cartoon character.

Cornelia is a self-employed author, copywriter and marketing consultant.

The first Minnie The Westie book was launched in September 2011, entitled “Minnie The Westie – The Adventures Of A West Highland Terrier Cartoon Dog” (ISBN 978-0-473-19504-5).

This first book enjoys positive reviews and a 5-star rating on Amazon.com.

Reviews for Minnie The Westie

 

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[Media release] Book release: cartoons for dog lovers of all ages

[Media release] Book release: cartoons for dog lovers of all ages

Minnie The Westie Media Release
5 October 2011 – for immediate release

Book release: cartoons for dog lovers of all ages

Auckland dog-lover Cornelia Luethi has launched her debut book, “Minnie The Westie: The Adventures Of A West Highland Terrier Cartoon Dog”. The book portrays humorous cartoons based on Cornelia’s real-life dog, Minnie, a West Highland White Terrier.

Designed to appeal to dog lovers of all ages, Minnie The Westie takes a light-hearted view at life, as seen through a dog’s eyes. Some of Minnie’s adventures unfold across a number of pages; whilst others stand alone as single-page gags. Also featuring in the cartoons are Minnie’s boyfriend, Morris (also a Westie); Flo the bug; and Minnie’s human mum and dad.

“I’ve always loved cartoon animals: my favourite was Garfield,” says cartoonist Cornelia Luethi. “Like many dog owners, I guess I’m a little bit obsessed with my dog, and find so many of Minnie’s daily antics hilarious. It didn’t take me long to build up enough ideas for the 85 cartoons in this book.”

Cornelia adds that some of the stories are based on real events, whereas others are based on her imagination: “Westies are such lively little dogs, it’s quite easy to imagine them getting up to all kinds of antics!”

Although Cornelia only started drawing cartoons a year ago, she quickly realised she’d created something unique with her Minnie sketches: “Seeing other people look at my Minnie The Westie cartoons is very rewarding – usually, they can’t help but smile at the cartoons. I was smiling as I drew them, so it’s nice to be able to share those warm, fuzzy feelings that dogs give us!”

“That’s also why I put a whole website together for Minnie The Westie. At www.MinnieTheWestie.com, dog lovers can enjoy free cartoons, as well as signing up for “Minnie Mail”, where they’ll receive a cartoon by email each month.”

What’s more, not-for-profit organisations are able to use Minnie The Westie cartoons on their websites and newsletters free of charge, whereas commercial users pay a small fee. Full details are at www.minniethewestie.com/cartoons/licensing

Minnie is very popular on social media already, with more than 1,200 Followers on Twitter and a growing number of loyal Facebook fans. Many of these are based in the US and UK.

Minnie The Westie is available as a paperback from Amazon.com (ISBN 978-0-473-19504-5), and also as a Kindle ebook.

ENDS

For more information please contact:

Cornelia Luethi (Author and Publisher)
Email: [email protected]

Photographs: the following photographs are available as high-resolution images; please email [email protected] with your image requests.

Please credit photographs as copyright © MinnieTheWestie.com.

May be used for Minnie The Westie publicity purposes only.

Photo #1: Cornelia Luethi and Minnie celebrating the publication of 'Minnie The Westie'

Photo #1: Cornelia Luethi and Minnie celebrating the publication of 'Minnie The Westie'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo #2: Minnie and Cornelia Luethi on a beach

Photo #2: Minnie and Cornelia Luethi on a beach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo #3: front cover of the book 'Minnie The Westie'

Photo #3: front cover of the book 'Minnie The Westie'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cartoons: Not-for-profit organisations are able to use Minnie The Westie cartoons on their websites and newsletters free of charge, whereas commercial users pay a small fee. Full details are at www.minniethewestie.com/cartoons/licensing

Note to Editors

About Minnie, the real-life West Highland Terrier

Minnie is a pedigree West Highland White Terrier, bred in New Zealand, and is a member of the West Highland White Terrier Club of New Zealand.

As per the cartoon character she’s based on, the real Minnie also enjoys having her belly rubbed, chicken chomping, bone munching, napping, walking, sailing, and cuddling.

Website: www.MinnieTheWestie.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/MinnieTheWestie
Twitter: www.twitter.com/MinnieTheWestie

About Cornelia Luethi

Although Cornelia enjoyed drawing at school, she only picked up her sketchbook again in 2010, which is when she created the Minnie The Westie cartoon character.

Cornelia is a self-employed marketing consultant and copywriter; her business is FX Marketing Limited (New Zealand). She works from home in Auckland… naturally, Minnie keeps Cornelia company in the office.

 

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