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Kiwi kids seek out books with positive messages
MEDIA RELEASE Local book Aroha’s Way by Craig Phillips is a huge hit with Kiwi kids, storming onto the Whitcoulls Kids’ Top 50 Books List at number three. Announced today (September 28, 5:00am), Phillips is a newcomer to the List with his timely and comforting book, which helps children cope…
Celebrated artist Grahame Sydney encourages wildlife painter to create book
MEDIA RELEASE Drawn to the Wild: Paintings of New Zealand Birds NICOLAS DILLON Published by Potton & Burton 09 November 2020, RRP: $59.99 Nicolas Dillon is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading wildlife painters. Having honed his craft and established an international reputation over some 30 years, Dillon’s long-held…
Landmark charitable organisation celebrates 100 years
MEDIA RELEASE Agency of Hope: The story of the Auckland City Mission 1920–2020 PETER LINEHAM “Agency of Hope is for anybody interested in the history of Auckland, social issues or indeed how an organisation can adapt as society changes.” — Chris Farrelly, CEO/Auckland City Missioner The Auckland City Mission has…
Landmark book celebrates Aotearoa New Zealand’s proud running heritage
MEDIA RELEASE The Kiwi Runners’ Family Tree (Volume One 1800s-1999) DREYDON SOBANJA Published by Inspired Kids, 01 September 2020, RRP: $29.99 ‘Dreydon Sobanja has captured the Kiwi running experience with aplomb. Never before has there been a book so packed with stories – many told here for the first time…
Jim Bolger on life, love and leadership
MEDIA RELEASE Fridays with Jim: Conversations about our country with Jim Bolger By DAVD COHEN The 2020 general election in New Zealand will be contested on leadership, and former three-term prime minister Jim Bolger has some weathered views on what that means. In the adventurously chatty new book Fridays with…
Passion, drive and aroha behind creation of New Zealand’s first cohousing community
MEDIA RELEASE COHOUSING FOR LIFE Robin Allison Published by Mary Egan Publishing,16 August 2020, RRP: $49.00 Around the world, people from all walks of life are becoming interested in living more sustainably. Whether it’s downsizing, buying a tiny home or living off-grid, the desire to reduce our carbon footprint and…
Fly Fisher’s book evokes passionate connection to Southland river running through his life
MEDIA RELEASE UPSTREAM ON THE MATAURA Dougal Rillstone Published by Mary Egan Publishing, 4 August 2020, RRP: $39.99 ‘Dougal is one of New Zealand’s best fly fishers. And now he has written one of the most original and moving accounts of a foot journey from sea to source of his…
Tree of Strangers
MEDIA RELEASE A COMPELLING MEMOIR OF ADOPTION, LOSS AND DISCOVERY “At Bethany maternity home, they take the babies right away. Before the single mothers lay eyes on them. Before they understand how love is made flesh. Before they can mount a defence. Or scream down the ward. Although I’m told…
Magazine editor’s secrets revealed in ‘tell-all’ memoir
UNDER THE COVERS Secrets of a Magazine Editor JENNY LYNCH ‘This memoir is no nostalgic, dewy-eyed trip down memory lane. How could it be? We were hardly angels. There was booze. Some people had permanent hangovers. There were blow-ups. A colleague hurled a typewriter out of a window.’ – Jenny…
World-renowned dog behaviourist teaches his Zen technique for training your puppy
MEDIA RELEASE PUPPY ZEN Eight Weeks to Train Your Pup and Create a Lifelong Bond MARK VETTE Published by Penguin Random House, 05 November 2019, RRP: $45.00 Animal psychologist and zoologist Mark Vette came to fame with global television show ‘Purina Pound Pups to Dog Stars.’ He also taught dogs…