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Best birthday present

4/8/2018

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Just when I thought my birthday haul couldn't get any better, a copy of Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand was slipped into my letterbox. My story Women's Studies is among the 200 or so short, short stories featured in the anthology, which also includes work by Tracey Slaughter, Leanne Radojkovich, Zoe Meager, Owen Marshall and many other of my favourite authors. 

​Wow!

Also - how much am I looking forward to reading Baby, The New Animals and Hera Lindsay Bird?

Heaps!
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Bruce Finds A Home Dunedin Book Launch!

17/2/2018

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Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Dunedin Bruce Finds A Home book launch. I had a fabulous morning getting to know these little creatures, which at the time I thought were cats but upon closer inspection look rather fox-like. 

I ran a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to help fund the book, and as part of the campaign 73 people donated books to the Animal Rescue Network Dunedin. Today I was proud to deliver the 73 books to the network, and I hope they assist with fundraising. 

Bruce Finds A Home is now available in all good New Zealand book shops. You can also buy it online here:
  • Dorothy Butler Book Shop
  • University Book Shop
  • Time Out Bookstore
  • Bruce the Cat website
  • Fishpond

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Bruce Finds A Home Auckland book launch!

13/2/2018

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Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Kathryn van Beek's 'Bruce Finds A Home' book launch
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to the Auckland book launch for Bruce Finds A Home - and to everyone who helped me organise it. An extra big thank you to the lovely ladies at The Dorothy Butler Book Shop who made the experience so special. 

I'm looking forward to the Dunedin book launch this Saturday 17 February at the University Book Shop from 10.30am. All welcome!
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A present for the 'first baby'

9/2/2018

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We've succumbed to Jacindababymania over here at Bruce HQ, and put a little something in the post for the PM and her first bloke. 
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Countdown to launch!

25/1/2018

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Bruce Finds A Home: Auckland book launch
11am, Sunday 11 February ​
Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop
1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby
Join the event on Facebook.

Bruce Finds A Home: Dunedin book launch
10.30am, Saturday 17 February 
UBS (University Book Shop)
378 Great King Street, North Dunedin
​Join the event on Facebook.
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Bruce Finds A Home book launches

14/1/2018

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There will be TWO book launches for Bruce Finds A Home in February 2018 - one in Auckland and one in Dunedin. 

Bruce Finds A Home: Auckland book launch
11am, Sunday 11 February ​
Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop
1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby
Join the event on Facebook.

Bruce Finds A Home: Dunedin book launch
10.30am, Saturday 17 February 
UBS (University Book Shop)
378 Great King Street, North Dunedin
​Join the event on Facebook.

Both events are free, and everyone is welcome to attend.

At both launches, free activities for kids will include colouring-in and face-painting. And of course, copies of the book will be signed and pawtographed.

​I hope to see you there!
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    Kathryn van Beek

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    My short fiction has been published in Headland, Hue and Cry, Pot Roast and Aerodrome. I'm an award-winning playwright and zine creator, and my play Indiscretions was published by Playmarket. I have contributed articles and creative non-fiction to The Spinoff, The Sunday Star Times, The NZ Herald and more. I also manage the social media for my cat Bruce, and I wrote and illustrated a children's book, Bruce Finds A Home, based on his exploits.

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