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My new book is out now!

8/9/2020

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My new book, Bruce Goes Outside, is out now!

You can get a copy in person or online from your favourite New Zealand bookshop such as The University Book Shop or Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop.  You can also order it from my site. 

The book has already received some great reviews, such as: "A heart-warming read with beautiful illustrations."
- Karen McMillan, NZ Booklovers. 

"The rhyming text rollicks along, and the eye-catching coloured pencil illustrations are vibrant, lush, expressive and unmistakably New Zealand."
- Emma Wood, Otago Daily Times

A big thank you to everyone who has supported this book. 
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My new buddies!

7/4/2018

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Now that I have my own book out (Bruce Finds A Home), mum and dad have been going around schools and libraries to read it to children. But they never take me with them! Now they have two cute replicas to take along - one of me as a kitten and one of me as a grown-up. They were made by this clever lady. Aren't they cute?
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Win a copy of 'Bruce Finds A Home'

3/3/2018

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​This week I'm giving away a copy of my full-colour, hardcover illustrated children's book 'Bruce Finds a Home'. The competition is open to everyone, anywhere in the world.

​To enter, head on over to Facebook and answer the easy quiz question. 
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Click here to enter to win 'Bruce Finds a Home'. 

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'Bruce Finds A Home' Dunedin launch

17/2/2018

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Kathryn van Beek's Bruce Finds A Home' Dunedin book launch
Kathryn van Beek's Bruce Finds A Home' Dunedin book launch
Kathryn van Beek's Bruce Finds A Home' Dunedin book launch
What a purrrfect book launch it was at Dunedin's University Bookshop today! I was too busy napping to attend personally, but my stand-ins (the knitted toys pictured in the middle photo above) did a great job. 

Bruce Finds A Home is now available in all good bookshops. 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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Buy 'Bruce Finds A Home' online

13/2/2018

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I had a pawsome Auckland book launch at The Dorothy Butler Book Shop last Sunday! I'm looking forward to the Dunedin launch at The University Book Shop this Saturday 17 February at 10.30am (all welcome). But where can you get my book if you don't live in Auckland or Dunedin? Well, you can get it at all good New Zealand bookshops ... and you can also buy it online! Too easy! Here are the stockists I'm currently aware of:

  • Dorothy Butler Book Shop
  • University Book Shop
  • Time Out Bookstore
  • Fishpond

And of course you can buy it on this website (just click 'shop' on the top right). 
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Miaow!

4/2/2018

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I hope to see some of you at my book launches!

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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Book launch time!

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 (New Zealand) . 

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.
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Advance copies of my book!

17/10/2017

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Well this is exciting - these are advance copies of the #Brucethecat book Bruce Finds A Home!

Thank you so much to Mary Egan Publishing who have done such a brilliant job on the production, and of course to all our Kickstarter backers - we literally couldn't have done this without you!

We're on track to send our books to backers in November as promised. If you didn't pre-order a copy, don't worry - they'll be available for sale through my website a bit later (I'll be sure to let you know when). 

Thanks for your support everyone!

Video music by Bensound.com.
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By George they're handsome

28/5/2017

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When I was a tiny kitten George Takei beamed me up by featuring my story on his Facebook page. I've gone on to become a huge George fan, and today I'm boldly going where no cat has gone before... revealing the top five similarities between George Takei and me, Bruce the Cat.
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1. Let's start with the most obvious one. We're both incredibly handsome. 
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2. We both look great in costume. (The trouble with Tiddles is that I don't really enjoy wearing my one.)
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3. We're known for our expressive paws. 
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4. We're both pleasing in plaid. (Resistance is futile!) 
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​5. And most importantly of all, we both stick up for what we believe in.  (One of us is slightly more focused on human rights and the other one is slightly more focused on cat rights. I'll let you try to figure out who is who.)

​Another similarity between us is that we've both written books! You can find out more about George's books here, and more about my book here and below. 

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I'm in the mews today, oh boy!

27/5/2017

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I loved the story about me and my book in the Otago Daily Times the other day, and I've been featured on Dunedin's Channel 39 too! If you haven't visited my Kickstarter page yet, you can check it out here.
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