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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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Bruce Goes Outside

20/6/2020

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I'm really excited to launch my next children's book - 'Bruce Goes Outside'! A lovely rhyming story about the adventures that await little kittens in the great outdoors, the book (written and illustrated by my mum!) is available for pre-order now. 

Find out more on the Kickstarter website. 
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Bruce Goes Outside - coming soon

12/5/2020

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I'm so excited to share the cover of my new book with you! 

Bruce Goes Outside follows on from my first book, Bruce Finds A Home. Written by award-winning author Kathryn van Beek (my mum!) and designed by award-winning book designer Anna Egan-Reid, this book explores the adventures I've had in my garden, in rhyming verse suitable for 3 - 6 year olds.

Pre-sales will be available soon - watch this space! 

Praise for Bruce Finds A Home:
"This is a wonderful addition to any child's bookshelf."
- NZ Booklovers 

 "This beautifully written story is sure to delight your children or grandchildren."
- Motorhomes, Caravans and Destinations 

 "It's a wonderful book, brilliantly illustrated - kids will absolutely adore this book."
- The Beach 106.3FM 

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Reading with Highlanders

14/4/2018

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Little Landers Literature
Highlanders fans. Photograph (cropped) by Dunedin NZ, Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dunedinnz/
WOW - my book Bruce Finds A Home is going to be part of the Little Landers Literature programme!  Along with illustrator Robyn Belton (whose beautiful book The ANZAC Violin is in stores now), I'm going to be teaming up with The Highlanders to bring the joy of reading to Dunedin's children (well, mum is. She will probably leave me at home).

Visit the Otago Daily Times website to find out more about Little Landers Literature.
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The reviews are in...

16/3/2018

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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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My story is in the NZ Woman's Weekly!

28/2/2018

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My story has been featured on all sorts of websites, but I never thought I'd be sharing my tale in the New Zealand Woman's Weekly! But my handsome face is featured three times in this week's edition. I have to say the photographer was a lot more professional than the usual amateurs (mum and dad) that I have to deal with. He did an excellent job capturing my sleek coat. 

(My mum's in the article too, but I think we all know who the real star of the show is.)

Click here to find out more about 'Bruce Finds A Home'. 

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Seventy-three books delivered to the Animal Rescue Network

25/2/2018

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Thanks to the generosity of our Kickstarter backers we were able to donate SEVENTY-THREE Bruce Finds A Home books to the Animal Rescue Network! The Animal Rescue Network will be able to use the books for their fundraising, which will help them continue their work of caring for cats and kittens in need. We ended up handing the books over in a car-park in the rain, which wasn't very photo-worthy, so Sharon from the Network took these photos afterwards. I hope the books passed their inspection!
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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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