New Holland News and Events
Brooke Hanson behind Aussie learning
Fresh after being announced as a member of
the Dancing with the Stars team for the upcoming television series, Brooke Hanson
has continued touring to promote her new book.
Brooke has been at many books stores
through Melbourne, Sydney and the NSW Central Coast. Her tour started with the launch of
the Little Learner's Literacy Fund at Borders Chatswood. This program in
conjunction with the Smith Family is aimed at helping disadvantaged Australia children to
gain literacy skills.
The book, When Silver is Gold
is the story of Brooke's life from almost drowning as a child to competing at the
very top of international sport. Brooke says he own literacy skills have been very
important in continuing her life after retiring from swiimming.
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| Brooke Hanson with Charlene Dunn, an 18 year old Learning for
Life tertiary student, at the Borders Chatswood launch. . |
Brooke at Humphries
Newsagency, Manly |
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Book
signing at Dymock's Erina |
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| Nik Halik and the book The
Thrillionaire experience weightlessness. |
Book in Space!
The New Holland Publisher's book The Thrillionaire is set to become one of
only a handful of publications to make it into the library of the International Space
Station when author Nik Halik takes to space next year.
The Thrillionaire is the
story of Nik's remarkable journey of financial success in his twenties and his exploits of
a thrillionaire which have included lunch of the bow of the Titanic, sleeping in an
Egytian pyramid and scaling some of the world's greatest mountain. The book also shows how
everyone can get more from life.
Nik is currently training to be the
first Australian civil astronaut in space and is scheduled to take off in 2009.
View Nik's video
Simon Capp Melbourne author event
Simon Capp, author of "Italy,
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time," will be speaking at the inaugural Melbourne
Festival of Travel Writing.
The festival is the first literary event
dedicated to travel writing in Australia and will also include luminaries such as Sophie
Cunningham, Tony Wheeler, Brian Thacker and more.
Simon will be hosting a joint session with
Marc Llewellyn, author of Finding Nino, entitled "Sea Change in Italy ... in
famiglia," talking about the special challenges and rewards of overseas travel with
the family.
The session is 11 am to 12 midday, Saturday
19 July.
Families Behind Bars
Kay Dane's book about those
imprisoned in foreign jails has been officially launched during an emotion-filled event at
Angus and Robertson, Capalba.
Families Behind Bars
looks not only at cases of people trapped in appalling conditions in overseas prisons, but
also at the effects their incarceration has on their loved ones. There are currently over
200 Australians in foreign prisons.
The June 21 book launch was
attended by Federal Member for Bowman, Andrew Laming and Redland Shire Councillor, Peter
Dowling.
Kay Dane's heard stories at
the event from people who have their own experiences, "One lady shared how she
narrowly evaded jail in Thailand, another told me how she's been fighting for justice in
her workplace and feels it's all hopeless but felt inspired by what I had been through.
Another man confined all his life to a wheel chair said that he got alot out of
talking to me and was particularly interested in how I overcame depression. A teenage
boy said he is going to read my book because he is thinking of travelling overseas in
his gap year and wants to be prepared."
Kay and her husband Kerry were imprisoned for almost a year in communist
Laos after being falsely accussed of stealing sapphires from a mine.
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| Olesja Laming, Kay Danes and
Andrew Laming MP, at the Families Behind Bars launch, Angus and Robertson,
Capalba. |
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| Simon Capp at the Avenue
Bookstore |
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Italy? It Seemed
Like a Good Idea at the time...
The official Italy? It Seemed Like a Good
Idea at the Time book launch has taken place at Avenue Bookstore, Albert Park.
The story behind Italy? It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time:
Author, Simon Capp,
thought he would combine his dream of living in Italy with the modern world of
communication. As a Japanese interpreter all he would need to work was electricity and an
internet connection. The Capp Family head off to a remote village in Italy, and find that
theory and practice can be very different. Italy? It seemed like a good idea at the time is about
their grumpy landlord, battles with Telecom Italia and much more. Despite their trials,
the Capps do eventually fall in love with Italy after moving to another village and are
faced with the dilemma over whether they will return to Australia.
For more details
about the book, including special features, go to Simon
Capp's website
Two New Holland
publications nominated for prestigious awards.
New
Holland Publisher's runaway success, Where's Bin Laden, has been named as a
finalist at the prestigious Australian Book Industry Awards.
The book
has been a best seller around the world and will is a finalist in the International
Success of the Year category.
Meanwhile
another New Holland Publishers best seller, Seasons of Siciliy has been one of
just four books announced as finalists in the 2008 Galley Awards.
'Swamp' author tours region of mystery.
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| Richard Shears on
stage at the Riverside Hotel, Tarwin Lower |
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| Richard Shears signing books
at the Tarwin Lower launch. |
Author, Richard Shears' latest book, Swamp: Who Murdered Margaret
Clement? has been officially launched in the town in which the mystery is based.
Sunday, May 11 saw the Leongathta Bookstore and Tarwin Lower Riverview Hotel host a
capacity filled event to celebrate the release of the book and to commemorate one of
Australia's enduring mysteries.
Clement was the belle of Melbourne Society until the great Depression changed her life
forever. Her home – once overlooking lush pastures on the Tarwin River – ended
up in the middle of a swamp, after river levy banks collapsed from lack of maintenance.
However Margaret stayed put as the property disintegrated around her. It made her a target
of opportunists – and one that would lead to her murder. Over 50 years later, there
has still been no official answers as to what happened to Margaret Clements, however, new
research in Swamp, could eventually lead to the case being solved.
The launch at Tarwin Lower also involved Richard Shears presenting the Leongatha and
District Historical Society with copies of important documents including Margaret Clements
will and some of her personal letter.
Swamp: Who Murdered Margaret Clement? is out now through New Holland Publishers.
Girl's
Guide to Turning Your Idea into a Business
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| Melissa Seymour at the Girl's
Guide launch. |
The Salon Blanc Restaurant at Woolloomoo Wharf in Sydney has been the
scene for the launch of Melissa Seymour's new book, Girl's Guide to Turning Your Idea
into a Business.
The venue was packed
for the April 29 launch of the book, which is the culmination of Melissa's experience in
the business world.
Melissa has described Girl's
Guide as the book she wished had existed when she first went into business more than
10 years ago.
The book deals with all
aspects of business, including the balance between work and family life.
Initially leaving life as an
employee to purchase a model agency, which she sold for a lot more than she bought it for,
Melissa now owns a marketing/PR business
Melissa's husband, Swan's AFL
legend, Brad Seymour, officially launched the book.
NEXT BIG THING
Awards
New Holland Publishers
are proud to be a sponsor of the 2008 Next Big Thing Awards.
The Innovic Awards (Science and Technology) are held to showcase new and
exciting Australia products that could become the 'next big thing'. More details are
available at the official website.
Each of the finalists will be given a copy of David Ellyard's book, Great
Inventions of our Time.
Guide to Living and Working in the UK and Ireland launched
by British Consul General.
British
Consul-General, Tim Holmes, has described the Guide to Living and Working in the UK
and Ireland as an invaluable for anyone planning to spend an extended period in Great
Britain.
Mr Holmes officially launched the book at the Ariel Bookshop in
Sydney on February 19. Consul-General of Ireland, Patrick Scullion also
attended.
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| Andrea Woodman with Irish
Consul-General Patrick Scullion. |
"The book takes the reader through steps in making the
transition to living in the UK, including important planning information on proceedures
such as setting-up bank accounts and budgeting for unforseen expenses like TV
licences", Mr Holmes said.
Author Andrea Woodman wrote the Guide to Living and Working in the UK and Ireland
after spending six years in Britain, during which time she worked in a variety of fields.
The book has a RRP of $19.95.
More details about the launch and about Andrea are on her website.
My Way or the Highway - Stan Zemanek.
- Marcella reflects on her
years of working with JOHN LAWS
- Marcella brings Christmas
cheer with the Hilton Hotel’s Zeta Bar at the St Vincent’s Hospice.
Everyone is telling us how much they have enjoyed speaking with Marcella
and reading My Way or the Highway. Now we have a couple of new angles. In the
final week of JOHN LAWS’ great career, Marcella is available for media interview to
relive some of the happy times she and Stan had while working on the programme. She can
talk about what it was like behind the scenes through the 2UW, 2GB and 2UE years. Stan and
Marcella were both Producers on the show and the John Laws show was responsible for
bringing together.
Also, in the lead up to Christmas, Marcella is helping the terminally ill
at St Vincent’s Hospice by serving “Happy Hour Drinks”. The Hilton
Hotel’s Zeta Bar has come on board to support the initiative and Marcella is
currently working to organise happy hour over the summer break on a weekly basis and wants
to talk about the wonderful support network the hospital has and the good community work
it performs.
RRP $29.95
 Alan Jones and Marcella Zemanek at the launch of My Way or the Highway
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