Can’t wait to visit my homeland and share my latest book, BONO THE RESCUE CAT, with new and old friends I’ll be travelling South and North Islands over two weeks, and hope to catch up with you along the way. Glamorous highlights will be bubbles and High Tea events hosted by the Australian Women’s Weekly […]

Join me and the editor of the Australian Women’s Weekly, Michele Crawshaw, for an afternoon of bubbles and laughter. There’ll be two events, one in Auckland, the other in Wellington. Can’t wait to see you there.  

“In her NY Times bestseller debut, Brown wrote of Cleo, the kitten that helped her heal, after son Sam, nine, was run over and killed in 1983. Bono, “a shaved black mini lion”, is the cat with special needs (chronic kidney disease), homeless after Hurricane Sandy, which her US publisher insists she foster. Brown was finding life full of ennui, after […]

Bono’s American launch day, May 29, was living the dream – visiting my editor Michaela and other friends at the publishing house off Times Square before signing books at Barnes and Noble on Fifth Avenue.

It’s surprising how little has changed in the New York neighbourhood where Bono and I lived. At the time, I had no idea our story would become a book translated into Chinese and Russian. “Seems like yesterday Lydia and I climbed those front steps with a wide-eyed cat inside his carry case. The heart-shaped door […]

Delighted to announce BONO THE RESCUE CAT will be translated into Russian and released by one of the largest and most highly regarded publishing firms there, AST

BONO has been named a “Connie’s Book Club Pick” by Modern Cat Magazine. “This wonderfully heartwarming recounting of love, hope, and selflessness is all about new beginnings, perfect for anyone seeking inspiration or a fresh start!” – Modern Cat on BONO (A Connie’s Book Club Selection)

Fabulous feedback from booksellers who have read advanced copies of Bono the Rescue Cat: “Helen weaves warmth, truth and honesty into every stroke of the keyboard. Powerful sentences compile themselves into neighbourhoods we all want to live in, until we realise that in some comparable way, we already do. Bono the book takes us on […]