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By Helen Brown
In Uncategorized
Posted September 17, 2020

THE CAT WHO CAME IN FROM THE COVID

  I hope you and your loved ones are holding together. Here in Melbourne, Philip, Jonah and I are hunkered down for a second, six-week lockdown. Curfew runs from 8pm to 5am and we can’t [...]

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 PROSECCO AND PODCASTS
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By Helen Brown
In Uncategorized
Posted August 18, 2019

PROSECCO AND PODCASTS

Emotional healing is intensely personal. People find consolation in countless forms – from bush walking to music, clinical therapy to religion. For many of us, the presence of a pet is better [...]

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 CLEO AND ROB
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By Helen Brown
In Uncategorized
Posted December 14, 2018

CLEO AND ROB

I’m thrilled to announce the long-awaited children’s version of CLEO will be released by Allen & Unwin NZ toward the end of 2019. Exquisitely illustrated by Phoebe Morris, CLEO [...]

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 Jim Tucker: Of cats and an author with real insight
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By Web Genius
In Jonah's Blog, Travel, Uncategorized
Posted November 13, 2018

Jim Tucker: Of cats and an author with real insight

OPINION:A New Plymouth old girl was back in town recently, speaking to a mainly female audience about something that would have equally benefited men – how to deal with life. I’m [...]

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 Grief, illness, loss – how an award-winning writer got through it all
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By Web Genius
In Uncategorized
Posted November 1, 2018

Grief, illness, loss – how an award-winning writer got through it all

Helen Brown lost her nine-year-old son, battled breast cancer and, more recently, found herself lost in her life. But the former Taranaki woman got through hard times with the help of cats and is [...]

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By Web Genius
In Uncategorized
Posted September 24, 2018

NEW ZEALAND TOUR

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 [...]

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 Hello New Zealand! Fancy a glitzy high tea?
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By Web Genius
In Uncategorized
Posted August 16, 2018

Hello New Zealand! Fancy a glitzy high tea?

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 [...]

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 Australian Women’s Weekly Review
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By Web Genius
In Uncategorized
Posted July 26, 2018

Australian Women’s Weekly Review

“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 [...]

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 Book signing
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By Helen Brown
In Uncategorized
Posted June 1, 2018

Book signing

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 [...]

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 Old Haunts
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By Helen Brown
In Uncategorized
Posted May 31, 2018

Old Haunts

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 [...]

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