Book Signing and Meet the author – Vern Walker
10am – 1pm on
Thursday 11 September
Meeting Room,
1st Floor, Takapuna Library
Vern Walker
is the author of PETER SNELL AND THE KIWIS WHO FLEW
This is a
large size book of 305 pages with 124 photos , published by David Ling
Publishing, with a foreword by Peter Snell.
It covers the
great era (1956-1965) when New Zealand middle and long-distance runners showed
a clean pair of heels to the world . . . Peter Snell, Murray Halberg, Bill
Baillie, Marise Chamberlain, John Davies, Jeff Julian, Barry Magee and Neville
Scott. It was a decade when ‘black’ signalled a tough time for opponents
everywhere.
As one of the
runners of these times, author Vern Walker is well placed to write this
history. He was also a long-time feature writer for the New Zealand Runner
magazine.
This is not a
book talk, but an opportunity to call into the library between 10.00am and
1.00pm to meet and chat with author Vern Walker.
If you
wish to buy a signed collector’s edition, copies are $45 (cash or cheque)
Mayor in the Chair – Takapuna Library
Friday 12 September, 12noon to 1.00pm
Auckland Mayor, Len Brown is looking forward to chatting to Takapuna
locals when he holds a Mayor in the Chair event on Friday 12 September
2014.
The Mayor will pull up a chair on the ground floor of the Takapuna
Library between 12 noon and 1.00pm, in one of a series of events
that allows Aucklanders to get face to face with their Mayor.
Mayor in the Chair sessions are informal community events where people
can come along, wait their turn, then have a brief one-on-one chat with Len
Brown, to ask questions or share their thoughts and concerns about their
community. They are held regularly in different locations around Auckland.
“I really value these sessions as a chance to chat directly to
Aucklanders about their experience of their region, their council and their
communities. I hear about concerns which are specific to different communities,
as well as issues that are common to Aucklanders across the region.”
“I also like to get out and support the good work our local board
members and ward councillors do in their local communities.”
The Mayor will set up his chair in the Takapuna Library, The Strand,
Takapuna from 12 noon – 1.00pm on Friday 12 September 2014.
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