The Bike and Beyond is being launched at Ruby's Cinema and Bar, in Wanaka, on 21 November. Laura Williamson will be reading and signing the book between 5-6 pm. Paper Plus Wanaka will donate 20% of the book sales towards the Bike'vember fundraiser for the new accessibility ramp for the Hawea swing bridge. Free nibbles will be provided, and a ticketed screening of the documentary Le Ride will follow the reading.
When: Monday 21 November, from 5 p.m.
Where: Ruby's Cinema and Bar, 50 Cadrona Valley Rd, Wanaka
Website: http://bikevember.nz/event/book-launch-bike-beyond-laura-williamson/#.WBwHyfl96Ul
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1669584616666925/
The bicycle is a time machine, a link to the past. But sometimes the bicycle also feels like a link to the future – not the future we once imagined, the one with flying cars and replicators, but more like the one the Victorians might have pictured: streets crowded with bikes, strange ones of all kinds.
The bicycle – cheap, healthy and little-changed in more than a century – is, for Laura Williamson, more than just about sport or transport. Riding a bike brings moments of joy, liberation, revolution and change. From cycling suffragists to the Christchurch rebuild, life on two wheels spins us out beyond well-trod paths to a fresh and fast-moving take on New Zealand.
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Please note: this event is not managed by BWB