Brumby Book Signing

This morning I had the pleasure of attending a book signing for a title that's definitely one of my favourites for the year. Brumby: A Celebration of Australia's Wild Horses was over a year in the making, but the end result is truly stunning.

I first came up with the idea for this book when I visited the Hunter Valley Brumby Association sanctuary. Founder Kathryn Massey works tirelessly, together with a team of volunteers, to rescue Brumbies that would otherwise be culled, then care for them and handle them until they are ready to be re-homed to their 'forever' owners. I thought it would be wonderful if we could put together a book that gave a brief history of the Brumby and then featured stories of people who have either experienced encounters with these magnificent animals in the wild or who have been lucky enough to adopt one. 

Kath jumped at the idea and together with co-author Mae Lee Sun, editor of the online Wild Horse Journal,  set about collecting the stories and images. It was a long and often difficult process, but I think both authors realised that all the hard work had well and truly paid off when they saw the finished book a couple of weeks ago! And today, Kath got to see the wonderfully positive response of others to the book at her first book signing.

This book has been a labour of love from start to finish and proceeds from the sale of the book go towards saving the Brumbies. It's the kind of project I love to be involved in!

Brumby is published by Exisle Publishing and is available in bookstores and online from September 2013.