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Launching "Humming"

Gaylene Preston launched the novel "Humming" in Wellington on Wednesday 6 July, 2005. Seventy people attended, and started proceedings with an impressive combined hum. Bruce and Janice Caddy of Dymocks, Lambton Quay, Wellington hosted the launch.

Gaylene sees Rachel's novel as the flip side of the rural-Gothic story of city folk stranded among the bogans. "Rachel actually presents a story of country folk tolerating the extreme art of invaders from the city," said Gaylene. "It is not the kind of rural story we are used to."

Rachel then read a short, frivolous excerpt from the book.

Below: Jenny Bridgen, Margaret Austin find something funny in the novel while Rachel signs.

Below: Meriol Buchanan and David McKenzie at the launch of "Humming".

Below: Anne Else and Rachel McAlpine, with Miraz Jordan in the background.

Below: Tony Hiles observes as the busy Bic moves on.

Below: When the humming stops, you really notice. Recognisable faces: Denise Keay, Kate McAlpine, Annesley Kingston, John Nees, Colleen Cleary and Gaylene Preston.

Renee, Sunny Amey and Noel Harrison.

Lois Daish, Judith Davey, Colleen Cleary, Ben Kennard and Prue Kennard.

Signing your own book: every author's favourite occupation. This time it is for Alice Hearnshaw.

Thanks to Deirdre Kent for all the photographs except the first one of Gaylene and Rachel, which was taken by Bruce Caddy.

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