Book of the Week: NORTHBOUND by Naomi Arnold

NORTHBOUND: Four Seasons of Solitude on Te Araroa. Walking from Bluff, at the southern tip of the South Island, to Cape Reinga, at the northern tip of the North Island, award-winning journalist, and author of Southern Nights, Naomi Arnold spent nearly nine months following Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year dream. Alone, she traversed mountains, rivers, cities and plains from summer to spring, walking on through days of thick mud, blazing sun, lightning storms, and cold, starlit nights. Along the way she encountered colourful locals and travellers who delight and inspire her. This is an upbeat, fascinating, and inspiring memoir of the joys and pains found in the wilderness, solitude, friendship, and love. Signed copies available while stock lasts.

• “The trail was haunting me.”

• What the book is about.

• The stars above.

• Written on the trail.

• Nine months of solitude.

• Phoning in, #2; #3.

• A walking guide to Te Araroa.

• Other books by Naomi Arnold.

• The day the Russians came.