The books are ready! When The Garamuts Beat

Written By Christine Leonard

Last week I picked up several cartons of books and took them to our son’s place at Ipswich as we were staying there for a week. The next few days saw me going through the mailing list that was building up, to let readers know that Fr Miltrup’s memoir was ready for distribution. More than two cartons have gone out the door. Then two days ago, dear friends who were also good friends of Fr Miltrup, kindly offered to host a book launch. So with some trepidation, this is in the planning for Saturday 18 March in Brisbane. If you would like to attend the Brisbane book launch please email me at Leonardstories01@gmail.com

It is such a great feeling to have the book in my hands, I’m really happy with it and hope readers are too. I can’t wait to get some feedback!

Christine Leonard

Christine is an Australian who was born in Papua New Guinea and grew up on the island of Bougainville. A large part of her career was spent in community development working in international aid in the Asia Pacific Region.

Christine wrote a family history of her father’s ancestors featuring William Wall who was transported in 1835 to the colony of Van Diemen’s Land.

She edited a memoir of the Late Fr Franz Miltrup SM who spent 50 years on Bougainville. The memoir has been edited and self-published, due for printing in Jan-Feb 2023

Her current project is a memoir about growing up on plantations in the New Guinea Islands from the 1950s to the 1970s.

http://leonardstories.com
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