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Boyd PR releases sequel to Northland Rescue Helicopter kids’ book
Written and illustrated in-house, it tells the story of a brother and sister duo, Ollie and Tia.
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BPR brings choppers to life in a children’s book for Northland Rescue Helicopter
In a new fundraising initiative for the Northland Rescue Helicopter (NRH), Boyd PR tells a tale of the Whangarei-based service’s three choppers—nicknamed Juliet, Mike and Lima—to spread a message about the service’s importance and staying safe.
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‘Sounds like a game changer’: Brendan Boughen pledges to publish a book of technology-themed cartoons
We’ve had a couple of stories recently about the extracurricular creative pursuits of people in the ad industry. So we thought it only fitting to cover those of Brendan Boughen, a Microsoft PR aficionado by day, cartoonist named Jim by night, who’s on the home stretch of his Pledge Me campaign to fund a book of cartoons and writing about people’s obsession with technology.
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The luck of the lemon: former adman James Hurman writes a children’s book
Idealog chats to James Hurman on a book he wrote called ‘The Boy and the Lemon’, illustrated by Juliet Burton, which he says is an attempt to teach kids to be lucky. Hurman’s about to launch a Kickstarter this week, hoping for a bit of luck himself so he can fund its production.
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Woods Creative helps tell the story of art and tradition in the Cook Islands by designing a locally written book
Tauranga-based agency Woods Creative has collaborated with the University of the South Pacific and designed what is believed to be the first detailed book on the Cook Islands’ rich traditions, art and architecture written from a local perspective. Here’s a look at some of the creative.
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Geeky books hit $10,000 Kickstarter goal with week to go
The sequels to the nerdtacular kids book My Little Geek has reached its US$10,000 funding goal on Kickstarter with a week left to go.
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Digital children’s book wins first round of Mix & Mash
By combining beautiful illustrations, a simple narrative and highly interactive data – Sadaf Lourie (writer), Riccardo Scott (illustrator), Jarred Bishop (designer/developer) and Alex Gibson (data/developer) have won the May Showcase Award from the Mix & Mash competition – along with a $500 cash prize.
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Please don’t read this book
Paul Catmur’s take on ‘Changing the world is the only fit work for a grown man’, an eyewitness account of the life and times of advertising visionary Howard Luck Gossage.
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100% Pure dream selling: the art of brand New Zealand
Peter Alsop, author of upcoming book Selling the Dream: The Art of Early New Zealand Tourism, gives an overview of how our publicity pioneers put New Zealand on the map.