BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
When We're Not Afraid, by Leonie Katekar
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Join the team at Paperchain Bookstore for the Canberra launch of When We’re Not Afraid: My 12,000km Bike-packing Trip through South America, by Leonie Katekar.
Introducing Leonie, and joining her in conversation, will be Andrew Leigh MP.
Leonie Katekar left behind her past and confronted her fears by immersing herself in a foreign world and embarking on 12,000 km solo bike-packing expedition through South America.
Leonie undertook her journey during a difficult time in what had been a difficult life. Her story is about being brave, stepping out, and finding out how we can pursue a deeper happiness. On her journey she overcomes almost overwhelming physical challenges and internal anguish while experiencing a world of beauty and inspiration.
Leonie rides more than 12,000 km through nine countries. She conquers the Andes at an altitude of more than 4,000 metres, explores and thrives in and among unique towns and cities, lakes and forests, deserts and ancient ruins, while pushing through extreme physical demands on her body and overcoming the weather and her own doubts.
When We’re Not Afraid is told with an insight that enthrals and inspires on the way to confronting fears that many of us have. Yet it is a story not just for women who are seeking more, but for anyone disillusioned with their life and wanting to be brave enough to face the question 'What would I do if I was not afraid?'
Returning to Australia at age 55, just days before the pandemic, she is changed, and now faces a new world from a unique perspective.
Leonie Katekar is an accomplished professional speaker. She has written When We’re Not Afraid to share her adventurous story (both its physical aspects and where it has taken her as a person) and to raise funds for a charity – to support children with cancer and their families. She raised funds throughout her trip by writing blogs and will be allocating royalties from publication of this book to this same fund.
Andrew Leigh is an Australian politician, author, lawyer and former professor of economics at the Australian National University. He has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2010 representing the seat of Fraser until 2016 and Fenner thereafter. He briefly served as the Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2013 and then served as Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Competition from 2013 to 2019.
Venue
Paperchain Bookstore
34 Franklin Street
Manuka ACT 2603
T: (02) 62956723