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SUMMARY:Travel Tales: Beyond Timbuktu with Catherine DeVrye
LOCATION:Kiama Library
DESCRIPTION:Join local author and keynote speaker Catherine DeVrye as she s
 hares her new memoir\, Beyond Timbuktu: Journeys of Hope and Humanity.\n\n
 What if the world was far kinder and more connected than headlines lead us
  to believe?\n\nBeyond Timbuktu takes readers on an inspiring journey thro
 ugh 150 countries\, sharing vivid stories of courage\, kindness\, and shar
 ed humanity. From skiing in Lebanon\, cycling through Lithuania and swimmi
 ng in Yemen to dining with royalty in Bahrain\, Catherine highlights momen
 ts of unity that transcend borders and stereotypes.\n\nThis isn’t a guid
 ebook or tell-all memoir—it’s a rich mosaic of adventures\, observatio
 ns and encounters\, illustrating that courage\, kindness and connection ap
 pear in the most unexpected places.\n\nThis is a FREE Travel Tales talk\, 
 books available for purchase and signing.\n\n\nAbout the author:\n\nA natu
 ral storyteller who has travelled to both the literal and metaphorical end
 s of the earth\, Catherine DeVrye offers fresh\, relevant and deeply human
  stories.\n\nBestselling author of nine books and twice named Australian K
 eynote Speaker of the Year\; Catherine shares true\, uplifting stories tha
 t entertain and stay with you. She has kept a daily journal for over 50 ye
 ars\, never imagining those handwritten reflections would one day morph in
 to books translated into over a dozen languages.\n\nBorn in a Canadian orp
 hanage and expelled from English class\, the accidental author arrived in 
 Australia with a backpack\, $200 and a one-way ticket after the death of h
 er parents soon after graduating in the USA.\n\nFollowing a global career 
 with IBM\, Catherine has presented in more than 30 countries and travelled
  through over 150.\n\nA cancer survivor\, Olympic torch bearer\, and volun
 teer with Vietnamese street kids\, she’s swum with sharks in Madagascar
 \, trekked beyond Everest Base Camp—and voyaged to Timbuktu.\n\nHer prev
 ious books include Hope Happens!\, Hot Lemon & Honey\, Who Says I Can’t
 \, Hope as My Compass.\n\nBoletos: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landi
 ng/1622393
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