Carly Waddleton 'Outside the Cage' Book Launch

Name: Carly Waddleton 'Outside the Cage' Book Launch
Start: 2024-09-29T10:00:00+12:00
End: 2024-09-29T11:00:00+12:00
Location: Tūranga

Schedule

Sun Sep 29 2024 at 10:00 am to 11:00 am

UTC+12:00

Location

Tūranga | Christchurch, CA

Join Carly Waddleton, Morgane Merien from Canterbury Museum and Mamlambo Fossil Man to launch 'Outside the Cage' an exciting adventure tale.
Outside the Cage is a new, Sherlock Holmes meets The Wild Robot novel written by Carly Waddleton. Perfect for readers aged 8-13, this thrilling science fiction adventure is set to captivate the imaginations of young dinosaur enthusiasts and reluctant readers alike.
Eleven-year-old Spencer lives near Fern Flats, a town encased in a massive domed cage. Spencer’s family are the sole residents Outside the Cage, at Free-Farm, where they live harmoniously with the dinosaurs who help run the farm.
When a series of mysterious attacks rock the community inside the cage, suspicion quickly falls on the farm. The townspeople and the Dinosaur Protection Authority (DPA) demand its closure. Spencer is determined to uncover the truth before it’s too late.
How far would you go to protect your family? Can you solve the mystery of Fern Flats?
Dive into an adventure where secrets unravel and courage is tested.
Carly Waddleton resides in Christchurch, New Zealand, with her husband, children, and fish. Originally from Lincoln, United Kingdom, she moved to New Zealand in 2009 and has embraced it as her home despite facing natural disasters and a global pandemic.
Morne Mamlambo is a software engineer with a passion for fossils! He uses a combination of technology and fieldwork to showcase New Zealand's amazing fossil record. His videos about fossil collecting and preparation have more than 200 million views across social media, search for "Mamlambo Fossils", where he shares new videos weekly with his million plus followers.
He uses 3D scanners, 3D printers and 3D modelling to share his finds with people across New Zealand and the world and he even printed a full size Little Bush Moa. Many of the fossils he has found are now at Canterbury Museum and Te Papa where they are being studied further. He is currently studying palaeontology at the University of Canterbury, runs a geology club for kids in Christchurch and has just rented a workshop in Waikuku to display his fossils.
@mamlambofossils
Free, no bookings required.