GOOD NEWS. Our book Heart of the Protest finally arrived yesterday, and is safely in our warehouse [ie. garage]. We are planning to pack and post all pre-orders before Easter. Big effort as over 900 copies have been pre-sold. If you ordered a copy, please keep an eye on NZPost tracking.
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PICKUPS from Canterbury folk are also welcome, we're in Selwyn near Kirwee. Please email: heartoftheprotest@gmail.com
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Heart of the Protest - Inside the Parliament Protest and the Making of the Movie River of Freedom is a Paperback: 240mm x 170mm, 424pp, 79 full-colour photos. Co-authored by writer Siân Clement and River of Freedom filmmaker Gaylene Barnes, it dives deep into the heart of New Zealand's 2022 Parliament protest — our grassroots uprising against mandatory Covid vaccinations and the horrendous legislation that saw thousands of everyday Kiwis occupy the grounds in a bid for democratic reckoning and to end the divisive mandates.
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Once again, we have independently produced the book, like the film that inspired it, as book distributors and publishers have turned down the opportunity. Independence requires some hard work, and a garage :) GET YOUR COPY - $39
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We are thrilled with the quality of the book, we sought out a good printer, and have received some great reviews so far from a few folk:
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- “Heart of the Protest is a must-have for all of us who questioned the covid dictates and governmental oppression, a book which documents a unique and powerful chapter in the social and political life of Aotearoa New Zealand."
- "You've got testimonies of a large variety of people, which are quite invaluable."
- "I'm going to heartily recommend it to everyone. It's a wonderful book. I read it in one day. It was just a joy to read.”
- “What Heart of the Protest does is restore humanity to the hundreds of thousands who felt systematically dehumanised by government, media, and, sadly, sometimes even friends and family. It reminds us that every person present at that protest had a story to tell — each one different, yet bound by a common thread: the freedom to choose.”
- "It is a richly resourced and meticulously documented record of the genesis, gestation, and emergence of a moment in New Zealand history, expanding on Barnes’ feature-length documentary River of Freedom."
- “What impacted me most was the sense that the democratically elected leaders of this country—granted authority by many of the very people gathered on that lawn—had first taken away their rights, then their livelihoods, their dignity, and finally their humanity in the eyes of the wider public."
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Gaylene and Siân discuss the book with Maree Buske after her review.
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Sian discusses her inspiration from the Golden Bay community, and Grant asks some curly questions!
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We'll be keeping Wayne the Postman very busy this week!
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Warmest regards and aroha,
Gaylene Barnes, Siân Clement & the River of Freedom team
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