Author pays it forward

Tim Hawken has completed the final stage of a three-stop tour to launch his latest novel, If Kisses Cured Cancer, with the second launch taking place at Torquay’s Bottle of Milk on May 18.

Guests were able to purchase signed copies of the book throughout the evening with proceeds going towards the Love Your Sister foundation in recognition of the work they do for cancer.

Mr Hawken said despite not reaching his initial goal of $10,000, he was happy with the end result and being able to give something back after receiving support when his own wife had cancer.

“All went really well, I’ve now completed the three-stop tour and we managed to raise $6,615 for Love Your Sister all up. This fell short of our initial goal, but I’m still stoked to be able to provide those funds towards cancer research.

“The book is being received really well by all of those who have read it, which is lovely too. Lots of people commenting on the similarity of the fictional town of Ocean Heads to Torquay and the Surf Coast in general, it’s nice to see people resonating with it.

“I dropped a bunch of signed copies in at Torquay Books before I left too, so if anyone missed out on the night, they can still get a nice little special-edition copy there.”