Cycling Solo - Ireland To Istanbul [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Brolga Pub. (2006)
• ISBN-10: 1920785922
• ISBN-13: 978-1920785925
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,144,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Meet the Author

Hazel Edwards (www.hazeledwards.com) has always been keen on books and ideas. An aqua-readaholic, she used to read in the bath. Now she listens to audio books in the car or while walking with her Ipod.

Hazel is a 2012 National Year of Reading Ambassador and recipient of the peer awarded 2009 Australian Society of Authors Medal.


Melbourne based, she tries out ideas on the 12 year old in her family and writes a story every birthday for her grandsons.

Best known for 'There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake', which was recently translated into Chinese, Hazel writes across media, for adults & children. Pocket Bonfire Productions have a short hippo film for the 30th anniversary, soon to premiere.Her web site www.hazeledwards.com has details of her Antarctic expedition publications. Hazel runs Non Boring Writing workshops for genealogists. Her 200 books have been translated into many languages. Appointed 2009 Nanjing-Aust cultural exchange author, she has e-mentored dual language stories.
Latest picture books include 'Flight of the Bumblebee with classical music CD, 'Plato the Platypus Plumber(part-time) ' and the new 'Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party.(2011 CBC Notable Book ) 'Difficult Personalities', co-written with Dr Helen Mc Grath (Penguin) has been reprinted and an USA edition is available plus Polish translation. Her controversial co-written YA novel about transitioning gender 'f2m;the boy within' has attracted international attention as a first due to Ryan Kennedy her ftm co-author.Recently included in 2011 The White Ravens top 250 chidlren's and YA books of the year. 4 part easy to read 'Duckstar' a satire about the performing arts, is co-written with director Christine Anketell and recently translated into Spanish and German.

Junior histories include the Aussie Heroes series, wartime surgeon ''Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop and eye doctor Fred Hollows.
E-book mystery literacy series 'Project Spy Kid' and 'The Frequent Flyer Twins' available for download

www.hazeledwards.com includes FAQs, notes, bios, bibliography and events.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure Travel Writing ; Cycling Solo, but co-writing a crafted ex-blog, March 3, 2011

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Trevelyan Edwards - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cycling Solo - Ireland To Istanbul (Paperback)

Many twenty- and thirty-somethings intend to "do" an extreme adventure, somewhere exotic, but most just dream or join the coach tour.

Cycling Solo: Ireland to Istanbul explores five months of cycling solo across Europe. From Ireland to Istanbul via the UK, France, Germany, the Swiss Alps, Serbia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey, with 9000 kilometres of forgettable camp-sites , punctures, falls and random kindnesses inbetween, this is a journey worth sharing.


Initially in a weblog format, this story has been edited and complemented by the occasional viewpoint of the family at home.Unusual for a mother and son to co-write.
Further details of the collaboration and photos at [...]

Aimed at those interested in adventure travel and imaginative problem solving, this book usually appeals to backpackers, travellers and those who enjoy 'being there'. But the crafted short blog entries and ironic captions make it appealing for those who like a quick read.