Bushline: Book Launch - Nelson Arts Festival

Bushline: Book Launch with Robbie Burton

Join us to celebrate the launch of Robbie Burton’s new memoir, Bushline, a deeply personal memoir in which he pays homage to a life shaped by the power of the landscape of Aotearoa. Hosted by Annette Lees.

Robbie Burton is a tramper and book publisher, who has had a life-long love of the Aotearoa mountains.

In this memoir he recalls a childhood in which the natural world played a central part, and led to a youthful obsession with tramping, skiing and mountaineering. Over his long career at the helm of Potton & Burton, one of the largest independent publishers in Aotearoa, he has grown this interest by publishing many significant books about the outdoors and our natural history.

Bushline is a blend of reflection about the backcountry and the people who inhabit it, the authors who write about it and the books they have produced, as well as an inside view of independent publishing in Aotearoa. Ultimately, though, it is a deeply personal book about family and belonging, and how a life has been shaped by the power of the landscape of Aotearoa.

Burton will give a short talk in the Suter Theatre, featuring some of the most stunning images he has published, then Annette Lees will facilitate a conversation with Robbie about his life.

Join us in the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū foyer afterwards for book signings and refreshments.

This event is part of the 2022 Nelson Arts Festival.