

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book Launch: d0u81e by Neil Sonnekus  
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 am
- **Event Description**: Join us as Neil Sonnekus reads extracts from Shooting the Pacific and Your Eye-D Please in his most recent book, dou81e.
 The book will also be available for sale - cash or bank transfer - on the day. 
The Book:
Shooting the Pacific
The only thing that’s keeping burnt-out undercover cop John Franks going is his teenage daughter, Allyson. But Ally is much more interested in boys – and chess. You know?
Your Eye-D Please
Peta Smith suddenly finds herself a fugitive after telling her boss he doesn’t look sorry for firing her. But then this is 2050. Welcome to Z, previously known as Aotearoa-New Zealand.
The author:
Neil Sonnekus is a lwriter, filmmaker, playwright, journalist, local bus driver and chess fanatic. His first novel, Son, which dealt with his father as a World War ll Prisoner of War, was long-listed for the Sunday Times Literary Award in South Africa in 2018. He won platinum and silver awards for a feature script and short film respectively in Houston, USA, in 2003.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/takapuna/book-launch-d0u81e-by-neil-sonnekus/200029517863834
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029517863834?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=takapuna-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Takapuna
- **state**: AU
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: 131 - 133 Ocean View Road, Auckland, New Zealand 1081
- **lat**: -36.78153
- **long**: 175.00767
- **full address**: 131 - 133 Ocean View Road, Auckland, New Zealand 1081, 133 Ocean View Rd, Oneroa, Waiheke Island 1081, New Zealand, Takapuna

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Waiheke Library (Waiheke) (https://allevents.in/org/waiheke-library-waiheke/19973964)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 131 - 133 Ocean View Road, Auckland, New Zealand 1081, 133 Ocean View Rd, Oneroa, Waiheke Island 1081, New Zealand, Takapuna
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Waiheke Library (Waiheke)
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, sports, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Book Launch: d0u81e by Neil Sonnekus   ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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