Author Nick Norman, right, in conversation with radio talk show host and twitcher John Maytham. Picture: Karen Watkins.
Franschhoek author Nick Norman launched his fifth book, The Woodpecker Mystery: The inevitability of the improbable, at the V&A Waterfront Exclusive Books on Wednesday October 25. He was in conversation with radio talk show host and twitcher John Maytham. An exploration geologist by profession and keen birder by hobby, Mr Norman set off on a “bio-geography” investigation after seeing a woodpecker in Brazil, where he was working at the time, which was strikingly similar to those he knew in South Africa.
From left, Chris Norman, of Gardens; Barry and Sandy Matthews, from Rondebosch; and Savannah Wilson, from Vredehoek. Picture: Karen Watkins.Les and Rob Sproul, from Durbanville, with Sue Norman, from Franschhoek. Picture: Karen Watkins.Janice Evans, of Tamboerskloof, with Helen de Villiers, of Claremont. Picture: Karen Watkins.Caron Joubert, of Tamboerskloof; Melissa Norman, of Gardens, and author Nick Norman, of Franschhoek. Picture: Karen Watkins.John Roff, of KwaZulu-Natal, gets his book signed by Nick Norman. Picture: Karen Watkins.Toby and Andrea Woodrow, from Panorama. Picture: Karen Watkins.Alewijn Joubert, from Tamboerskloof, with Michael Reitz, from Lakeside. Picture: Karen Watkins.Eugene and Alice Moll, from Kirstenhof. Picture: Karen Watkins.Jone and Johan Meyer came from Strand. Picture: Karen Watkins.Craig and Meryl Smith, from Hout Bay, with John Rogers, from Newlands. Picture: Karen Watkins.Phil Rogers, from Newlands, with Anne-Marie Koester, from Germany. Picture: Karen Watkins.Adam Harrow, from Kirstenbosch, with Adré Marshall, from Kenilworth. Picture: Karen Watkins.
