Heather Mackay: 13 books

One of a series on self-publishing from Mackay Books, this explains how to launch your print book and maximise sales. Learn how many books sell at launches, with promotional tools to boost pre-publicity. Find ideas for venues, catering, and timing. With this information your book launch will be an enjoyable event that will set you on the path to being a successful writer.

Violent abusive behaviours that shatter lives in a community have their roots in the past, meaning today we are dealing with intergenerational violence. With energy and determination, this generation can bring it to an end. Community Psychology simultaneously fixes individuals as it fixes communities....

Anyone who has dreamed of throwing off the shackles of everyday life and running away to sea will find this book invaluable. It paints a true picture of life on board - the highs and lows - and gives expert advice on avoiding the pitfalls that many novice sailors fall into. With a foreword...

A ferocious storm blows up, the steerage won’t function, and Captain Cut’EmDown and his crew on board the pirate ship, Rollicking Life, can do nothing but secure the ship and ride it out below deck. Next morning the seas are calm but a stench permeates the air. They have sailed into a ship...

John's a (FtM) transgender man. In 1950s UK, prejudice about sex change was rife. Joan helped, through private surgery, Jo’s change to John. Both emigrated to NZ, married, & lived happily until Joan’s death in 1989. ‘Second Chance’ is the sequel, a new love story. John, now retired, married...

David’s life story isn’t for the faint hearted, feeble minded or humourless. It exposes how life is for persons living with MS, dependant on the vagaries and mindless inconsistencies of State funded care and oft times compassionless bureaucracy.A gripping and roller-coaster read, you will be outraged,...

This book explores a variety of evidence pointing to a long-term pre-Maori inhabitation of New Zealand. It covers the movement of people from Africa, across Asia and down through the Pacific, tracing their route by demonstrating striking similarities of language and culture. Far from being divisive, the book encourages all native-born New Zealanders to think of themselves as one people.

Elements laying the foundations for the onset of mental illness abounded in Alan Mackie’s childhood and adolescence. Feeling unwanted, neglected, and emotionally and physically abused in his home, he became prey and a victim of childhood sexual abuse. A journey with drugs as his companion helped...

OVERCOMING BEARS is a story about the exhilaration of living in nature's remote places, the generosity and wisdom of some of North America's forgotten people, the horror of war and ultimately, how love and remorse can lead to insight. It maps a poignant tale of joy and pain, beginning in the 1880s...

Eleven year old James lives next door to Mrs Crabolli, also known as ‘Old Crabby’, a mysterious woman he believes may be up to no good. Could she really be eating the neighbourhood pets? Has she got a taste for… children? Could she possibly be capable of… murder? James and his friend Charlie...

Increasing age is no barrier to having fun or adventures. One merely tempers the adventure to suit the age. So whilst skydiving, hang gliding, scuba diving or climbing mountains get the adrenalin flowing for a 20 or 30 year old, these antics may not appeal to a 60 or 70 year old. It all depends upon...

Chris has retired in his middle years to a village where young Maoris are abundant. Accommodation is scarce and Chris has room for a boarder. Addiction? Bullshit? Humour? Beauty of body? Will his interest in Literature sustain Chris through all his dilemmas? Will he at last finish Book, small though it is?

Travel is a big part of our life. It was travel that brought Susan and me together in the first place. I had been playing cricket in the UK, Europe and South Africa in the late 1980s. Unbeknown to me then, Susan was in roughly the same parts of the planet at the same time. We both returned to New...