El Dia Fue Hecho Para Caminar
January 11, 2021The Day was Made for Walking ( El Dia Fue Hecho Para Caminar
January 11, 2021My book The Day was Made for Walking is now available in Spanish in an e-version.
El Dia Fue Hecho Para Caminar ( Buscando el Significado en el Camino de Santiago) Available at Google Play, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple and Tolino.
Thank you to my translator Julio Lopez.
Keep Pressing On, Brother
September 8, 2020The death by suicide of Maris, his beloved wife of forty-two years, changed everything for Noel Braun. In his struggle to rediscover himself, he sought structure and meaning in the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, the ancient pilgrimage route to Santiago in the north-west of Spain. In 2010, at the age of seventy-seven, he undertook his first pilgrimage.
He soon found that one Camino was not enough. Noel had to keep seeking. His yearning was like an addiction or a contagion, a virus infection. What drew him back? It could have been the extraordinary scenery of France, Portugal and Spain, the challenge of endurance walking hundreds of kilometers, the call of many languages, the chance to delve into history and deeper meaning of the land he was traversing.
Perhaps it was the call of the Spirit, luring him into the unknown where he had to rely on a strength greater than his own to persevere. Perhaps, it was the camaraderie, the chance to meet many people of different languages and cultures, to hear their stories and to make lifelong friendships.
Noel’s passion did not abate. He had to keep walking. He continued his pilgrimage in 2011, 2013 and 2015. These explorations of the Camino are described in his earlier books The Day was Made for Walking and I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking.
Keep Pressing On, Brother is his third book in a series of memoires detailing his Camino pilgrimage. The reader soon discovers there is far more to pilgrimage than simply visiting places. The physical and the spiritual blend with ancient and the modern. What is truly remarkable about Noel’s story told in these memoires is not just the deep spiritual journey at their heart but also the fact that Noel is well into his eighties.
Friend and Philosopherr
July 11, 2018
Friend and Philosopher, my first novel, was very well received when it was published in 2004. It had two print runs and sold out. it is now available in a revised edition but it tells the same compelling story which ensured its success on first publication. Order a copy from my website http://www.noelbraun.com.au
Purchasers of Friend and Philosopher can obtain a free copy of my second novel Whistler Street.
I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking
May 24, 2017My new book I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking is now available. It continues the spiritual and physical journey begun in my earlier book The Day was Made for Walking along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, the ancient pilgrimages routes across Europe to Santiago in north-west Spain.
Here is one review:
“Loved this story, so uplifting and encouraging. Beautifully written. The people he meets and the places he visits are so well described that you can imagine you are accompanying him on his journey. A gem of a book, keep on walking, Noel, your spirit shines through and reaches out to us. An absolute treasure!” -Alison Lewis, author Seasons of Life and Missing.
To order a copy, go to my website http://www.noelbraun.com.au
I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking
May 24, 2017My new book I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking is now available. It continues my physical and spiritual journey along the Camino de Santiago, the ancient pilgrimage routes which make their way across Europe to Santiago in the north west of Spain. Here is one review:
“Loved this story, so uplifting and encouraging. Beautifully written. The people he meets and the places he visits are so well described that you can imagine him on his journey. A gem of a book, keep on walking, Noel, your spirit shines through and reaches out to us. An absolute treasure!” Alison Lewis, author Seasons of Life and Missing.
To order a copy, go to my website: http://www.noelbraun.com.au
My latest book
February 7, 2017I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking
February 6, 2017
This is the front cover of my latest book I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking soon to be available from my website http://www.noelbraun.com.au My Camino journey and search for meaning continues.
I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking
February 6, 2017This is the front cover of my latest book I Guess I’ll Just Keep on Walking soon to be available from my website http://www.noelbraun.com.au My Camino journey and search for meaning continues.
New Book on the Way
December 5, 2016It’s been nearly three years since my last book The Day was Made for Walking. I’ve been very pleased with its reception. I’ve received many emails from readers thanking me. That book was about my physical and spiritual journeys walking the Camino de Santiago through France and Spain. Since then, I have walked two more Camino routes through France and Portugal. These latter journeys are the subject matter of my new book, currently with the publisher and hopefully available early next year. Thanks to everyone who read and enjoyed my earlier books. They are available on my website http://www.noelbraun.com.au
Noel Braun 