Summer Catalogue, 1998
Our picks of the season, Summer 1998.
Author Archives: Unity Wellington
Tilly Lloyd Interview, Fishhead Magazine, March 2014
The March 2014 edition of Wellington magazine Fishhead featured an article about Tilly Lloyd written by Graeme Tuckett.
Politics in the Politics section, 1st May 2005
Most of the shelving, sections and signs in our shop are pretty self-explanatory and uncontroversial. This one seems to have caused some internal debate.
Comrade Hodgson, 2002
When staff member Jess Hodgson went to China, she acquired a holographic badge of Chairman Mao for Alan Preston. I’m not sure how he took the comparison, but as a…
First Plastic Bag run, 2000
In 2000 we got our first run of customised plastic bags, featuring Nigel Cox’s text (riffing on Italo Calvino) and the names of several of our favourite local and international…
30th Festschrift printing quotes, 13th August 1997
To celebrate Unity’s 30th birthday a festschrift was proposed – here Matthew Oliver has shortlisted three possible printers and particularly recommends Wai-te-ata Press to Alan Preston.
The Art of Books, 23rd April 2013
We find that book titles and cover designs often converge on similar themes. Here’s one of our favourite “sets”.
Alex Mitcalfe Wilson, moving boxes, 13th March 2014
People don’t tend to believe us when we say that most bookshop work is manual labour, mainly heavy lifting. Here’s a little visual evidence: Alex with a box of books…
Fiona Kidman, The Violet Cafe launch review, 25th November 2003
The Violet Cafe by Fiona Kidman, published by Random House, was launched at Unity Books and afterwards Fiona Kidman had some kind things to say about the event on her…
Tilly’s Christmas Favourites, 11th December 1999
Tilly’s rave about her favourite books for Christmas 1999, as supplied to The Dominion.
