Landfall 229 Advertisement, 26th March 2016
We usually use a picture of a reading child for our Landfall advertisements, but here we appear to have opted to use a photo of a small dragon instead.
Author Archives: Unity Wellington
Karena & Kasey Bird: Hungry event, 29th November 2016
Karena and Kasey Bird gave a lunchtime talk and signed copies of their second self-published cookbook Hungry: Food, Travel, Experience. We were all Hungry after they finished describing some of…
Bookseller of the Year, 2002
Tilly Lloyd, Alan Preston, Heather McKenzie and Damian Skinner celebrate Unity being named Thorpe Bowker Bookseller of the Year in 2002.
In Love With These Times, 9th September 2016
Invitation to and photographs from the launch of In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun records by Roger Shepherd, published by HarperCollins and launched at Unity Books…
Damian Skinner letter, 1st September 1998
A letter to Unity Staff from Damian Skinner detailing his adventures up and down the country, complete with day-time TV, bogan-shaming and hot salt pool swimming.
Havana Coffee book launch, 21st November 2016
Invitation to and photographs from the launch of Coffee U Feel: The Havana Coffee Works Story by Geoff Marsland with Tom Scott, published by Phantom House and launched at Unity…
Goneville launch, 16th December 2016
Invitation to and photographs from the launch of Goneville by Nick Bollinger, published by Awa Press.
Fighting to Choose, 5th July 2016
Staff were horrified when an alarmist and misogynistic anti-abortion advertisement was given prominence in Capital magazine. We considered various responses, including pulling our advertising, but ultimately decided to create an…
Fat Science Launch, 21st April 2016
Photographs from the launch of Fat Science: Why Diets and Exercise Don’t Work – and What Does by Robyn Toomath, published by Auckland University Press and launched at Unity Books…
Extraordinary Anywhere launch, 26th July 2016
Invitation to and photographs from the launch of Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays on Place from Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Ingrid Horrocks and published by Victoria University Press.
