Rainbow Night, 11th August 2015
Unity were delighted to play host to a book review night in conjunction with Rainbow Wellington and Pink Ink. ‘The best LGBTIA books,’ Tilly Lloyd (Unity Books Wellington manager) told…
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Periodic Table of Unity Staff, 1st April 2002
A piece of packing material became a guide to the elements which make up Unity Books. See how many staff you can identify from their initials or nicknames. Other people…
Unity Books turns 35, September 2002
Our celebratory booklet for Unity’s 35th birthday contained a selection of books which remained strong in the minds of past and present staff. Click on the image for the full…
Proposed Fiona Kidman Launch, 25th March 1985
A letter to Alan Preston from Heinemann publisher P J Redgrove, suggesting a possible launch for Fiona Kidman’s poetry collection Going to the Chathams.
Writers at The Vault, from 22nd June 1991
Flier for a series of readings at the Vault featuring three writers each week. In association with Victoria University Press and Sport.
Alan Preston’s memory book, 7th September 2004
After Alan Preston’s death, Unity Books held a book for people to write about their memories of him, and to read about other people’s experiences.
Sport 45 Advertisement, 4th May 2017
Our advertisement for Sport 45 features a small child outside the shop dressed in almost the exactly the same way as the cardboard cut-out advertising Paul Beatty’s The Sellout inside…
The Shops Launch, 14th November 2016
It was touch and go as to whether this launch would go ahead – it was the day after the 7.8 Earthquake rocked Kaikoura and destroyed the nerves of many…
Unity Clan at the Quilter table, 14th May 2015
The Unity Clan at the Quilter table.
