Author Archives: Unity Wellington

Bark by Lorrie Moore
Fiction
February 22, 2014 posted by Unity Wellington

Bark by Lorrie Moore

Reviewing anything by an author as established as Moore requires a little extra perspective, especially if you care about her body of work as a whole. Moore’s last collection of…

Lunchtime poetry reading with Jen Hadfield
Event
February 15, 2014 posted by Unity Wellington

Lunchtime poetry reading with Jen Hadfield

Come along to the shop from 12 to 12.45 on Thursday 27 February and hear T.S Eliot Prize winner, Shetland-based poet   Jen Hadfield Read from her new book Byssus…

Jarrod Gilbert
Interviews
January 8, 2014 posted by Unity Wellington

Jarrod Gilbert

There’s something voyeuristically thrilling about knowing what other people’s reading habits are. The Reader is a brief interview inspired by the Proust Questionnaire which itself was inspired by a 19th…

Unity Books Auckland Staff Picks for 2013
Fiction
December 20, 2013 posted by Unity Wellington

Unity Books Auckland Staff Picks for 2013

At Unity Books Auckland, we’ve read so many terrific books this year that it has been difficult for each of us to pick our final shortlist. Here are our staff…

Sarah Laing
Interviews
December 13, 2013 posted by Unity Wellington

Sarah Laing

There’s something voyeuristically thrilling about knowing what other people’s reading habits are. The Reader is a brief interview inspired by the Proust Questionnaire, which was itself inspired by a 19th…

Summer Newsletter 2013 – #50
Newsletters
December 12, 2013 posted by Unity Wellington

Summer Newsletter 2013 – #50

Hello lovelies. If you’ve been around town and visited either of our stores, you’ll have noticed how busy we’ve been. Great to see so many people buying books at this…

Just in time: News about Gift Vouchers
Counter Culture
December 1, 2013 posted by Unity Wellington

Just in time: News about Gift Vouchers

Exciting news, dear book lovers. We’ve made an addition to our online store recently: you can now buy Unity vouchers, Booksellers tokens, and the Wellington-based Culture Vulture vouchers and have…