An article about the possibility that the existence and behaviour of online-only book retailers may perversely have helped physical bookstores, by giving them the push they needed to examine their…
The invitation for the launch of A Distant Feast: The Origins of New Zealand’s Cuisine by Tony Simpson (Godwit), which was launched at Unity Books by radio personality Pam Corkery.
A busy meeting of procedure refinements, planning for a possible book club and congratulating staff for preventing two aspiring shoplifters from realising their dreams.
The NZ Book Council organised a multi-author event to showcase the writers shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize 1999. This was the programme.
A letter from Bridget Williams and John Schiff regarding the publication of a celebratory volume of Lauris Edmond’s poems.
In North & South magazine’s annual poll, we shared the honour of being “Best Bookshop” with seven others, all great.
Booksellers News reports on our win as Bookseller of the Year with a photo of our cheesy grins.
A collective effort, this food-themed selection of current and classic books accompanied a display (now long gone, with no photographic evidence).
1999 was a good year for Wellington-based book-people at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, with a Elizabeth Knox, Kate Camp, William Brandt and Vincent O’Sullivan all winning awards in…
Our autumn newsletter celebrates six months in the new (57 Willis Street) site, the enormous success of Elizabeth Knox’s The Vintner’s Luck (Victoria University Press) and other seasonal books and…
