Postcard from “Maoriland”, 29th December 2005
Postcard to those left to mind the shop over the Christmas to New Year period from Simie Simpson, on holiday in “Maoriland”.
Postcard to those left to mind the shop over the Christmas to New Year period from Simie Simpson, on holiday in “Maoriland”.
Transcript: “The 2 new books are very interesting and informative. She also makes it sound so real. When people buy these books all the money goes to Comic relief. I…
Unity Books Wellington received many tributes to Alan Preston independent of those added to the official tribute book.
Alan Preston’s death, while not unexpected, caused ripples of sadness throughout the book industry and the wider communities he was a part of. The following is a selection of published…
Several people wrote to Alan Preston upon hearing he had entered the hospice. A selection below:
Postcard from Jess Hodgson, traveling in Beijing.
Not content with answering questions all day long, this mad lot went to a literary quiz one evening. The next day was quite special. Featuring Rob Kelly, Tilly Lloyd, Marcus…
Invitation to the retirement party for Colin Morris. Hawaiian shirts were worn, puns and other Dad-jokes and shaggy dog stories were told.
Kate De Goldi brought us a working galley (proof pages) of a project she was working on with Gecko Press – an anthology of commissioned work for 9-12 year olds…