Jo Harris letter, 27th January 1989
“Life is a Barrel of Fun” – A distressed new bookshop owner laments her fate as the list of things to do during the countdown to opening day increases while…
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20 Years Anniversary Festschrift, September 1987
In 1987 the shop turned 20 and produced this booklet to celebrate, incorporating “Unity” reminiscences from staff, customers, publishers and friends of the shop.
Alan Preston, 1985
Alan Preston wheels a trolley load of books into the shop at 40-42 Willis Street during Writer’s Week, 1985. Penguin Books’ Tony Harkins is on the left. He’s smiling because…
Alan Preston, 1983
Alan Preston in the office of 40-42 Willis Street, 1985.
Unity’s 45th Birthday Party, 15th September 2012
After the tills closed on our 45th Birthday Sale, the wine (and beer!) continued to flow. Tilly Lloyd gave a short speech (below) then opened the microphone to anyone who…
Pillar Graffiti, February – March 2011
Mid-renovations, Unity invited customers, staff and people from the book industry t graffiti the pillars in the new parts of the shop, and the response was enthusiastic and overwhelming. Those…
The Great Flood, 28th January 2015
As we were minding our afternoon business, we noticed a trickle of water coming in through the ceiling of the office. Dylan rushed upstairs to where renovations were taking place…
