AFTERGLOW: A Way with Words by Chris Maclean
A crowd of friends, family and publishing doyens gathered in Unity Books on the evening of Tuesday 27th March to help launch Chris Maclean’s latest book A Way with Words,…
Events
Live Bodies launch wrap-up, 20th March 1998
A thank-you note from Kay at Book Distributors New Zealand, thanking Heather McKenzie for her work on an event for the publication of Live Bodies by Maurice Gee, published by…
Accordion Crimes, 28th June 1996
In June 1996, Unity Books celebrated the publication of Accordion Crimes with accordion music – which should be a crime!
David Williams book signing, 7th May 1999
Flyer for a book signing at Unity Books for Te Kooti Tango Whenua: The Native Land Court 1864-1909 by David Williams, published by Huia Publishing.
Armistead Maupin launch, 2nd February 1993
Armistead Maupin, author of the Tales of The City series, came to Unity Books to read from his stand-alone novel Maybe the Moon, before he headed down to Akaroa to…
Maori Boy event, 2nd December 2014
Invitation to a discussion between Witi Ihimaera and Paul Diamond about Ihimaera’s first volume of autobiography, Maori Boy, published by Penguin Random House.
Goethe Institut Award Ceremony, 13th September 2012
Invitation for and pictures from the presentation of the Goethe Institut writing competition “Once Upon a Time: Grimm Fairy Tales for Aotearoa New Zealand”. Photography by Matt Bialostocki.
Alan Brunton event, 14th February 2002
An invitation to the launch of Ecstasy by Alan Brunton, published by Bumper Books and launched at “A Night for Romance” on Valentine’s Day at The Space, Newtown, with musical…
Kristin Hersh at Bodega, 28th August 2014
Unity staff were delighted to have the chance to sell Kristin Hersh’s memoir Paradoxical Undressing and Pugatory/Paradise a double album with photographs, lyrics and essays at her event at Bodega.
National Poetry Day, 16th August 2013
For National Poetry day 2013, we took excerpts from some of our favourite New Zealand poems and wrote them all over the shop windows.
