Rainbow Review Night, 16th August 2012
A semi-annual event run in conjunction with Rainbow Wellington, Rainbow review night consists of staff & customers speed-reviewing the most important new queer books. Photography by Marta Starosta.
Events
Giancarlo De Cataldo event, 29th November 2016
Barbara Pezzotti of Istituto Italiano di Cultura chaired a conversation between visiting author Giancarlo De Cataldo, author of Romanzo Criminale and New Zealand’s Paul Thomas. This event was organised in…
Marina Lewycka event, 13th February 2007
Notice of an event with Marina Lewycka at Wellington Girls’ College, chaired by Heather McKenzie of Victoria University Press.
Nicci French Beneath the Skin event, 27th February 2001
Invitation for Meet-the-authors event. Partners In Crime was a chance to meet writing duo Nicci Gerrard & Sean French – co-authors (as Nicci French) of Beneath the Skin and other…
National Poetry Day, 28th August 2015
On National Poetry Day 2015, Unity Books hosted 6 Poets in 60 Minutes, featuring the poets Geoff Cochrane, Joan Fleming, Anna Jackson, Nina Powles, Helen Rickerby and Chris Tse reading…
NZ Book Month Event, 15th March 2013
Invitation for and photos from a NZ Book Month event featuring authors Kate De Goldi, Emily Perkins and Lloyd Jones each discussing two books they’ve recently found impressive.
On Song event, 12th November 2012
Invitation to & photos from a lunchtime conversation between ex-record-shop owner and music reviewer Colin Morris and music writer Simon Sweetman about Sweetman’s book On Song: Stories Behind New Zealand’s…
National Poetry Day, 22nd August 2014
Invitation to and photographs from NZ National Poetry Day 2014. We had seven poets read – all published by Victoria University Press.
Sebastian Hampson lunchtime event, 12th June 2014
Sebastian Hampson, author of The Train to Paris, published by Text Publishing, discussed his work with Tracey Bridges at a lunchtime event.
Guillermo Del Toro signing, 8th July 2009
Guillermo Del Toro came to sign copies of his books at Unity, and people queued for hours. Staff were more than a little star-struck. The logistics for Guillermo Del Toro’s…
