Requests for our 35th Birthday catalogue, 13th February 2003
Our 35th Birthday catalogue was very popular with customers. Because we obtained an ISBN for it, we also got requests from various institutions.
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Bill Sewell’s death notice, 29th January 2003
This death notice for Bill Sewell appeared in the Dominion Post.
Catherine Griffiths awarded Terry Stringer Award, 12th September 2002
Catherine Griffiths emailed us to let us know that her sculptures for the Wellington Writers Work had earned her the Terry Stringer Award at the BEST Design Awards, and to…
Morris Minor launch invitation, 6th July 2002
Tilly Lloyd was invited to attend Capital Books for the launch of The New Zealand Morris Minor Story by Reiner Schoenbrunn (Transpress).
The Velveteen Rabbit, a classic, 19th March 2002
Anna Rogers requested a few words about a book “too good to be forgotten” from Tilly Lloyd, who obliged with the following rave about The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams…
Planning the 35th anniversary catalogue, 2002
Simie Simpson’s checklist of books, authors & reviewers (and whether the reviews had yet been written). This was part of the preparation for the “books that stand the test of…
Kay from BDNZ retires, 2002
A “happy retirement” fax from the crew at Unity Books to Kay at Book Distribution New Zealand. She really was the Queen of customer services.
VUP Christmas Party, 20th December 2001
The invitation for the Victoria University Press Christmas Party used the cover of The Swing Around by Barbara Anderson (VUP) as the background image.
Festival Seminars, February 2001
The Centre for Continuing Education at Victoria University of Wellington ran a series of seminars prior to the start of the 2001 International Festival of the Arts so that potential…
Bestsellers for December 2001
Our bestsellers from the month of December 2001.
