“Greens open-minded on imports vote”, The Dominion, 18th May 2000
The Dominion reports on moves to tighten the rules around parallel importing of goods into New Zealand.
NZ Book Trade
“Mailorder with knobs on”, The Bookseller, 31st March 2000
An article in The Bookseller features a quote which could have, but didn’t, come straight from Alan Preston: “The internet is just an extension of the telephone and the telephone…
“Blue Star regrouping mooted as Whitcoulls battles”, National Business Review, 17th March 2000
Chris Baty sent us a copy of this National Business Review article discussing the fortunes and dynamics of Whitcoulls and associated businesses.
Roger Hall’s The Book Club, 3rd December 1999
When Circa staged Roger Hall’s The Book Club they came to Unity to borrow books to dress the set.
National Library listing, 24th November 1999
Our “30 years of Unity Books” catalogue had its own entry into the National Library catalogue. Very exciting!
Listener Women’s Book Festival, 2nd – 10th October 1999
The programme for the Listener Women’s Book Festival 1999.
Jo Breese farewell, 1st September 1999
An invitation from Booksellers NZ to a farewell for Jo Breese.
“My Word” article, Unlimited magazine, 1st July 1999
An article about the possibility that the existence and behaviour of online-only book retailers may perversely have helped physical bookstores, by giving them the push they needed to examine their…
Commonwealth Showcase, 29th April 1999
The NZ Book Council organised a multi-author event to showcase the writers shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize 1999. This was the programme.
Lauris Edmond celebratory publication, 18th March 1999
A letter from Bridget Williams and John Schiff regarding the publication of a celebratory volume of Lauris Edmond’s poems.
