Whitcoulls buys London Bookshops Chain, 1993
Unity Books took a pro-active approach, outlined below, on learning that Whitcoulls had purchased the London Bookshops chain.
NZ Book Trade
Nigel Cox death notice, Stuff website, 28th July 2006
A screenshot of Stuff’s coverage of Nigel Cox’s death.
Importing letter by Nigel Cox 27th June 1990
After his position on importing of titles for which there is no speedy local supply available appeared to be watered down fin the written minutes from the Booksellers Association conference,…
Press release, 25th July 2002
In 2002, Unity Books and other bookshops including members of some chains, discovered that a group of publishers were investigating selling direct to libraries at larger discounts than they offered…
“Under the Sun”, article about Nigel Cox, Listener, 22nd July 2006
Denis Welch profiles Nigel Cox for The Listener, after his novel The Cowboy Dog (Victoria University Press) was shortlisted for the fiction prize in the Montana Book Awards.
Montana Awards and more, 22nd July 2003
A meeting agenda including the press release about the books shortlisted for the Montana NZ Book Awards, a list of titles we were stocking for a celebrants conference, information about…
“Tribulations of the Tribunal” article, Comment magazine, December 1979
Lauris Edmond writes about the procedures and decisions of the Indecent Publications Tribunal, in Comment magazine.
Elizabeth Knox’s desk, Capital Day, 23rd February 2017
Elizabeth Knox’s desk makes an appearance on the Capital Day page of the Dominion Post. Knox’s The Vintner’s Luck is one of our record-breaking bestsellers.
James McNeish Obituary, Dominion Post,11th November 2016
Author and customer James McNeish passed away just shortly before the Kaikoura 7.8 quake shook the country. His obituary appeared in the Dominion Post.
Bookshop Day Competition thanks, 29th October 2016
After running a competition on Bookshop Day in which you could win your favourite book, one of the winners wrote us this lovely thank-you note.
