Gecko “Annual” Endorsement, 10 March 2016
Kate De Goldi brought us a working galley (proof pages) of a project she was working on with Gecko Press – an anthology of commissioned work for 9-12 year olds…
NZ Book Trade
Industry Awards & The House of Reed, 12th August 2005
News from Booksellers NZ: The Industry Awards winners and an announcement of a new book of trade history – The House of Reed 1907-1983: Great Days in New Zealand Publishing…
Philip King visit, May 2002
Communication between Alan Preston and Philip King of University Bookshop Canterbury. They were planning a refit for their 30th birthday and hoped to gain some ideas about physical layout and…
Culture Vulture Voucher scheme, 26th November 2013
As part of a community-and-trade building exercise, Unity made an arrangement with two other independent Wellington businesses – Slow Boat Records and Aro Video – to each sell vouchers that…
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.
“Wormholes” Bookshop article, Sunday Star-Times, 21st January 2001
Iain Sharp writes about bookshops in the Sunday Star-Times: “…many take books seriously. My idea of the perfect holiday is driving the length and breadth of the country, checking out…
Women’s Studies Newsletter, 2000
The “Browsing” column in the Women’s Studies Newsletter written and curated by staff member Anne Holleron.
Book Council Event Newsletter, 22nd May 2001
NZ Book Council events in May 2001: Jane Smiley talked with Bill Manhire; David Malouf with Stephen Harris; Edward Rutherfurd with Harry Ricketts and Amy Tan with Mai Chen.
Eleanor Catton wins the ManBooker Prize, 15th October 2013
We were listening to the live BBC broadcast and were thrilled when we learned that Eleanor Catton was awarded the ManBooker prize for her novel The Luminaries, published by Victoria…
