Shop Staff, 1990
From the shop photo album, 1990 edition:
Our History
Jo Harris letter, 27th January 1989
“Life is a Barrel of Fun” – A distressed new bookshop owner laments her fate as the list of things to do during the countdown to opening day increases while…
Vincent O’Sullivan Launch, 1st June 1988
Invitation to the launch of issue 9/10 of untold – a journal of New Zealand literature, published by untold books and launched by Vincent O’Sullivan at Unity Books.
20 Years Anniversary Festschrift, September 1987
In 1987 the shop turned 20 and produced this booklet to celebrate, incorporating “Unity” reminiscences from staff, customers, publishers and friends of the shop.
Alan Preston, 1985
Alan Preston wheels a trolley load of books into the shop at 40-42 Willis Street during Writer’s Week, 1985. Penguin Books’ Tony Harkins is on the left. He’s smiling because…
Alan Preston, 1983
Alan Preston in the office of 40-42 Willis Street, 1985.
NZ Book Council Newsletter, 1979
The editorial for the December Issue of the NZ Book Council newsletter sums up progress and projects aspirations and challenges for the book industry as the 1970s become the 1980s….
NZ Book Council Market Research, 1979
In 1979, the New Zealand Book Council commissioned an analysis of the book-buying habits of the public. The results re-assert the findings of previous surveys “that personal recommendations have more…
Good Reading, 2nd October 1978
Article in the Evening Post, “Good Reading”. Locally published books are reaching a market, accounting for 15-20 percent of bookshops’ retail turnover, due to specific content and favourable pricing compared…
