“Books Fatal to their Authors” exhibition, National Library, 20th March onwards, 1993
Beheaded, exiled, murdered, whipped, burnt, mutilated, stabbed, imprisoned, starved or dead from grief. Who knew books could be so dangerous? (We knew).
Our History
Customs seizure dispute, 6th July 1992
Customs has seized a few books imported by Unity Books over the years, usually on the basis of “indecency” but this classification almost always been a thin veil for “homosexual…
Unity Auckland Christmas Party Invitation, 7th December 1991
Alan Preston’s invitation to Unity Auckland’s Christmas staff party.
Customs Seizure, 3rd March 1989
A series of communications from Customs regarding books they seized as they deemed them indecent by the laws of the time.
Ian Wedde advertisement, 8th October 1988
An advertisement for a lunchtime reading by Ian Wedde, from his collection Tendering (Auckland University Press).
Rosie Scott advertisement, 11th June 1988
Proof for an advertisement Unity Books and for Glory Days by Rosie Scott (Penguin Books), destined for publication in The Dominion.
This Big Face launch, 10th May 1988
An advertisement for a lunchtime reading from This Big Face, a new book of poems by Jenny Bornholdt (Victoria University Press).
“Service is Key” article, The Bookseller, 4th December 1987
An article in The Bookseller stresses the importance customers place on personal service in bookshops.
Keri Hulme, 12th March 1986
A newspaper advertisement for Keri Hulme’s Te Kaihau The Windeater (Victoria University Press).
Potiki, 1986
An advertisement from 1986 for Unity Books and the just-published Potiki by Patricia Grace.
