Summer Catalogue, December 1999
Our selection of the best books for the Summer of 1999-2000.
Our History
Tilly Lloyd reviews, Sunday Star-Times, 1999
Tilly Lloyd wrote these reviews for the Sunday Star-Times.
Thorpe Bowker Industry Awards 1997
Both Wellington and Auckland won, were runners-up or were nominated for many categories in the 1997 D W Thorpe Book Industry Awards (nominated by book publishers). In 1997, Unity Auckland…
Seven-day trading, October 1997
Unity Books moved to trading seven days a week in October 1997. This is the newsletter announcing the change, along with various other events and new books.
“Stationery & bookstores” sector analysis in Retail magazine, November 1997
An in-depth article about developments in the bookshop scene examines both chains and independent stores in Retail magazine.
Christmas Hours 1997
A poster with illustrations by Gregory O’Brien sets out our Christmas hours, with a selection of suggestions for Christmas buying on the reverse.
30th Birthday Sale, 6th September 1997
A newsletter advertising our 30th birthday sale, upcoming events and new publications.
Political Parties and Bookshops analogy, Brian Easton, 29th July 1996
A paper presented at Booksellers Conference by Brian Easton compares the variety of bookshops to the then small selection of political parties contesting the imminent election and draws some interesting…
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.
