History Table Shelving Map, 2000
Damian Skinner created this map to help with shelving various topics thematically within the history section of the shop. It’s somewhat telling that a large proportion is “War war war…
Our History
Book Page, Capital Times, October 1999
The October 1999 book page of Capital Times features an article about new poetry book Lemon by James Brown (Victoria University Press); a write-up of the Unity launch of New…
Advertisement, Sport magazine, October 1999
The concept and final advertisement from the October 1999 issue of Sport.
“Whitcoulls: more than just books in market share war” article by Karyn Scherer, New Zealand Herald, 27th May 1999
An interview with Fran Stanley, then the new general manager of Whitcoulls, about the challenges facing the company and the industry, and how she planned to tackle them.
Toi Whakaari NZ monologues, 18th -22nd May 1999
Unity staff member Susannah Radford performed in this series of monologues by Toi Whakaari : New Zealand Drama School students. “The mouth is the most dangerous part of a person”.
International Suppliers, 7th December 1998
Our request for drafts in foreign currencies to pay our international suppliers in 1998.
AFTERGLOW: A Way with Words by Chris Maclean
A crowd of friends, family and publishing doyens gathered in Unity Books on the evening of Tuesday 27th March to help launch Chris Maclean’s latest book A Way with Words,…
Title Inquiry Screen, 28th October 1998
A screenshot of a title enquiry screen from 1998 features Love & a Wooden Spoon by Charmain Solomon, with whom we had an event later in the year.
Live Bodies launch wrap-up, 20th March 1998
A thank-you note from Kay at Book Distributors New Zealand, thanking Heather McKenzie for her work on an event for the publication of Live Bodies by Maurice Gee, published by…
“Publishers off to Bookworm Fair”, The Evening Post, 10th October 1997
Fergus Barrowman poses with Victoria University Press books in this article about preparations for the Frankfurt Book Fair.
