Review

The Emperor Waltz by Philip Hensher
Review
July 10, 2014 posted by Unity Wellington

The Emperor Waltz by Philip Hensher

Follow the link to hear Tilly Lloyd’s Radio New Zealand review for The Emperor Waltz by Philip Hensher. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2602147/book-review-the-emperor-waltz The Emperor Waltz is available in store and from our online…

My Salinger Year by Joanna Rackoff
Biography
June 6, 2014 posted by Unity Wellington

My Salinger Year by Joanna Rackoff

Follow the link to hear Tilly Lloyd’s Radio New Zealand review for My Salinger Year by Joanna Rackoff. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2598676/book-review-my-salinger-year My Salinger Year is available in store and from our online…

Bark by Lorrie Moore
Fiction
February 22, 2014 posted by Unity Wellington

Bark by Lorrie Moore

Reviewing anything by an author as established as Moore requires a little extra perspective, especially if you care about her body of work as a whole. Moore’s last collection of…

Unity Books Auckland Staff Picks for 2013
Fiction
December 20, 2013 posted by Unity Wellington

Unity Books Auckland Staff Picks for 2013

At Unity Books Auckland, we’ve read so many terrific books this year that it has been difficult for each of us to pick our final shortlist. Here are our staff…

HHhH by Laurent Binet
Fiction
August 30, 2013 posted by Unity Wellington

HHhH by Laurent Binet

There are so many stories written in and of Prague that the city’s streets – both real and imagined – are teeming with plots and characters. Perhaps aware of the…

Zone of the Marvelous by Martin Edmond
Art
August 23, 2013 posted by Unity Wellington

Zone of the Marvelous by Martin Edmond

‘He’s constantly demonstrating that the natural world is as splendiferous as any fable.’ – Jim Shepard, New York Times. The antipodes existed in the imagination of Europe far before it ever became…

Building Stories by Chris Ware
Art
April 28, 2013 posted by Unity Wellington

Building Stories by Chris Ware

Chris Ware’s Building Stories is truly commanding. It has exceeded all expectations of not only his own work (which is itself an incredible achievement) but also the entire graphic novel…