We were listening to the live BBC broadcast and were thrilled when we learned that Eleanor Catton was awarded the ManBooker prize for her novel The Luminaries, published by Victoria University Press. Bubbles flowed and the phone rang hot – both with customer orders and with urgent re-orders to cope with demand.
We let the wider world in on the exciting news.
Our re-order was too big for the stockroom and overflowed into the office.
