Alice Walker & Keri Hulme event, 12th March 1989
An advertisement for an event with Alice Walker and Keri Hulme, part of Writers & Readers Week.
Tag Archives: 1989
Unity Books in Auckland, 20th February 1989
An advertisement for the opening of Unity Books Auckland.
Xmas advertisement, 1989
Channeling seasonal tension, this was our Christmas advertisement in 1989.
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.
Our Own Country Launch, 4th May 1989
An invitation to the launch for Our Own Country: Leading New Zealand Women Writers talk about their writing and their lives, published by Penguin Books and launched by Sue Kedgley….
Hodder & Stoughton Opening Account, 7th March 1989
A letter to Jo Harris & Nigel Cox from M L Stuart of Hodder & Stoughton confirming the establishment of a new account, and setting out terms of trade.
Penguin Terms of Trade negotiations, 27th January 1989
A very gentlemanly negotiation between Alan Preston and Tony Harkins of Penguin Books about credit, discounts and payment terms with regard to the opening of the Auckland shop.
Sue Harris and Claire Ainsworth, 1989
Sue Harris and Claire Ainsworth in the office at Perrett’s Corner.
Alan Preston, A Postcard from France, 6th September 1989
Alan Preston sends a postcard to staff from a rare overseas holiday in France, noting literary sites such as the Left Bank and Shakespeare & Co. Bookshop in Paris.
Jo Harris letter, 27th January 1989
“Life is a Barrel of Fun” – A distressed new bookshop owner laments her fate as the list of things to do during the countdown to opening day increases while…
