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”.
Tag Archives: 1999
“The Pot Thickens”, by Frances Walsh, The Listener, 18th December 1999
An article in The Listener assessing the impact of Borders opening in Auckland. In an interesting pair of forecasts, Flying Pig founder predicts independent bookstores as the likely losers, while…
Inspirational Quote from David Lascelles, 23rd December 1999
David Lascelles dropped this quotation in to Unity Books during the Christmas countdown in 1999. .
The New Colenso Guide to Enjoying Summer, 1999
Advertising agency New Colenso asked us to contribute our “best summer reads” for this compilation of fun things to do in the sun. We’ve extracted the relevant pages, and some…
Tilly’s Christmas Favourites, 11th December 1999
Tilly’s rave about her favourite books for Christmas 1999, as supplied to The Dominion.
David Williams book signing, 7th May 1999
Flyer for a book signing at Unity Books for Te Kooti Tango Whenua: The Native Land Court 1864-1909 by David Williams, published by Huia Publishing.
Unity Books National Poetry Day Competition, 16th July 1999
A notice in the Sunday Star-Times about Unity Wellington’s National Poetry day event. Customers could vote for their favourite New Zealand poem with the chance to win a magnum of…
NZ Post Writers and Readers Bookseller Network, 18th October 1999
In preparation for Writers & Readers Week 2000, Unity set up a network of independent bookshops to ensure books for the festival would be available nationwide – a condition of…
Note from Jessica Hodgson, 27th March 1999
The benefits of having staff who write or are related to writers is demonstrated here. Jessica Hodgson was able to phone her grandfather, Lloyd Geering, to help supply a customer…
Commonwealth Writers Showcase, 29th April 1999
A reading from six finalists for the Commonwealth Writers Prize 1999, with Marion Molteno, Lawrence Scott, Catherine Chidgey, Manju Kapur, Benjamin Kwakye and Kerri Sakamoto. Ultimately the prize was won…
