Alex Mitcalfe-Wilson birthday invitation, October 15th 2013
The mysterious Jesus Franco issues a directive: Come to Alex’s party!
The mysterious Jesus Franco issues a directive: Come to Alex’s party!
People don’t tend to believe us when we say that most bookshop work is manual labour, mainly heavy lifting. Here’s a little visual evidence: Alex with a box of books…
For National Poetry day 2013, we took excerpts from some of our favourite New Zealand poems and wrote them all over the shop windows.
One of our biggest, most exciting launches ever – for Eleanor Catton’s second book The Luminaries, published by Victoria University Press. This book went on to attract many prizes, including…
The invitation for and photos from the launch of Paikea: The Life of I L G Sutherland by Oliver Sutherland, published by Canterbury University Press and launched by Tim Beaglehole…
We Will Work With You: Wellington Media Collective 1978-1998 Mark Derby, Jenny Rouse & Ian Wedde, Victoria University Press ($60) This beautiful book is an important record of New Zealand’s…
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Andersen Press ($20) Sherman Alexie is an awesome and talented human being. He is a poet, film-maker and novelist for…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, Pocket Books ($28) Stephen Chbosky’s Perks of Being a Wallflower is a book as startling as it is affecting. It‘s the story…
Washday at the Pa Ans Westra & Mark Amery, Suite Publishing ($25) Washday at the Pa is a central text of New Zealand photographic history and one whose reputation has…