“And the Winner is Airini Beautrais” by Kiran Dass, Newsroom, 12th May, 2021
Former Unity Books staff member Kiran Dass was one of the judges for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. In this article from Newsroom, she discusses the decision to…
Author Archives: Unity Wellington
Interview | David Vann
David Vann’s a prolific writer currently renovating a boat in California whose books have been published in 23 languages and in more than 50 countries. For the lockdown edition of…
Interview | Carl Shuker
Carl Shuker is a former editor at the British Medical Journal and the author of four novels. His latest, A Mistake, is a small capsule of a novel that explodes with…
Interview | Becky Manawatu
Becky Manawatu’s debut novel Auē is a humbling word embrace that captures the strength of aroha in the face of soul-destroying sorrow. Taukiri and Ārama, young brothers born unwittingly into New Zealand’s…
AFTERGLOW: New Transgender Blockbusters by Oscar Upperton & Specimen by Madison Hamill
Tuesday, 3rd of March, 2020 Our second launch of the year, on a classic Tuesday evening, was another double-header! We had the pleasure of hosting the launch of New Transgender…
Interview | Damien Wilkins
Please note: We are very sorry to announce that the launch event for Aspiring by Damien Wilkins, planned for Tues 17 March, has been cancelled due to concerns around the…
Interview | Oscar Upperton
The pizza poetry party proposed below sounds like much fun. Join us to celebrate the launch of Oscar’s debut poetry collection, New Transgender Blockbusters, along with Madison Hamill’s debut essay…
Interview II | Freya Daly Sadgrove
Freya’s debut poetry collection Head Girl smashed its way onto our top 10 here at Unity Books Auckland. It was as though the city could hear the echoes of raucous cheers…
AFTERGLOW: Head Girl by Freya Daly Sadgrove & 2000ft Above Worry Level by Eamonn Marra
Thursday 13th February 2020 The first Unity Books event of the 2020 season got us off to a banging start with a shop full to bursting. The beer ran dry…
CANCELLED – Launch | Aspiring by Damien Wilkins | 6-7:30pm Tuesday 17th March
CANCELLED We are very sorry to announce that the launch event for Aspiring by Damien Wilkins, planned for Tues 17 March, has been cancelled due to concerns around the Covid-19…
