Come and join us for the launch of Aotearoa Light by Peter Laurenson, published by Bateman Books. Hosted by New Zealand Alpine Club Canterbury Section at The Cashmere Club, 50 Colombo Street. ABOUT THE BOOK Light, for landscape photographers, is the element that makes all the difference. Dawn and dusk are known as the ‘magic hours’ for […]
Welcome to the launch of Dead Ends, an event full of stories, not speeches. Come in from the cold and sit by the fire awhile as Laura Borrowdale and friends present an evening of domestic dystopias, monster moments and beautiful books to launch her new collection of stories from Tender Press, Dead Ends. Featuring the […]
Join Rob Cruickshank in conversation with Foraging New Zealand author Peter Langlands. Hear awe-inspiring secrets about our environment. Peter is compiling Aotearoa’s largest database of wild foraged species, and works with international foragers on expanding the spectrum and use of wild foods. “Accurately identifying wildfoods is paramount and I reckon if you can learn about […]
GP Lucy O'Hagan launches her book Everything But the Medicine. Lucy will perform 'Inside the GP consultation' and read from her book. 'Stunning. Kind, joyful and wise. Everything but the Medicine...is very much a medicine itself.' Glenn Colquhoun. Book sales and signings. Bar and nibbles from 6pm. Supported by Scorpio Books Christchurch. Thanks so much […]
Hardship & Hope: How poverty is designed into Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy and institutions, and why furious hope and collective resistance matters. Join journalist Rebecca Macfie, youth justice advocate Moana Cole and Christchurch Methodist Mission executive director Jill Hawkey in discussion about the systems holding people in hardship, and insights from the front lines of […]
Do you have the best singing voice in the world? Unlikely. But do you have the WORST singing voice in the world? EQUALLY UNLIKELY. Your voice is probably average (at best), and at Pub Choir: we think that's great! Now in it's 8th year, Pub Choir is the easiest, funniest, largest music lesson in the […]
Join us to launch a new book of poetry by the incredible Tusiata Avia. Saturday 15 November, 5pm Space Academy: 371 St Asaph Street, Christchurch Books will be for sale with thanks to Scorpio Books Kai and refreshments provided About the book Giving Birth to My Father is about learning to live with a loss […]
Scorpio Books and Grant Hodgson invite you to a special lunchtime author talk on Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship: A conversation in 1825. Morrin Rout, Associate Professor Michael Grimshaw and the author will be discussing Hodgson's book, an examination of a rare piece of evidence illustrating the relationship between rangatira and missionaries at a crucial time in […]
VENUE UPDATE 28/10/25: now to be held at Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central City in the TSB Space Join us for an inspiring evening with author Ben Pentreath, one of the foremost designers of new traditional buildings and country houses in the world. Ben will be joined by Vincent Holloway, and together they will […]
You are invited to the launch of How to Paint a Nude by Sam Mahon. Sam Mahon needs no introduction - Christchurch artist, activist, conservationist, writer, subversive who, using cow dung, sculpted Hon Nick Smith nude and squatting over a glass of water. This beautifully written book which he calls 'a fiction', is set within […]
Scholastic New Zealand invites you to join us at Tūranga to celebrate the launch of Beneath Our Feet, by YA author Jack Hartley, on Wednesday December 3rd at 6pm. Jack's second YA novel is set in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake. As the city Alfie calls home begins to tremble and in the blink of […]
Nice People on Planes is a novel about finding connections that are more than skin deep in a busy and disconnected world. Join Morrin Rout and Lana Hart in conversation and hear about Lana's sharp and engaging debut work. Author talk: Lana Hart Wednesday 4 February, 6-7pm Tautoru / TSB Space, Hapori | Community, Level 1, Tūranga […]