Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Sick Power Trip by local poet Erik Kennedy. These are poems that tell us: the world is unwell, and sometimes writers are, too. Kennedy scrutinises the broken social contract and the dangerous actors who seem determined to dominate us. He […]
Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. This month, we will be discussing: The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji. What does membership to our book club entail? We meet on the first Tuesday of the […]
Scorpio Books and Totara Press warmly invite you to join us for an author talk. An Uncommon Land: From an Ancestral Past of Enclosure Towards a Regenerative Future by Catherine Knight is out now. The author will be in-store for one night only to discuss her latest publication with Dr Paul Dalziel of Wellbeing Economy Alliance […]
Scorpio Books, Allen & Unwin and WORD Christchurch warmly welcome you to the launch of The Case of the Angry Ghost: Violet and the Velvets Book 2 by local author Rachael King. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $18.99. ABOUT THE BOOK Violet […]
Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. This month, we will be discussing Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. What does membership to our book club entail? We meet on the first Tuesday of the month to […]
Bridget Williams Books invites you to a BWB Talk in Christchurch with Shaun Hendy in conversation with Rebecca Macfie, discussing his new book, The Covid Response! Thursday 4 September Scorpio Books, 120 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8011 Doors open from 5.30pm, event starts 6pm Nau mai, haere mai. Public event, no RVSP needed. Contact info@bwb.co.nz for more information. […]
Scorpio Books and OneTree House warmly welcome you to the launch of The Edge of Light #2: The Miracle by local author A. M. Dixon. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $30.00. The Miracle is book #2 in The Edge of Light Trilogy. Book #1, New Dawning, was […]
Bring the kids along for a delightful morning of fun, food and family celebrating local author Jessica Urlichs and her latest books May You Always Know: A Poem of Hopes and Dreams and My Friends and I. There will be a special reading of My Friends and I and kindness-based activities while parents can hear about Jess's journey through writing, […]
Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. This month, we will be discussing: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang What does membership to our book club entail? We meet on the first Tuesday of the month to […]
Scorpio Books and Canterbury University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of Eddie Sparkle's Bridal Taxi by local author Frankie McMillan. Frankie McMillan is one of the leading writers of the short-short form in Aotearoa New Zealand, and Eddie Sparkle's Bridal Taxi, her seventh book, sees her at her best. The prose poems and small stories […]
Scorpio Books and Catch Phrase Media warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Fire Stations of Aotearoa New Zealand by local author George Lockyer. This book is a celebration of New Zealand's fire stations and the people whose lives revolve around them. In its pages history, heroism and hard work combine to tell stories […]
Scorpio Books and Bateman Books warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Food Farm by Angela Clifford and Nick Gill. More than just a cookbook, The Food Farm is a glimpse into the lives of a family who grow and find most of their own food. Angela Clifford, Nick Gill and their children live […]