New Zealand’s first cult conference gathers cult survivors, academic experts, advocates and activists – in person and live-streamed. Join us at DECULT 2024 to raise awareness, build networks and educate professionals who want to minimise harm. Are you concerned about cults and want to understand their dynamics? Have you come out of a harmful group or are […]
Scorpio Books and Bateman Books warmly welcome you to an author talk starring Monty Soutar to celebrate the release of the second instalment in the Kāwai series, Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book in hardback or paperback format today. ABOUT THE BOOK It’s 1818 […]
Scorpio Books and Penguin Random House New Zealand warmly welcome you to the launch of The Gavin Bishop Treasury: 10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales by Gavin Bishop. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! ABOUT THE BOOK Comprising over two hundred pages of fabulous storytelling and […]
Scorpio Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to an evening with Professor Michael Belgrave, author of new book Becoming Aotearoa, and Associate Professor Lyndon Fraser. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! ABOUT THE BOOK In the first major national history of Aotearoa New Zealand to […]
You are warmly invited to the launch of Wiremu Niania and Dr. Allister Bush's second book, Ngā Kūaha: Voices and Visions in Māori Healing and Psychiatry, also authored by David Epston. This is a free event and is open for all to attend. We ask that you register your attendance for catering. EFTpos is available […]
Bridget Williams Books invites you to a Christchurch event with Mike Joy, discussing his new memoir, The Fight for Freshwater! Wednesday 6 NovemberTautoru/TSB Space, Tūranga Level 1, 60 Cathedral Square Christchurch Central Doors open from 5.30pm, event starts 6.00pm Speakers include Mike Joy and Rebecca Macfie. Nau mai, haere mai. Public event, no RVSP needed. […]
Scorpio Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to the launch of Woolsheds: The historic shearing sheds of Aotearoa New Zealand by Annette O’Sullivan and Jane Ussher. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! ABOUT THE BOOK Towards the end of the nineteenth century, wool, mutton and […]
Scorpio Book and Cold Hub Press warmly invite you to the launch of Hotel Theresa by Doc Drumheller. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! ABOUT THE BOOK The Hotel Theresa is a landmark in Harlem, New York City, where legendary figures like Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, Malcolm […]
Walker Books and Scorpio Books warmly invite you to the launch of The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery by Antony Elworthy. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. ABOUT THE BOOK From the animator of The Corpse Bride, Coraline and Isle of Dogs, comes a hilarious, illustrated […]
On Wednesday, 20th November we are celebrating the release of 'Over or Under?' a summery seaside tale by Pip Harry and Ōtautahi illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper. Hilary will run an illustration workshop for kids aged 7 - 12 at 4.30pm at Telling Tales, followed by a book launch at 5.30 - refreshments provided, all […]
My Story, Your Issues. Paddy G, live on stage. Now this really is The F#$%ing News. Paddy has written a book and he’s taking it on the road, from Stewart Island to Waitangi. The F#$%ing News is coming to a stage near you! He will crack you up with his ripper yarns from a crazy […]
The exclusive first-ever public event for ngā pukapuka pekapeka, the new Ōtautahi micropress, is here. Join us at Scorpio Books to be the first in Aotearoa to get your hands on three carefully curated chapbooks. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. My Moana Girls by Ruby Macomber is a poetry collection dedicated […]
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