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. […]
Our book-inspired treasure hunt is on again these holidays! Pick up an entry form at the front counter, find the letters hidden around the shop, and unscramble the name of a famous book character to be in to win a book bundle. Happening every day of the school holidays, September 20th - October 5th! PLUS […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Drum roll, please! You are cordially invited to Scorpio Books on Saturday the 11th of October to celebrate Bookshop Day! We have a plethora of special offers to spice up the shop and celebrate the joy of good books. Join the party any time between 10am and 5pm in our stores at Five Lanes, 120 […]