Events

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, […]

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 […]

Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to a special author talk with Tina Makereti, chaired by Isla Huia. Tina Makereti is the author of three novels, most recently The Mires (Ultimo Press 2024), which will appear in the UK and US in September 2025, and was shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards Acorn Fiction Prize. […]