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 […]
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. […]
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 […]