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SUMMARY:Christmas Storytime with Chelsea Cresswell
DESCRIPTION:Come along for a morning storytime to celebrate the release of ‘Poppa’s Workshop’ by Chelsea Cresswell!\nOn Friday\, November 7th at 10am Chelsea will visit us to read her book and share colouring and activities afterwards.\n\n\n\nWith thanks to our friends at Little Moa Books and Hachette NZ.\n\n\n\nBookings are not required\, but we recommend arriving a few minutes early to find a comfy spot.\nWe kindly request that buggies be parked outside. We look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/christmas-storytime-with-chelsea-cresswell/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Harry Ricketts with Erik Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press warmly welcome you to an author talk featuring Harry Ricketts in conversation with Erik Kennedy. This author talk comes on the eve of publication day for Harry’s new poetry collection Bonfires on the Ice. Pre-order your copy today! \nAll welcome\, this is a free event. No RSVP required as this event is not catered. \nAbout the speakers\nHarry Ricketts is a poet and literary scholar and has published around 30 books. He has lived in Wellington\, Aotearoa New Zealand\, since 1981. Until his retirement in 2022\, he was a professor in the English Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. His books include the internationally acclaimed The Unforgiving Minute: A Life of Rudyard Kipling (1999) and Strange Meetings: The Lives of the Poets of the Great War (2010). His recent books include the poetry collections Winter Eyes (2018) and Selected Poems (2021)\, and the memoir First Things (2024). With historian David Kynaston\, he is the co-author of the award-winning Richie Benaud’s Blue Suede Shoes: The Story of an Ashes Classic (Bloomsbury\, 2024). \nErik Kennedy is the author of the Ockham-shortlisted There’s No Place Like the Internet In Springtime (2018)\, Another Beautiful Day Indoors (2022)\, and Sick Power Trip (2025)\, launched at Scorpio Books earlier this year! Originally from New Jersey\, he lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-harry-ricketts-with-erik-kennedy/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Kid's Drawing Workshop with Hilary Jean Tapper
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an after-school drawing and illustration workshop! \nOn Wednesday\, November 5th at 4pm we will be joined by Hilary Jean Tapper\, Ōtautahi-based illustrator and lecturer in illustration. Come celebrate the release of her latest picture book\, Wrapping Things\, and learn tips\, tricks and techniques to enhance your drawing and creative endeavours. \nThis class is primarily for school age children\, but all ages are welcome to come along and participate. \nThis workshop is free but bookings are required\, as spaces may be limited. Please book your spot by emailing us at tellingtales@scorpiobooks.co.nz \n  \nAbout Hilary \nHilary Jean Tapper is an award-winning illustrator based in New Zealand. She creates picture books\, and works as a lecturer and researcher. Her awards include the ABIA Children’s Picture Book of the Year\, Storylines Noteable Award\, and Forevablility Book Award. \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/kids-drawing-workshop-with-hilary-jean-tapper/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: Endling by Maria Reva \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-9/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | So Long; South America by Pat Barrett
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to the launch of So Long; South America by local author Pat Barrett. A new book of real adventure in 1980’s South America\, reviewer Mark Leishman says of the book: “So Long; South America excels as both a tribute to one man’s adventurous life and a call to explore beyond familiar borders.” All welcome\, refreshments provided. \nFree event. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIn May 1982 three young kiwi travellers set out to explore South America on their own terms with no other knowledge of this wild and mysterious continent than that gleaned from the travel ‘bible’ of the day – The South American Handbook. \nUnbeknownst to them\, their adventure began in a time that has been lost to the annals of travel history; a world with no internet and no instant communication. \nRead more about the book here. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nPat Barrett has been a regular contributor to NZ Wilderness magazine since 1993\, as well as The Christchurch Press (1985) \, Dominion Post\, Wellington\, On Holiday\, NZ Geographic\, Kiwi Parent and Signature.He also writes for NZ Hunter and photographs for several calendar and postcard publishers and district tourism councils. He has written five books\, produces a Scenic NZ Scripture quotes calendar each year\, entitled ‘Let there be Light”.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-so-long-south-america-by-pat-barrett/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Hardship and Hope
DESCRIPTION:Hardship & Hope: How poverty is designed into Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy and institutions\, and why furious hope and collective resistance matters. \nJoin journalist Rebecca Macfie\, youth justice advocate Moana Cole and Christchurch Methodist Mission executive director Jill Hawkey in discussion about the systems holding people in hardship\, and insights from the front lines of community action. Facilitated by Leigh Cookson. \nScorpio Books are delighted to be the booksellers at this event.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-hardship-and-hope/
LOCATION:Aldersgate\, 309 Durham Street North\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | It's Been Six Weeks Since My Last Confession by Peta Mathias
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Peta Mathias warmly welcome you to a special book launch to celebrate Peta’s new book\, It’s Been Six Weeks Since My Last Confession: Essays on Life. \nThis weekend book launch takes place at 2pm on Saturday 25th October. Join us for a glass of wine and some crisps while Peta regales us with scurrilous stories about her friends\, family\, childhood and anyone else who has made the mistake of crossing her path. \nFree event. All welcome\, refreshments provided. \nPlease send in your RSVP. \nThere will be books for sale on the day for $38.00. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n‘Do we really have to have Persian dried rose petals\, Pete? I mean\, on a scale of one to ten\, how essential are they in the dish you’re cooking?’ asks brother Paul with his patient face on. I go blank. How important are rose petals? Is this a trick question? What kind of bullshit supermarket is this anyway? There are 37 million products here. How hard would it have been to throw a few packets of rose petals on the shelf? \nIn this\, her 19th book\, Peta Mathias regales her readers with indiscreet stories from her life – how to deal with anger and temps perdu\, why it’s not a sin to wear black underwear\, how eating sun-drenched food will keep you young and beautiful forever\, how to open your eyes with a knife and what happens when you go on holiday with five A-types. If Peta can survive her life while wearing designer clothes and red lipstick\, so can you. You don’t have to be a recovered Catholic to tell the truth. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nPeta Mathias MNZM is a respected and prolific New Zealand chef\, author\, entertainer and broadcaster\, who writes about food and travel and hosts gastronomic tours in the South of France\, Puglia\, Basque Country and India.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-its-been-six-weeks-since-my-last-confession-by-peta-mathias/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | It's What He Would've Wanted by Nick Ascroft
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of new poetry collection It’s What He Would’ve Wanted by Nick Ascroft. This event will feature readings from the author\, as well as readings from supporting poets Erik Kennedy\, Stacey Teague\, Rebecca Hawkes and Ashleigh Young. All welcome\, refreshments provided. \nFree event. Please send in your RSVP. \nIt’s What He Would’ve Wanted is on sale now! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nWhat would he have wanted? As little fuss as possible. But\, reading between the lines: a little help. All the latest gossip and complaints. An arse that is not wrong. Opulence. One leap from the rope ladder. The final word. \nIt’s What He Would’ve Wanted is the sixth book of poetry from the author of the acclaimed The Stupefying (‘the very best book of poetry of 2022’ said Newsroom). In this hilarious and affecting new work\, Nick Ascroft writes of lost friends\, new frailties\, new braveries\, and being stuck in an organ pipe during a recital and not wanting to bother anyone about it. Yes\, there are poems of cycling into dead-end utility holes but also poems of trembling resolve and arriving at work as aged as the night sky after completing the morning school drop-off. This is the best collection yet by one of the most exciting and mercurial poets writing in Aotearoa today. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nNick Ascroft is the author of five previous poetry collections with Te Herenga Waka University Press\, most recently The Stupefying (2022) and Moral Sloth (2019). Living in Thorndon\, he is a public servant and the president of Scrabble Wellington.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-its-what-he-wouldve-wanted-by-nick-ascroft/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Adventure Night | Double Book Launch with Vanessa Croft & Peter Ryan
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Bateman Books warmly welcome you to a special DOUBLE book launch and author talk! Join us to celebrate the publication of Where In All the World\, a new novel by Vanessa Croft\, and Riding the Echo Down\, a new essay collection by Peter Ryan. The theme of the night is\, adventure! There will be giveaways\, books for sale and lots of fun to be had. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT WHERE IN ALL THE WORLD BY VANESSSA CROFT\nHarriet Watson dreams of a life beyond the Canterbury plains of 1890s New Zealand. When a celebrated English explorer sets his sights on her\, she is swept into a grand romance and a far greater deception. Determined to make a name for himself\, Curtis De Courcey undertakes a perilous expedition across Africa\, returning a hero to claim Harriet as his bride. But as whispers of scandal and cruelty gather\, Harriet finds herself isolated\, controlled and increasingly aware that true happiness may lie far from the direction she was seeking. From the Rakaia hills to the drawing rooms of London\, through the wilds of East Africa and the brutal heart of the Congo Free State\, Where in All the World traces one woman’s journey through betrayal\, resilience and self-discovery. Faced with the violence of empire and the constrictions of Victorian marriage\, Harriet must summon extraordinary courage to reclaim her life — and her freedom. \nFor readers of The Signature of All Things and The Light Between Oceans\, this unforgettable debut is a story of endurance\, awakening and fierce reclamation of self. \n\nABOUT VANESSA CROFT\nVanessa Croft is an Aotearoa-based historical fiction writer with a passion for bringing history to life. Born in Australia\, her childhood was spent in Nigeria and Papua New Guinea as a civil engineer’s daughter\, and these remote locations fostered her love of travelling\, writing and the natural world. With a background in humanities and research\, she is an avid armchair historian with a passion for Victorian-era Aotearoa. She lives in the spectacular South Island on a small farm that once bred Clydesdales and spends her time with her adventurer husband\, two teens and far too many books. Where In All the World is Vanessa’s debut novel\, inspired by her belief that Aotearoa New Zealand’s past is rich in stories waiting to be told. \n\nABOUT RIDING THE ECHO DOWN BY PETER RYAN\nIntrepid hunter and adventurer Peter Ryan takes you around the world in a collection of lavishly illustrated essays on hunting and the natural world from a master of outdoor literature. Explore the lives of the great hunters of the past – from the primeval forests of early New Zealand to Africa\, Asia and the Americas – to the present and future of wilderness hunting. Riding the Echo Down is an essential read for fans of hunting stories and outdoor adventure. \n\nABOUT PETER RYAN\nAfter early years in New Zealand and Australia\, Peter volunteered for an aid project in southern Africa which led to an epic series of solo journeys across Africa and South America. He has hunted and fished across four continents and didn’t get lost on some of them. Peter’s writing and images have appeared in the world’s finest sporting journals for many years\, and have been translated into several languages. His previous books – Wild South\, Hunting New Zealand and Hunting Life: Moments of Truth – launched to critical acclaim. Peter lives on a small farm in New Zealand’s South Island with his wife\, daughter and son.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/adventure-night-double-book-launch-with-vanessa-croft-peter-ryan/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Tina Makereti with Isla Huia
DESCRIPTION: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. Her 2025 essay collection\, This Compulsion in Us (Te Herenga Waka Press)\, includes her prizewinning essay\, ‘Lumpectomy’\, from the 2022 Landfall Essay Competition. \nIsla Huia is a te reo Māori teacher\, writer and musician. Her most recent collection of poems Talia (2023) was shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards. Her work has been published in journals such as Catalyst and Awa Wāhine. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Free event. Please send in your RSVP.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-tina-makereti-with-isla-huia/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Bookshop Day 2025 at Telling Tales
DESCRIPTION:Calling all young readers! \nYou are cordially invited to Telling Tales on Saturday the 11th of October to celebrate Bookshop Day! We have a plethora of special offers on in the shop to celebrate the joy of good books. Join the party any time between 10am and 5pm in our stores at Five Lanes\, 120 Hereford Street. There will be spot prizes\, an I-Spy Window\, special appearances by local authors\, $10 Lucky Dip books\, character-themed dress-ups and the chance to win one of three awesome bookish prizes! If you’re looking for things for grown-ups to do\, make sure you check out what’s happening across the courtyard at Scorpio Books as well. \n\nThis year Telling Tales is giving away a BOOKSTACK to three lucky customers! Every in-store purchase earns you one entry form- just don’t forget to place it in the entry box of your choice! There will be something for every age\, from 0-13. These awesome prizes will be drawn after trading closes at 5pm on Bookshop Day.\nOur big windows are set to be transformed into a giant I Spy Window! Hidden within will be some cheeky penguin mates to spot (thanks to our friends at Penguin Books). Can you find them all?\nBookshop Day is about celebrating your local bookshop. Share why you love what we do\, and you can go in the draw to receive one of four prizes of $250 in Booksellers Book Tokens\, courtesy of Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand. All you need to do is fill in a special Love Your Bookshop Postcard at our in-store activity station. Write the reasons why you love your local bookstore on the postcard\, hand it in to us\, and we’ll send it in to Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand after Bookshop Day.\nWe will have $10 Lucky Dip books available for one day only*! Wrapped and decorated with clues as to age and topic\, snap up these great deals before they’re all gone.\nFrom 11am\, swing by the shop to meet your favourite local authors. This event is free- our special guests will be announced soon! Stay tuned for the update.\nThere will be a Make a Bookmark table set up in the shop- come along with your craftiest ideas and create something amazing!\nThere will be heaps of spot prizes on the day*. Bonus points for dressing up as your favourite book character!\nHave you got a wallet filled with old Scorpio Books loyalty cards? Lucky you- Loyalty Card Amnesty is back\, exclusively for Bookshop Day. Bring in your expired loyalty cards and we will treat them as valid. Terms and conditions apply.\n\n*While Stocks Last. \n\nBookshop Day is run by the Booksellers Association of New Zealand to encourage book lovers\, like you\, to celebrate your local bookshop. The artwork this year is by Donovan Bixley\, who took our themes of Community\, Hope and Fun and created these masterpieces. Keep an eye on the Booksellers Association of New Zealand website and their social media for updates on how you can celebrate Bookshop Day around the country. We can’t wait to celebrate 10 years of Bookshop Day with you! \nMedia enquiries: contact events@scorpiobooks.co.nz
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/bookshop-day-2025-at-telling-tales/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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SUMMARY:Bookshop Day 2025 at Scorpio Books
DESCRIPTION:Drum roll\, please! \nYou 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 Hereford Street. There will be spot prizes\, giveaways\, special appearances by local authors\, blind dates with books\, literature-themed dress-ups and the chance to win our Big Bookstack! If you’re looking for things for young readers to do\, make sure you check out what’s happening across the courtyard at Telling Tales as well. \n\nBookshop Day is about celebrating your local bookshop. Share why you love what we do\, and you can go in the draw to receive one of four prizes of $250 in Booksellers Book Tokens\, courtesy of Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand. All you need to do is fill in a special Love Your Bookshop Postcard at our in-store activity station. Write the reasons why you love your local bookstore on the postcard\, hand it in to us\, and we’ll send it in to Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand after Bookshop Day.\nThis year Scorpio Books is giving away a BIG BOOKSTACK of new releases to one lucky customer! Every in-store purchase earns you one entry form- just don’t forget to place it in the entry box! This enormous prize will be drawn after trading closes at 5pm on Bookshop Day\, and it contains a range of books as eclectic as our store.\nWe are running our Blind Date with a Book promotion again this Bookshop Day but with a special\, cerebral twist. This year\, customers can go on a Blind Date with a BWB Text! For just $10\, get paired up with a short book on a big subject relevant to Aotearoa New Zealand. Usually priced between $17.99-$20\, these wrapped up beauties will be available at their special price on Bookshop Day\, while stocks last in-store and online. They each have a brief bio attached so you can find your perfect match! BWB Texts is a non-profit programme made possible by the BWB Publishing Trust\, with support from Ockham Residential and Creative New Zealand. Staff at Scorpio Books love these little books\, and we hope to sow the seeds of curiosity for these big topics in as many readers as we can.\nThere will be heaps of spot prizes to giveaway on the day. Keep an eye on our Scorpio Books social media accounts for the code word. Repeat this code word to staff at our main counter on Bookshop Day\, and you can pick your prize from our special Bookshop Day stash\, while stocks last!\nAnother way to get a chance to raid the spot prize stash: dress up! Come to the store on Bookshop Day in a literature-themed costume\, say hi to our staff at our main counter\, and you too can receive a special spot prize (while stocks last).\nFor Bookshop Day only\, Scorpio Books will be hiding one Libro.fm Golden Ticket somewhere in its stacks. The lucky person who finds this golden ticket will win 12 credits to exchange for audiobooks with Libro.fm! Libro.fm shares profits from audiobook purchases with your chosen bookshop\, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy. They are a Social Purpose Corporation\, Certified B Corp\, and 100% employee-owned. To find out more about the partnership of Libro.FM and Scorpio Books\, take a look at our digital Libro.FM bookstore here.\nHave you got a wallet filled with old Scorpio Books loyalty cards? Lucky you- Loyalty Card Amnesty is back\, exclusively for Bookshop Day. Bring in your expired loyalty cards and we will treat them as valid. Terms and conditions apply.\nPenguin Books New Zealand are bringing back their immensely popular Personal Penguins. Customers who purchase two Penguin books on Bookshop Day 2025 receive a Personal Penguin figure in a beautiful collector’s box. Psst- these penguins are different to last year’s! And supplies are limited.\nFrom 3pm\, swing by the shop to hear some of our favourite local authors reading from their books. This event is free- our special guests will be announced soon! Stay tuned for the update.\n\n\nBookshop Day is run by the Booksellers Association of New Zealand to encourage book lovers\, like you\, to celebrate your local bookshop. The artwork this year is by Donovan Bixley\, who took our themes of Community\, Hope and Fun and created these masterpieces. Keep an eye on the Booksellers Association of New Zealand website and their social media for updates on how you can celebrate Bookshop Day around the country. We can’t wait to celebrate 10 years of Bookshop Day with you! \nMedia enquiries: contact events@scorpiobooks.co.nz
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/bookshop-day-2025-at-scorpio-books/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Food Farm by Angela Clifford & Nick Gill
DESCRIPTION: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 on a 16-acre permaculture property in North Canterbury\, New Zealand\, where they help others embark on their food growing journeys via on-farm workshops and events. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Free event. \nPlease send in your RSVP. \nThere will be books for sale on the night for $55.00. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIncluding a seasonal diary for sourcing your own fruit\, vegetables\, nuts\, eggs\, dairy\, honey\, meat from your own gardens\, paddocks and from the wild\, this gorgeous book also includes sensational recipes and preserves that allow you to get the most out of every harvest. Understanding the power of community sufficiency\, Angela and Nick encourage us all\, whatever our situation\, to grow\, find and cook more of our own food. The Food Farm is a vision for a healthier\, more nurturing and connected way of living for ourselves and our planet. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS\nAngela Clifford has loved using words to communicate thoughts and ideas since she was young. A life growing\, cooking and sharing food has provided a fertile ground to nurture her words. As one of New Zealand’s thought leaders in food\, farming and the environment she leads Aotearoa’s not for profit food movement Eat New Zealand\, their mission is to reconnect people with our land and ocean through food. \nBut her home base is The Food Farm\, a Permaculture property in North Canterbury. Here\, with her husband and children\, they run workshops and events\, helping other people learn how to grow\, preserve and make food from scratch. Their first book The Food Farm is a celebration of twenty years of living on and loving this piece of land. \nTo find out more about The Food Farm in North Canterbury\, see their website.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-food-farm-by-angela-clifford-nick-gill/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251009T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Fire Stations of Aotearoa New Zealand by George Lockyer
DESCRIPTION: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 that range from the busy station at Auckland’s international airport to the volunteer station in the tiny Southland township of Athol. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Free event. \nPlease send in your RSVP. \nThere will be books for sale on the night for $45.00. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIn Fire Stations of Aotearoa New Zealand\, the author hits the road once more. A retired volunteer Station Officer himself\, he visits a selection of the 653 fire stations the length and breadth of the country\, both career and volunteer stations. Interviewing mainly Fire Chiefs and Deputies\, the author delved into the motivation behind becoming a firefighter and how the Fire Brigade is a vital part of the community. As usual with George’s interviews\, he also attempts to get the personal stories\, whether they be humours\, poignant or heart-warming. A brief history of each Brigade is included as well as a glimpse into the structure and training of FENZ. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\nGeorge Lockyer was born in London but has made the seaside town of Governors Bay his home. George’s first article appeared many years ago in Australian Road Rider and his work has been published in a variety of magazines over the years. Since 2003 George’s travel articles\, columns and book reviews have appeared in New Zealand Bike Rider Magazine\, where his writing continues to have a considerable following. In 2013 while a volunteer firefighter George self-published\, The Governors Bay Volunteer Fire Brigade to celebrate its Silver Jubilee. He is the author of seven books including Iconic Kiwi Pubs\, Kiwis on Harleys\, The Long and Winding Aotearoa\, Kiwi Garages and Living the Dream: Kiwi Bikers.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-fire-stations-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-by-george-lockyer/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251008T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251008T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Eddie Sparkle's Bridal Taxi by Frankie McMillan
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Canterbury University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of Eddie Sparkle’s Bridal Taxi by local author Frankie McMillan. \nFrankie 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 here demonstrate exceptional range\, examining the tiniest psychodramas but also meditating on drownings and shootings and infidelities and nuclear warfare. McMillan finds the unusual in the everyday\, and she is equally at home with lovers embracing in the fields and with reclusive aunts fading away in poky old houses. This is writing that reveals humans working out how to be their ridiculous and beautiful little selves. This is writing that feels like thinking. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Free event. \nPlease send in your RSVP. \nThere will be books for sale on the night for $29.99. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n“This dextrous\, inventive collection is a masterclass on the possibilities of form. A writer of profound imaginative curiosity\, McMillan interrogates real and surreal worlds – animals\, angels\, performers\, thieves – with wit\, sharp insight and a delight in the small\, strange moments of lives.”— Paula Morris \n“Frankie McMillan hides the mystery of both our deepest psychological wounds and our most valued intimacies\, inside poems and stories that enchant\, the way intricate\, miniature\, singing mechanical birds might: but beware\, they are sharp-eyed\, and can bite with the teeth of truth.” — Emma Neale \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nFrankie McMillan is the author of four previous books from Canterbury University Press. The Father of Octopus Wrestling was chosen by The Spinoff as one of the ten best New Zealand fiction books of 2019 and was shortlisted for the New Zealand Society of Authors Heritage Book Awards. My Mother and the Hungarians (2016) was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in fiction. She has won numerous awards and creative writing residencies\, including the Ursula Bethell Residency at the University of Canterbury (2014)\, the University of Auckland Residency at the Michael King Writers Centre (2017) and the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship (2019). McMillan spends her time between Ōtautahi Christchurch and Mohua Golden Bay.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-eddie-sparkles-bridal-taxi-by-frankie-mcmillan/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251007T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club: Katabasis
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-8/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251001T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Everything But The Medicine by Lucy O'Hagan
DESCRIPTION:GP Lucy O’Hagan launches her book Everything But the Medicine. \nLucy will perform ‘Inside the GP consultation’ and read from her book. \n‘Stunning. Kind\, joyful and wise. Everything but the Medicine…is very much a medicine itself.’ Glenn Colquhoun. \nBook sales and signings. \nBar and nibbles from 6pm. \nSupported by Scorpio Books Christchurch. \nThanks so much to Massey University Press.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-everything-but-the-medicine-by-lucy-ohagan/
LOCATION:Lumière Cinemas\, 26 Rolleston Avenue\, Christchurch Central City\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8013\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250930T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250930T190000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Foraging New Zealand by Peter Langlands
DESCRIPTION: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. \n“Accurately identifying wildfoods is paramount and I reckon if you can learn about one new species a day then by the end of the year you will be able to forage a diverse repertoire of species\, and my book is a good starting point”. \nScorpio will be on site for book sales and signing. \nJoin us for a night of discovery that is sure to change the way we see our world. Not to be missed!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-foraging-new-zealand-by-peter-langlands/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250927T203000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250927T213000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Dead Ends by Laura Borrowdale
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the launch of Dead Ends\, an event full of stories\, not speeches. \nCome 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. \nFeaturing the vocal talents of Dan Bain and Josiah Morgan\, performances from Amy Leigh\, Audrey Porne\, and the musical skill of Michael Bell. \nThis is Dead Ends\, dystopian storytelling at its finest. \nScorpio books will be selling copies before and after the show. \nBook a free ticket here! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIn the dark\, uncanny world of Dead Ends\, our ghosts live alongside us\, break ups come with a grisly cost\, and there really are monsters under the bed. Laura Borrowdale’s sophomore collection is full of the horrors of domestic banality\, parenting\, relationships\, and womanhood. With deft and exacting prose\, Borrowdale’s stories reflect our own lives back at us told slant\, revealing where something sinister lives just beneath the surface. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nŌtautahi Christchurch writer Laura Borrowdale is the author of a short story collection Sex\, with Animals (Dead Bird Books\, 2020). Her second collection of short stories\, Dead Ends\, is due out in 2025 with Tender Press.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-dead-ends-by-laura-borrowdale/
LOCATION:Little Andromeda\, Level 1/134 Oxford Terrace\, Christchurch Central City\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250925T100000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250925T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
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SUMMARY:High Tea with Jess Urlichs
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThere will be a special reading of My Friends and I and kindness-based activities while parents can hear about Jess’s journey through writing\, motherhood\, and building an online community of one million followers. \nAll welcome\, this event will have something for families with children of all ages. \nFree event\, please send in your RSVP. \nBrought to you by Moa Press & Scorpio Books. \nThis event will take place in the main bookstore\, Scorpio Books. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nFrom the author of the beloved international bestseller You Hung the Moon comes a stunning gift book full of hopes and dreams for children. \nYou won’t always get it right\nAnd mistakes aren’t always wrong.\nLife is full of learning\, \nGaining wisdom is lifelong. \nA beautiful book detailing in prose the things a parent always wants their child to know as they go through life. Gorgeously illustrated by Bethany Gale\, this poem from bestselling author Jessica Urlichs will strike all the right chords as a gift for loved ones or for yourself. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nJessica Urlichs shot to stardom on social media with her honest and heartfelt poetry centering around her family and motherhood. Jessica met her husband in Australia where they lived together for many years and are now raising their children in New Zealand. She continues to connect with the world with her writing via Instagram. Follow her @jessurlichs.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/high-tea-with-jess-urlichs/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250924T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Edge of Light 2: The Miracle by A. M. Dixon
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $30.00. \nThe Miracle is book #2 in The Edge of Light Trilogy. Book #1\, New Dawning\, was published in 2023 and received a Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction award. \n\nAbout the book\nMerel lives on a futuristic island\, a sanctuary built amidst a vast sea. Generations ago\, her community weathered devastating floods and scorching heat\, forever shaping their world into one of perpetual twilight. \nTheir lives are governed by ancient traditions\, “the truth\,” born from the necessity to control their population. These traditions are harsh\, demanding sacrifice. But as Merel navigates this carefully constructed society\, the reader begins to understand that this world may be set in a future version of New Zealand. \n\nAbout the author\nA. M. Dixon is a Christchurch-based writer. Her short stories and flash fiction have appeared in journals and anthologies in New Zealand and overseas. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland\, and is a graduate of Hagley Writers’ Institute. \nShe likes to write first thing in the morning and will often start her day by writing a piece of flash fiction or poetry\, before moving on to her current work in progress. She is inspired by the outdoors and loves watching the sun rise. An avid reader she especially enjoys work by other Aotearoa New Zealand authors. \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-edge-of-light-2-the-miracle-by-a-m-dixon/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250920T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251005T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
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SUMMARY:Telling Tales School Holidays Treasure Hunt
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nHappening every day of the school holidays\, September 20th – October 5th! \nPLUS collect free colouring pages\, browse our excellent new releases\, and visit our awesome new neighbours The Milk Bar (for delicious milkshakes!) and Lunana’s Bakery.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/telling-tales-school-holidays-treasure-hunt/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250904T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250904T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | The Covid Response by Shaun Hendy | BWB Talks
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThursday 4 September \nScorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch 8011\nDoors open from 5.30pm\, event starts 6pm\nNau mai\, haere mai. Public event\, no RVSP needed. \nContact info@bwb.co.nz for more information. \nDownload the event invite here. \nShaun Hendy is appearing in other centres\, see: www.bwb.co.nz/events \nThis event is supported by The Royal Society Te Apārangi and Te Pūnaha Matatini. Copies of The Covid Response will be available to buy on the night for $39.99. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nProfessor Shaun Hendy MNZM FRSNZ is a renowned physicist and science communicator. As the founding director of Te Pūnaha Matatini\, he played a key role in New Zealand’s Covid-19 response. Hendy’s work has been recognised with numerous awards\, including the Callaghan Medal for Science Communication and the Prime Minister’s Science Media Communication Prize. His previous books include Silencing Science (BWB\, 2016) and #NoFly (BWB\, 2019). He continues to contribute to the public understanding of science as an adjunct professor at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIn March 2020\, New Zealand had three confirmed cases of COVID-19\, panic buying had begun\, and no one knew what to expect next. Had the virus run the same course as it did in the US and UK\, by March 2023 there would have been more than 17\,000 fatalities. Instead\, Aotearoa achieved one of the lowest health burdens in the world\, while enduring fewer restrictions than almost any other country in the OECD. How did we get here? And at what cost? \nIn The Covid Response\, Shaun Hendy offers an insider’s account of New Zealand’s science-driven strategy for confronting the global pandemic. As his team at Te Pūnaha Matatini springs into action\, he takes us behind the scenes in real time. He unpacks the science informing rapid\, high-stakes decisions\, evaluating the costs of those decisions and asking what lessons they offer for the future.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-the-covid-response-by-shaun-hendy-bwb-talks/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250902T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250902T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
CREATED:20250724T044324Z
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club: Beautyland
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis month\, we will be discussing Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-7/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250828T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250828T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Violet and the Velvets 2: The Case of the Angry Ghost by Rachael King
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $18.99. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nViolet and her band have made it to BandChamps! \nArmed with their own songs\, they’re competing alongside their school rivals The Alphas for glory. \nBut wait! Strange goings-on are afoot at the Royal Theatre\, where it’s rumoured a grumpy ghost ballerina haunts the stage. \nCan Violet and her friends solve the mystery of the angry ghost? And how can they possibly win when they’re all feeling so spooked? \nIt’s going to take courage\, detective work and a lot of creative thinking: have they got what it takes? \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nRachael King is the author of Violet & The Velvets: The Case of the Missing Stuff and two stand-alone middle-grade novels\, Red Rocks (now a major television series) and The Grimmelings. She began performing at fifteen years old\, only six weeks after she first picked up a bass\, and went on to play with six bands\, including The Cakekitchen and 3Ds. Rachael invented Violet and the Velvets to convey the joy of the DIY punk ethos and to show girls they don’t have to be singers or proficient musicians to be in a band.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-violet-and-the-velvets-2-the-case-of-the-angry-ghost-by-rachael-king/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books,Telling Tales
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250821T193000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250821T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
CREATED:20250722T231609Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Aotearoa Light by Peter Laurenson
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nLight\, for landscape photographers\, is the element that makes all the difference. Dawn and dusk are known as the ‘magic hours’ for good reason. The interplay between sun\, cloud and landscape can bring magic at other times of the day too. And when light is shed figuratively it can bring clarity\, insight\, wonder and realisation. \nThere is much to gain from venturing into wilderness. To move safely in the unconstrained natural world\, not modified for our convenience\, can demand absolute in-the-moment focus. Other times\, the contrast between city and wilderness allows us to step away from our ‘every day’\, gifting us the time and space to more deeply engage with companions\, to more honestly know ourselves\, to ponder bigger issues. \nConcerned about the challenges our warming planet brings\, photographer\, tramper and occasional climber Peter Laurenson presents stunning images of Aotearoa New Zealand that convey the benefits of our wilderness; reminders of what we must protect and nourish if humanity is to thrive. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nA New Zealander based in Richmond\, Peter Laurenson is father to Ben\, Ed and Will and partner to Catherine Johnston. Since 2019\, he has been editor of the Federated Mountain Club’s Backcountry and writes for Wilderness magazine and other publications. \nPeter had a career in marketing management\, including periods with the NZ Tourism Board and ecosanctuary Zealandia. More recently\, marketing work has given way to tramping\, mountaineering\, photography and writing. \nSince his first backpacking trip away from New Zealand in 1988\, Peter has visited many mountainous parts of the world. The website http://www.occasionalclimber.co.nz showcases his mountain and travel adventures. \nHis other books are Khumbu: Gateway to Mount Everest. Pathways to Kinship (2011)\, Mountain and Adventure Heritage winner\, NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival 2022; and Occasional Climber: A Journey to Mount Clarity (2013).
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-aotearoa-light-by-peter-laurenson/
LOCATION:Cashmere Club\, 50 Colombo Street\, Cashmere\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8022\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250812T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250812T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
CREATED:20250625T001955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250713T220442Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | An Uncommon Land by Catherine Knight
DESCRIPTION: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 Aotearoa. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $49.99. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nAn Uncommon Land is a story of enclosure\, dispossession\, colonisation and – ultimately – hope for a better future. Through the lens of her ancestors’ stories\, Catherine Knight throws light on the genesis and evolution of the commons\, its erosion through enclosure and the ascendency of private property in parallel with the rise of capitalism – a history that has indelibly shaped New Zealand society and its landscape. \nLike other European settlers\, the lives and future prosperity of the author’s ancestors had their foundations in war\, land appropriation and environmental destruction – but in their histories lie glimmerings of the potentiality of commons: tantalising hints of an alternative path to a re-commoned\, regenerative future. From a past of enclosure\, resource exploitation and exponential growth\, this book shines light on the potentiality of a different future\, taking inspiration from our collective history. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nDr Catherine Knight is an award‑winning environmental historian and author of several acclaimed books including New Zealand’s Rivers: An environmental history\, Beyond Manapouri: 50 years of environmental politics in New Zealand and Ravaged Beauty: An environmental history of the Manawatu. Catherine works in public policy and is an Honorary Research Associate at Massey University. She has a strong interest in post-growth economy and writes on these topics on Newsroom\, The Spinoff and on Substack. \nHer newest work\, An Uncommon Land\, weaves together ancestral family stories and wider social and environmental history to trace the process of enclosure and the rise of private property\, and offers a compelling vision for a regenerative\, re‑commoned future. \n\nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\nDr Paul Dalziel has published 11 books\, 84 journal articles and more than 400 publications on his research. He received five awards from Lincoln University for excellence in teaching\, excellence in research and for contributions to the statutory responsibility of universities as critic and conscience of society. He has also received awards from the Regional Studies Association\, from the Australia and New Zealand Regional Studies Association International and the New Zealand Association of Economists. \nAfter retiring as Professor of Economics at Lincoln University at the end of 2024\, Paul joined the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa staff team as Research Economist.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-an-uncommon-land-by-catherine-knight/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250805T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250805T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
CREATED:20250505T220657Z
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-6/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250805T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250805T183000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
CREATED:20250722T222051Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Heather McQuillan
DESCRIPTION:Ray Shipley interviews Heather McQuillan about her latest work Truth Needs No Colour. Join us for a rich evening of ideas and conversation. \nThe event has now been moved to: \nTuesday 5 August.\n5.30-6.30pm\nTautoru / TSB Space\, Hapori | Community\, Level 1\, Tūranga
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-heather-mcquillan/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250710T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250710T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T190841
CREATED:20250609T001207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T002233Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Sick Power Trip by Erik Kennedy
DESCRIPTION: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 writes with open eyes about long COVID\, living wages\, self-medication and sea temperatures. Sick Power Trip is Kennedy’s most personal and vulnerable book yet. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of Sick Power Trip with Scorpio Books today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIf it feels like we’re stuck in a post-truth moment\, Kennedy reminds us that some things remain true and vital: self-care\, empathy\, and solidarity. \n‘Erik Kennedy’s Sick Power Trip thrillingly challenges and dissects the horrors of the world piling outside our front doors. This isn’t just a story of heroes versus villains: it’s a sage reminder for us to question where we stand and what we’re capable of as individuals. I adore Kennedy’s sharp wit and erudite humour\, and his ability to walk the line between optimism and pessimism. This collection is a masterful example of taking back power one poem at a time.’ –Chris Tse \n‘Erik Kennedy’s manic narratives and twisted comedies square up to power. By turns angry\, exasperated\, chuckling\, despairing\, he gives voice to “the clammy\, suffering\, sweltry\, cynical\, burned-out\, / downhearted\, vulnerable people”.’ —James Brown \n‘Sick Power Trip takes a scalpel to the systems of power\, capital\, and warfare that we live with. Kennedy has an impressive knack for finding the line between didactic and forgiving\, striking a note of urgency that is desperately needed in this time of crises. With wry humour and a distinct playfulness\, this new collection offers not a balm for the world but the courage to dismantle it.’ —Ash Davida Jane \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nErik Kennedy is the author of two previous books of poems\, both with Te Herenga Waka University Press: the Ockham-shortlisted There’s No Place Like the Internet in Springtime (2018) and Another Beautiful Day Indoors (2022). Originally from New Jersey\, he lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-sick-power-trip-by-erik-kennedy/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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