Join us, author Antony Bush and specialist Spinal and Orthopaedic Surgeon Kris Dalzell to discuss The Back Fix, a comprehensive and research-based self-help book for back pain. Audience Q&A time included. All welcome, light refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. This event is free to attend – please RSVP by filling in […]
We are so excited to host Jacqueline Harvey, best-selling Australian children's author, at Telling Tales! Come along on Wednesday 16th May at 4pm. Meet Jacquie, get your books signed, and find your next reading treasure! This event is free to attend, all welcome. Thanks to our friends at Penguin Random House.
*EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS* Renowned author, broadcaster and Classicist Natalie Haynes will join Patrick O'Sullivan (Classics Department, University of Canterbury) to discuss her recent work on the goddesses and women of Greek myth, and what the ancient Greeks and Romans - in all the richness and complexity of their cultures - can offer us […]
Terms and conditions Our Annual Sale runs from Friday 31st May until Sunday 9th June. Selected titles from all departments are marked down by 50-70% In-store only No holds, returns or exchanges available on sale items Loyalty card stamps apply to full-priced items only, not sale items
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 Scorpio Books Club. On the first Tuesday of each month, we meet discuss our previous Book of the Month – so in June, we’ll be talking about our May book, […]
Massey University Press and Scorpio Books invite you to the launch of Paul Moon's new book, Ans Westra: A Life in Photography. All welcome, light refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. This event is free to attend – please RSVP here. – ABOUT THE BOOK: The photographer Ans Westra, who died in […]
AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU and Scorpio Books invite you to the launch of Jenna Heller's new book, The End of the Beginning. All welcome, light refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. This event is free to attend – please RSVP by filling in this Google Form here or by […]
Auckland University Press and Scorpio Books invite you to celebrate the launch of Robert Sullivan's new poetry collection Hopurangi—Songcatcher. Inspired by the cyclical energies of the Maramataka, these poems see the poet re-finding himself and his world – in the mātauranga of his kuia from the Ngāti Hau and Ngāti Kaharau hapū of Ngāpuhi; in […]
Olearia Press and Scorpio Books invite you to celebrate the launch of a new anthology of collected writings on the experience of solo parenthood and differently-structured families in Aotearoa New Zealand. This event will feature readings from contributors - lineup TBA. All welcome, light refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. This event […]
Find the letters hidden around the shop and unscramble them into the name of a famous book character! Entry Forms can be found at the counter every day throughout the school holidays. Prizewinners will be selected during the first week of term three. This is a free event, no bookings required.
Read books to win! Pick up an entry form in-store during the holidays. Submit it during KidsFest (6th July - 21st July) to win a brilliantly bookish prize. Books can come from Telling Tales, your local library, or your own bookshelf! Different challenges for each age category: 0-5, 6-9, 10+. This event is free to […]
Lyndy McIntyre, Living Wage Aotearoa New Zealand, Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly invite you to the launch of Power to Win: The Living Wage Movement in Aotearoa New Zealand by Lyndy McIntyre. To be launched by Rebecca Macfie. All welcome, light refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. This event is […]