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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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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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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251008T193000
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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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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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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
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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
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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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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251005T170000
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250812T193000
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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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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250805T193000
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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
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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:20260419T093400
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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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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250703T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Touch Screen by Philip Armstrong
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Touch Screen by Philip Armstrong. In this absorbing collection the poet dismantles this now ubiquitous term and helps us see its component parts afresh – ‘touch’ and ‘screen’ strangely reconfigured in today’s complex technological world. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of Touch Screen with Scorpio Books today.\nRRP: $30 \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nThe word ‘touchscreen’ entered the English language in the early 1970s to describe a computer display screen that also functions as an input device operated by touching its surface. In poems that range from the personal lyric to retellings of myths and stories long held in the human imagination\, Armstrong explores the rapidly evolving interface between human and non-human worlds. Touch Screen brings us face to face with being alive here and now\, and asks the urgent question: Can you feel it? \nMid-day mid-week mid-scroll and touch\nscreened far too long\, I’m struck so flat\nI’m lying face-up on the carpet\nwhen something reveals itself: above me\nshowing only when my eyes drift\nhangs a single thread of spider silk. \nFrom ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ \n‘Armstrong’s nimble voice is both hilarious and profound.’ – Anne Kennedy \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nPhilip Armstrong lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch and teaches literature\, writing and human-animal studies at the University of Canterbury. His essay ‘On Tenuous Ground’ won the 2011 Landfall Essay Prize\, and his first poetry collection Sinking Lessons (Otago University Press 2020) was the winner of the 2019 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-touch-screen-by-philip-armstrong/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250701T193000
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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 Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of each 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-2-5/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250701T113000
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SUMMARY:Melanie Poppins at Telling Tales
DESCRIPTION:***Unfortunately\, this event is now fully booked. Please see our Events page for other activities happening at Telling Tales during Kidsfest!*** \nJoin us for a magical morning with Melanie Poppins! \nMelanie will be at Telling Tales for a morning of magic and facepainting on Tuesday 1st July. \nMagic Show starts 10am\, followed by facepainting 10.30am – 11.30am. Places limited\, RSVP required. \nEmail tellingtales@scorpiobooks.co.nz to secure your spot.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/melanie-poppins-at-telling-tales/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250713T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T093400
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SUMMARY:Kidsfest Activities at Telling Tales
DESCRIPTION:Come visit Telling Tales during Kidsfest! We are hosting lots of fun events and activities for kids of all ages\, including… \n\nThe Great Telling Tales Treasure Hunt – Find the letters hidden around the shop and unscramble them into the name of a famous book character!\nEntry Forms can be found at the counter throughout the school holidays. Ages 4+\nKidsfest Reading Challenge – Collect your entry form from Telling Tales\, fill it out and return it to us in-store to win great prizes!\nYou can read books from anywhere – the library\, school books\, old favourites\, or new treasures! Age categories 0-4\, 5-9\, 10+.\nDesign A Bookmark – Collect your entry form at the counter\, get creative and return it by the end of the school holidays. The best entries will win some excellent art supplies! Ages 3+
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/kidsfest-activities-at-telling-tales/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250627T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250627T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Party | Ghosts On Every Corner by Ghostcat\, Reuben Woods and Dave Richards
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Ghostcat invite you to join us for the celebration of Ghosts On Every Corner\, the exhibition publication of the eponymous project. Four years of detailed research and meticulous work in miniature has gone into creating scale models of thirteen iconic pre-earthquake Christchurch buildings for Ghosts on Every Corner\, a project by Ghostcat – also known as Ōtautahi scratch build artist Mike Beer. The collection is a labour of love and has been a journey of nostalgia and discovery\, documented in this hardcover book that accompanies the exhibition. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $145.00. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\nGhosts On Every Corner is independently published in collaboration with Blueprint. With text by Dr Reuben Woods\, art historian and creative director of Watch This Space\, and imagery by Christchurch photographer Dave Richards\, Ghosts on Every Corner is a uniquely insightful record of monuments\, memories\, and moments of Christchurch history otherwise lost to the passages of time and seismic activity. The book features stunning photographs of the small scale recreations\, which include Smiths Bookshop\, Echo Records\, Wizards Arcade\, Java Café\, the Cathedral Square Police Kiosk\, and the Deans Ave Sales Yard building. As well as studio shots\, Dave Richards photographed the miniature buildings in a selection of artful locations around the city\, from train tracks at sunset to a moodily-lit underground supermarket car park. \nGhosts on Every Corner explores our recollections and connections with places and the past. This book needed to be tactile\, to hold literal weight\, and as an object it had to do justice to the combination of Ghostcat’s art and design\, Dr Reuben Woods’ words\, and Dave Richards’ photography\, along with the stories of our community collected within its pages. This created a sense of responsibility to the artists\, the city\, and the reader\, which was present in each decision made during the production process. \nThe official launch of both the book and exhibition was held as a special one-off exhibition preview in Christ Church Cathedral on Friday 21 March. Guided tours were held throughout the day to view Ghostcat’s buildings in the surroundings of the Cathedral\, currently in a state of ongoing repair. The heavily reinforced walls and light-filled space served as a unique setting in which to contemplate the ephemeral. \nRead more about the book here on Blueprint’s website. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS\nGhostcat is an artist in Christchurch New Zealand. He has spent the last 4 years making scratch built iconic buildings that used to exist here in Christchurch pre earthquake.  The project has been a labour of love to the city. \nDr Reuben Woods is an art historian\, writer and curator. His PhD thesis explored graffiti and street art within post-earthquake Christchurch. He also serves as creative director and lead tour guide for Watch This Space. \nDave Richards had his first work experience as a photographer at the age of fifteen for a local newspaper.  What was originally a two week learning opportunity has spanned into a lasting and highly successful career. Based in Christchurch\, New Zealand – Dave thrives on collaborating with others and pushing the envelope to create truly outstanding work. Specialising in portraiture\, fashion\, and commercial – Dave has had the pleasure of working with names such as U2\, Coca-Cola\, Walt Disney and Sony.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-party-ghosts-on-every-corner-by-ghostcat-reuben-woods-and-dave-richards/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250624T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Terrier\, Worrier by Anna Jackson
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Auckland University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Terrier\, Worrier: A Poem in Five Parts by Anna Jackson. Part autobiography of thought\, part philosophical tract\, part poetics\, a book about chickens and family and seasons\, Terrier\, Worrier is a literary sequence to be relished as language and as thought. \nThis event will feature readings from Anna Jackson\, Helen Rickerby\, Vana Manasiadis\, Erik Kennedy and Claudia Jardine. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of Terrier\, Worrier with Scorpio Books today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n‘Terrier\, Worrier is a remarkable and playful book on language\, anxiety\, poetry and the strangeness of being a person. I loved its short length especially\, as well as its fragmentary form falling somewhere between a diary and a collection of poetic essays . . . wish more of my favourite poets wrote these kinds of books.’\n— Nina Mingya Powles \n‘Terrier\, Worrier is extraordinary\, in both concept and form. It joins the conversations of great writers and thinkers\, past and present\, who analyse how we function aesthetically in our little lives.’\n— Anne Kennedy \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAnna Jackson is the author of seven collections of poetry as well as Diary Poetics: Form and Style in Writers’ Diaries 1915–1962 (Routledge\, 2010) and Actions & Travels: How Poetry Works (Auckland University Press\, 2022). She lives in Island Bay\, Te Whanganui-a-Tara\, and is associate professor in English literature at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-terrier-worrier-by-anna-jackson/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250612T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Short | Poto edited by Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Short – Poto: The big book of small stories – Iti te kupu\, nui te kōrero edited by Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong. This event will feature readings from: Claudia Jardine\, Māia Te Whetū\, Erik Kennedy\, Gail Ingram\, Heather McQuillan\, Isla Huia\, James Norcliffe\, Nod Ghosh\, Rachel Smith & her daughter Olive\, Sile Mannion\, Vana Manasiadis\, and Siobhan Collins reading for Rose Collins. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. Pre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nShort\, short stories\, sometimes known as flash fiction or microfiction\, are one of the trickiest forms to write. Create a resonant world in fewer than 300 words? Not so easy! In this collection of 100 stories\, a range of New Zealand writers\, both well known and emerging\, deliver emotionally charged stories that punch well above their weight and length. And there’s more! Each of the stories has been translated into te reo Māori (and some are written in te reo and translated into English) by some of this country’s most experienced translators\, making this book a valuable contributor to our literary landscape that rewards repeated readings. \n\nABOUT THE EDITORS\nMichelle Elvy is a writer\, editor\, writing tutor and mentor. She is founding editor of the literary journal Flash Frontier: An adventure in short fiction and Aotearoa New Zealand’s National Flash Fiction Day\, and managing editor of the international Best Small Fictions series. Her anthologies include Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand\, Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand\, A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha and Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages. She is the author of the everrumble (2019) and the other side of better (2021). \nKiri Piahana-Wong is a poet\, editor and publisher who is of Māori (Ngāti Ranginui)\, Chinese and Pākehā ancestry. Her work has appeared in over 50 journals and anthologies\, and she has performed at numerous literary festivals across the New Zealand. In 2023 Kiri co-edited Te Awa o Kupu with Vaughan Rapatahana. She is the author of the poetry collections Night Swimming (2013) and Tidelines (2024).
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-short-poto-edited-by-michelle-elvy-and-kiri-piahana-wong/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Tony Fomison by Mark Forman
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Auckland University Press warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist by Mark Forman. In a career spanning three decades\, Tony Fomison (1939-1990) produced some of New Zealand’s most artistically and culturally significant paintings and drawings\, the backdrop of which was a life – inseparable from his art – of enduring intrigue. Speakers include Murray Horton\, a friend of the artist\, Sally Blundell and the author Mark Forman. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nThrough the darkness and the light\, delve into the story of one of New Zealand’s most influential twentieth-century artists.  \n‘As a boy Tony had drawn maps and diagrams and medieval battle scenes. He’d read fairy tales and been enchanted by local sites of Māori history. As a young man he was a vagrant on the streets of Paris\, was twice imprisoned\, spent time in a mental hospital\, battled destructive addictions\, and experienced unrequited love and loneliness. All of this would become the underworld of his art\, the subterranean realm where he could dwell so as to create work that expressed something of the human condition. But it was always far wider than just his own story. Endlessly curious about Pacific and Māori history and art\, and enchanted by European Renaissance art\, he wanted to find a new visual language for what it meant to live in the Pacific; he wanted to make room at the back of our heads.’\n— From the introduction by the author \nA man of multitudes and a self-perceived outsider\, Fomison was a son\, sibling and lover; activist\, archaeologist and scholar; trickster\, addict and disrupter; and – above all else – an artist who shed light on the human condition and reimagined life in Aotearoa. \nIn this compelling biography\, developed over more than a decade\, Mark Forman draws on archival material and interviews with more than 150 people including Fomison’s family and close friends\, leading contemporary artists\, political activists\, and art professionals. The result is a comprehensive yet lively and accessible biography that reveals the man and his art to a new generation of readers. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nMark Forman is a writer based in Onehunga\, Auckland. His doctoral thesis formed the basis of his first book\, a scholarly work published in 2011 by Cambridge University Press. Forman’s personal interests in New Zealand contemporary art\, biography and social history were the drivers for this project\, for which he has been awarded a Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grant\, the 2024 Marti and Gerrard Friedlander Charitable Trust publishing grant\, and a runner-up placement in the CLNZ / NZSA Writers’ Award.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-tony-fomison-by-mark-forman/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: 1985 by Dominic Hoey
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Books NZ warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of 1985: A Novel by best-selling author Dominic Hoey. All welcome\, refreshments provided. You can pre-order your copy today! Please send in your RSVP. This event will take place during our annual sale\, so there will be limited spaces available. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIt’s 1985 and Obi’s on the cusp of teenagehood\, after a childhood marked by poverty\, dysfunctional family dynamics\, (dis)organised crime and violence. His dad’s delusional\, his mum’s real sick\, the Rainbow Warrior just exploded\, and it’s time for Obi to grow up and get out of the spacies parlour. \nWhen he and his best mate Al discover a map leading to unknown riches\, Obi wonders if this windfall could be the thing that turns his family’s fortunes around. Instead\, he’s thrown into an adventure where the stakes are a lot higher than the games he loves. \nAn electric novel about life in a multi-cultural\, counter-cultural part of Auckland pre-gentrification. 1985 is an adventure story with a local flavour\, a coming-of-age story for the underdogs\, the disenfranchised and the dreamers. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\nDominic Hoey is a poet\, author and youth worker from Tāmaki Makaurau\, Aotearoa. He’s released two best-selling novels and written a million love poems. Through his Learn To Write Good programme\, Dominic has taught thousands of writing students how to think dyslexic. He also works with rangatahi\, helping to support them with their mental health and self-esteem. He dreams of one day starting a rescue farm for wayward animals. \n\n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-1985-by-dominic-hoey/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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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: Bad Archive by Flora Feltham. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of each 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-2-4/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Booklovers' Sale | Scorpio Books Annual Sale 2025
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to our biggest ever Annual Sale! \n50-70% selected titles\, in stores only. Exclusions apply. \nFriday 30th May – Sunday 8th June. \nStocks replenished daily\, so keep coming back! \n  \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/booklovers-sale-scorpio-books-annual-sale-2025/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books,Telling Tales
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Unsettled Bliss by Elizabeth Ann Cook
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Mary Egan Publishing warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Unsettled Bliss: whiteness in Aotearoa by Elizabeth Ann Cook. This powerful new book confronts whiteness in Aotearoa – its history\, its consequences\, and the responsibilities it demands. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of Unsettled Bliss today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIf you do not know the history of Aotearoa after the 1835 Declaration of Independence and Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840\, Unsettled Bliss offers a clear explanation of settler occupation\, its impact on indigenous land in Aotearoa\, and the lasting consequences. \nHowever\, it goes beyond that. This book enables you to understand what drove people to act as they did – and what continues to shape our society today. \nUnsettled Bliss challenges you to reflect on your place in the society of Aotearoa. It pulls no punches. For many\, it will be an awakening – an unflinching look at how racism operates in our everyday lives\, within our whānau\, workplaces\, and institutions. If you seek to deepen your understanding of social issues\, wealth disparity\, and political structures\, this book is essential reading. \nNo other book to date has so comprehensively examined the system and ideology of whiteness in Aotearoa. Bold\, enlightening\, and necessary – Unsettled Bliss belongs in every serious collection on the history and future of this land. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nDr Elizabeth Ann Cook is a writer\, thinker\, and social critic with a passion for challenging complacency. A sixth-generation non-Māori in Aotearoa\, her identity is shaped by her English\, Irish Catholic\, and Welsh ancestry. Born in Whangārei in 1956\, she grew up there before settling mostly in Ōtautahi. \nHer diverse career spans music\, theatre\, and education. As a singer-songwriter\, actor\, and Te Reo Māori teacher\, she has led early childhood music and movement classes\, taught drama\, released four albums of original music\, and worked in devised theatre and Commedia dell’arte mask-making. \nCompleting a PhD in Sociology in 2021\, Cook now extends her lifelong engagement with critical thinking into non-fiction writing. Her work examines how everyday behaviours reinforce harmful social and economic systems\, and she is particularly interested in deconstructing language\, power\, and privilege. \nAn avid student of Aotearoa’s history\, Cook has been influenced by scholars such as Moana Jackson\, Ani Mikaere\, Vincent O’Malley\, Ranginui Walker\, and Alan Ward\, as well as international thinkers including Achille Mbembe\, Frantz Fanon\, Cedric Robinson\, and Judith Shklar. She spent 12 years under the intellectual mentorship of academic Mike Grimshaw\, refining her ability to interrogate dominant narratives and cultural assumptions. \nCurrently working as a Reporting and Policy Advisor in a kaupapa Māori organisation\, Cook remains committed to asking difficult questions\, pushing boundaries\, and sparking conversations that challenge the status quo. \n\nMedia contact: Rebecca Simpson\, Fantail Communications. 021 955 942\, rebecca@fantailcommunications.co.nz.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-unsettled-bliss-by-elizabeth-ann-cook/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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