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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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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250710T193000
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250610T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250606T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250606T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250603T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250603T193000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250530T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250608T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T055900
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250522T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250522T190000
DTSTAMP:20260420T055900
CREATED:20250410T041825Z
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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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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250515T210000
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SUMMARY:Adam Kay | This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: BOHM Presents in association with Gag Reflex \n\n\nAdam Kay is bringing back his hit show by popular demand following an absolute sell-out tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2024. \nThis is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor is the hilarious show about life on and off the hospital wards from doctor turned BAFTA-winning comedian Adam Kay. Based on his multi-million-selling book of diaries\, his shocking and continence-endangering live show has been seen by over 300\,000 people\, including 50 sell-out nights in the West End. \n“Hilarious and heartbreaking” – The Times\n“Electrifying” – The Guardian\n“Unflinching humour” – Independent\n“Scalpel-sharp humour and searing insight” – The Sun\n“Hilariously gruesome” – Sunday Times\n“Hilarious\, moving and caustic” – Scotsman\n“Brutally funny” – New Statesman\n“Painfully funny” – Stephen Fry\n“Harrowing and hilarious” – Jo Brand\n“Funny\, excoriatingly revealing\, beautiful” – Dawn French\n“Bloody funny” – Minnie Driver\n★★★★★ Mail on Sunday \nCheck out the upcoming performances at the Isaac Theatre Royal HERE!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/adam-kay-this-is-going-to-hurt-secret-diaries-of-a-junior-doctor/
LOCATION:Isaac Theatre Royal\, 145 Gloucester Street\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250506T193000
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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 Twist by Colin McCann. \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-2-3/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250429T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250429T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Lost Saint by Rachael Craw
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Lost Saint by local award-winning author Rachael Craw. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of The Lost Saint today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nRecently dumped\, heart-broken Ana struggles to put the past behind her on a high school fieldtrip exploring landmarks where a 14th Century mystic is said to have performed wonders. \nWhen the students sneak out to party in a sacred cave\, a catastrophic earthquake hits. The survivors emerge in a world they don’t recognise\, stumbling into a battle between medieval knights and Northmen. The students flee and Ana is chased off a cliff by dutiful lieutenant Leon\, who is badly injured in the fall. Sparks fly between Ana and Leon: to survive\, they need to rely on each other and as their trust grows\, so does romance. They must endure a perilous journey through the forest\, escape a superstitious mob\, and evade the Northmen who hunt her with dark and mysterious purpose. \nTogether they must find the legendary mystic everyone calls ‘The Saint’ who is said to have the power to send Ana home… until an unexpected twist changes everything. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\n\n\n\n\nRachael Craw is an award-winning author of speculative fiction for young adults\, including the Spark trilogy\, The Rift and upcoming release\, The Lost Saint. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies and Drama at the University of Canterbury and a Diploma of Teaching at Christchurch College of Education. She teaches English and Drama\, mentors young writers\, assesses manuscripts\, leads writing workshops and speaks at festivals and conferences throughout New Zealand and Australia. In her spare time she walks her dogs\, hoards books and reviews fiction on social media. She lives in the South Island of New Zealand with her husband and 3 daughters where she teaches part time while working on her latest novel.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-lost-saint-by-rachael-craw/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250421T183000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Mahjong by Nicole Wong
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and The Mahjong Project warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora by Nicole Wong. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPlease note the earlier time of 4.30pm for a 5pm start. \nPre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nFor many third-culture kids in the Asian diaspora\, the sight and sound of clacking mahjong tiles conjures deep-seated memories. Some learned to play alongside elders\, while others watched from afar. Maybe you only distantly know of the game through movies or articles about pop-up mahjong nights. Whether you are looking to reconnect with the game\, pick up a new hobby\, or introduce others to a favourite pastime\, Mahjong is a step-by-step guide for new and seasoned players alike. \nWith vibrant photography and detailed instructional diagrams\, author Nicole Wong walks you through gameplay\, just how her grandfather would have. In addition\, Mahjong delves into the strategy\, history\, and design of the game and discusses various popular styles of play (American mah-jongg\, Japanese riichi mahjong\, and more). A bonus essay also breaks down the mahjong hands in the pivotal scene from the 2018 hit film Crazy Rich Asians\, and snippets of the author’s family history are sprinkled throughout\, telling a story of diaspora through mahjong and showcasing mahjong culture\, past and present. \nWith Mahjong as your guide\, learn the history and evolution of this beautiful game while you connect with friends\, family\, and culture. You may even write your own house rules–just don’t forget the snacks! \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nNicole Wong is a writer and audio producer based in Oakland\, California. She started The Mahjong Project in 2019- part instructional guide\, part oral history project- to document her family’s house rules and place them in the broader history and diaspora of the game itself.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-mahjong/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250415T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250415T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Mad Diva by Cadence Chung (Christchurch)
DESCRIPTION:Calling all divas! \nJoin us for the launch of Cadence Chung’s stunning debut full-length poetry collection\, Mad Diva. Featuring guest poet Claudia Jardine and guest singer Emily-Jane Stockman\, it promises to be an unforgettable evening! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn Mad Diva\, poet Cadence Chung takes us wheeling and diving through a scintillating whirl of ideas\, experiences and imagery. Operatic in scale\, by turns lush and spare\, Mad Diva is a high-wire performance from an extraordinary emerging talent. This beautifully crafted collection confronts the chaos of life full on. The gorgeous jostles up against the grotesque. Romance and glamour have equal billing with the blood-streaked and the gritty. Scheherazade shares the back seat of a Wellington Uber; Samson’s in the bathroom getting a shave; Leilah on a plastic stage considers the history of ‘Chinamen on display’; Carmen suffers a real-life stab wound and sings the Habanera like a bat out of hell. Bejewelled\, perfumed\, mascaraed\, satin-and-silked and never shy to be brazen or camp\, the ever-unravelling divas in these poems are not interested in staying within assigned categories. In opera houses\, art galleries\, dive bars\, bedrooms; in the purple light of Whitcoulls at dusk and in Wakefield Street at midnight\, they keep on aiming for their high Cs\, keep on testing the world for meaning\, acceptance and love. \n‘Brilliant in so many ways …This diva pulls you along in their twirling wake.’ – Anne Kennedy \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nCadence Chung (she/they) is a poet\, classical singer\, and composer. She performs as a classical soloist and is a presenter on RNZ Concert. In 2023\, she was named an Emerging Practitioner by the Fund for Acting and Musical Endeavours. Her poems have been published in Best New Zealand Poems\, Landfall\, Newsroom\, Pantograph Punch\, Starling\, Sweet Mammalian\, takahē\, The Spinoff and Turbine / Kapohau. Her best-selling chapbook\, anomalia\, was released in 2022. She’s also the producer and editor of Mythos: an Audio-Visual Anthology of Art by Young New Zealanders\, released in 2024. Mad Diva is her first full-length collection of poetry. \n\nScorpio Books will be selling books on-site at the event.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-mad-diva-christchurch/
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:20250412T130000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250412T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T055900
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SUMMARY:Book Signing with Rachael King!
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited! Come along on Saturday\, April 12th at 1pm to celebrate Rachael King’s latest release\, ‘Violet and the Velvets: The Case of the Missing Stuff’\, a new middle-grade series about girls forming a rock band together. Rachael will be signing books and there are giveaways and spot prizes on the day!\n\n\n \n\n\nWe are also super excited to have a brand new edition of her book ‘Secrets at Red Rocks’\, which has just been adapted for television and is currently streaming on Sky Open and Neon. \n\n\n \n\n\nSee you there!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-signing-with-rachael-king/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250412T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T055900
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SUMMARY:School Holiday Activities at Telling Tales
DESCRIPTION:Come visit Telling Tales these school holidays! We have lots of fun activities running in the shop. \nTelling Tales Holiday Treasure Hunt\nOur traditional treasure hunt is on again these holidays! Pick up an entry form at the front counter\, find the letters hidden around the shop\, and unscramble the name of a famous book character to be in to win a book bundle. Happening every day of the school holidays\, April 12th – 27th. \nEaster Egg Hunt\nThe Easter Bunny has left eggs hidden around the shop for lucky little readers to find! Happening during the first week of the holidays and Easter weekend. \nBook Signing with Rachael King\nLocal author Rachael King (writer of ‘The Grimmelings’) will be in-store on Saturday April 12th at 1pm\, to sign your books and answer questions.\nPick up her latest release\, ‘Violet and the Velvets’ a book about a group of girls who form their own rock band\, or a new edition of ‘Secrets at Red Rocks’\, which has just been adapted for TV and is now streaming on Neon and Sky Open. See you there!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/school-holiday-activities-at-telling-tales/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Girl from Sarajevo by Stef Harris
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Quentin Wilson Publishing warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Girl from Sarajevo: Two Novellas by Stef Harris. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Pre-order your copy today! \nPlease send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nTHE GIRL FROM SARAJEVO \nYoung and self-assured immigrant Katia will do anything to become a writer. When she encounters her neighbour\, an ageing novelist from the old country\, she embarks on an audacious plan to represent Dragan’s new novel as her own. Weaponising her sexuality\, she enters into a cynical\, twisted affair with the elder wordsmith. But Dragan holds a dangerous secret that may destroy them both. \nTHE OTHER JASMINE\nMail-order bride Wong Ji Li has travelled all the way from Ningbo\, China to marry a wealthy man\, only to find herself a virtual sex slave\, imprisoned on a derelict farm. Her new husband\, Darryl\, is a giant man-child still under the thumb of his powerful mother. Wong Ji Li discovers she is not Darryl’s first victim. She must find the courage to escape her predicament or face the same fate as the other Jasmine. \nThese cinematic novellas feature two strong\, capable\, modern-day heroines determined to make their own way in the world. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nStef Harris is a writer\, film director and a frontline police officer of 34 years who in 2017 was awarded the Commissioner’s Commendation for Bravery. He has published three previous works of fiction and in 2006 turned his first novel\, The Waikikamukau Conspiracy\, into a film. Renamed The Waimate Conspiracy\, the film went on to win four best film awards around the world and sparked the beginning of Stef’s sideline career in filmmaking. His arthouse feature film Blue Moon has won several film awards as well as being officially selected for the prestigious Cannes Antipodes Film Festival\, screening in Cannes in 2022. In 2024 his novel Double Jeopardy was longlisted in the Ngaio March Awards. Stef lives in Motueka with his wife\, Pegeen.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-girl-from-sarajevo/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise Ward
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Books New Zealand warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise Ward. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn this rollicking new adventure\, Garth and Eloise (and Stevie) must sniff out a prolific poisoner ahead of a vital fundraising event\, the Battle of the Book Clubs. As time runs out and the body count rises\, it seems the bad actors are circling closer to the people and places they care about. \nCould Pinter\, the infamous serial killer from Eloise’s past\, somehow be involved? And when anyone could be a suspect\, how can Garth and Eloise keep their customers\, their small town and their beloved bookshop safe? \n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nGareth and Louise Ward are the real-life owners of independent bookshop Wardini Books\, with stores in Havelock North and Napier\, New Zealand. \nLouise is known among the staff as Fearless Leader and Gareth as a bit of a dick; he is\, however\, the author of the Tarquin the Honest and The Rise of the Remarkables book series\, as well as being the bestselling and award-winning author of The Traitor and the Thief and The Clockill and the Thief. \nGareth and Louise met at police training college in the UK and are both ex-coppers. Louise has one murder arrest to her name\, is an English Literature Graduate and as an ex-teacher inflicted Shakespeare on inner-city twelve-year-olds. She regularly reviews books on RNZ. \nBoth are obsessed with their rescue dog Stevie\, avoid housework and gardening\, and live in the cultural centre of the universe that is Hawke’s Bay\, Aotearoa New Zealand.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-tea-and-cake-and-death/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:The Food Show 2025
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready to reignite your passion for cooking and get inspired with new flavours? Then look no further than The Food Show\, New Zealand’s biggest foodie extravaganza! This isn’t your ordinary day at the market – it’s a full-blown immersive experience that’s a feast for your senses. Find out more here at The Food Show website. \n\nScorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Our staff are friendly\, knowledgeable\, eclectic readers ready with recommendations. Visit our stand to browse the best in cookbooks and food writing at the 2025 Christchurch Food Show. \nThe Scorpio Books stand is near The Cooking Theatre\, and will host book signing sessions with celebrity chefs after their Cooking Theatre appearances. Find the schedule for the The Cooking Theatre here\, and don’t miss your favourite chef! Starring Annabelle White\, Nadia Lim\, Two Raw Sisters (Margo & Rosa)\, Josh Emett and Nat Thaipun. \n\nChristchurch Food Show 2025 opening hours: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri 4th April 10AM – 5PM\nSat 5th April 10AM – 5PM\nSun 6th April 10AM – 4PM
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/the-food-show-2025/
LOCATION:Wolfbrook Arena\, 55 Jack Hinton Drive\, Addington\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8024\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Matt Heath *RESCHEDULED*
DESCRIPTION:Matt Heath is a well-known broadcaster\, producer\, actor\, podcaster\, TV personality and sports commentator. He is the author of A Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways to Love the Life You’ve Got. This witty\, wise\, irreverent and eminently readable book may lead us to live a happier\, better life. \nJoin adventurer and explorer Matty Jordan in conversation with Matt Heath. They wrestle with 13 Ways to Love the Life You’ve Got. It’s bound to be a fun night! \nFree event\, bookings required. \nThis event has been rescheduled from Thursday 27 March.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-matt-heath/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250402T190000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Hannah-Rose Watt
DESCRIPTION:‘Welcome to the land of Aotearoa\, where waterfalls cascade from mountains that touch the clouds\, ancient trees whisper\, and wild\, untamed wilderness lies.’ \nJoin well known environmentalist and author-illustrator Lily Duval in conversation with the author of Wild Walks Aotearoa Hannah-Rose Watt\, for an evening of shared experience\, joy and exploration of the richness of Aotearoa. This latest Guide to Tramping in New Zealand is one to treasure. \nFree event\, bookings required.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-hannah-rose-watt/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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