**THIS EVENT IS NOW BOOKED OUT. TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST ON THE WAIT LIST, PLEASE EMAIL RSVP@SCORPIOBOOKS.CO.NZ**   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. On the first Tuesday of each month, we’ll […]

Join us along with Auckland University Press to celebrate the Christchurch launch of BITER by Claudia Jardine. Featuring Claudia Jardine and special guests! Arrive from 5:30 for a 6pm start. Refreshments provided - please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. ABOUT THE BOOK: Filled with hickeys, puttanesca and tart wit, BITER is an apt title for Claudia […]

Join us for the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Fiona Farrell's latest offering, The Deck - a novel about telling stories in a time of change. All welcome - arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes.   ABOUT THE BOOK: A little way off in the future, during a […]

Join us for the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Edge of Light: New Dawning by award-winning local writer Melanie Dixon. This dystopia for young adults is the first in an exciting new trilogy published by One Tree House. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. […]

Join us for the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Glimpse by award-winning young adult author Jane Higgins. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes.   ABOUT THE BOOK: The city authorities have abandoned the D-Zone as damaged beyond repair. It’s a no-go area where ongoing earthquakes […]

Join us for the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Guide by local writer and foraging enthusiast Liv Sisson. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes.   ABOUT THE BOOK: Enter and explore the fascinating world of fungi. In this practical […]

Canterbury University Press and Scorpio Books warmly invite you to the launch of Sure to Rise: The Edmonds Story by Peter Alsop, Kate Parsonson and Richard Wolfe. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes.   ABOUT THE BOOK: Take a teaspoon of baking powder, fold […]

Join us and Freerange Press for the launch of Shifting Foundations, a beautiful book exploring the architecture of post-quake Ōtautahi Christchurch. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes.   ABOUT THE BOOK: Following the 2010-11 earthquakes and their aftermath, Christchurch’s built fabric was irrevocably changed […]

Join us and Bateman Books to celebrate the launch of Here Upon the Tide, the debut novel for younger readers from local author Blair McMillan. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes.   ABOUT THE BOOK: When Amir’s city in Syria is bombed as civil war […]

Join us and Quentin Wilson Publishing for the Ōtautahi launch of this thrilling new crime novel, launched by Edmund Bohan. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes.   ABOUT THE BOOK: Frank Winter is an ex-cop, a former hard-boiled Boston detective with a soft centre […]