Colony is proud to be partnering with Scorpio Books to bring together two of our favourite things - a great mead with a great book! Each month at Mead & Read, Scorpio will introduce three new books that we think our customers might enjoy, and we will provide tastes of matching meads and liqueurs*. Held on […]
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 […]
Colony is proud to be partnering with Scorpio Books to bring together two of our favourite things - a great mead with a great book! Each month at Mead & Read, Scorpio will introduce three new books that we think our customers might enjoy, and we will provide tastes of matching meads and liqueurs*. Held on […]
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 discuss our previous Book of the Month – so in August, we’ll be talking about our July book, […]
Join us and Bateman Books to celebrate the launch of The Seasonwife, the debut novel from local author Saige England. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. ABOUT THE BOOK: It’s 1832 on an isolated coast on the South Island of New Zealand. A lush and […]
Join us and Penguin NZ to celebrate the launch of The Waters, by Carl Nixon, launched by Morrin Rout. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. ABOUT THE BOOK: One family. Forty years. The Waters kids ― practical, athletic Mark; the physically beautiful dreamer […]
Join us and Te Herenga Waka University Press to celebrate the launch of award-winning author Amy Head's latest offering - Signs of Life, set in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes. This event is proudly part of WORD Festival 2023. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering […]
Colony is proud to be partnering with Scorpio Books to bring together two of our favourite things - a great mead with a great book! Each month at Mead & Read, Scorpio will introduce three new books that we think our customers might enjoy, and we will provide tastes of matching meads and liqueurs*. Held on […]
Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at Scorpio Books Club. On the first Tuesday of each month, we’ll discuss our previous Book of the Month – so in September, we’ll be talking about our August book, The […]
Join us and Cold Hub Press to celebrate the launch of two remarkable new collections of poetry! A Long Road Trip Home by John Allison, introduced by James Norcliffe; and Night Shifts by Pat White, introduced by Doc Drumheller. All welcome, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. This event is free to attend - […]
Join Liv Sisson, bestselling author of Fungi of Aotearoa for a conversation about the role fungi play in our lives – from foraging and gardening, to its place in food production and medicine. Take this opportunity to learn from a curious citizen scientist in the field and learn about the variety of fungi you can gather from […]
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