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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
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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250401T180000
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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. \nAt this meeting\, we will be discussing The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. \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 the next Scorpio Books Club meeting.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-2/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:A Stormy Story Time with Granny McFlitter!
DESCRIPTION:🧶Come along for a very special Story Time!🧶\n\n\n \n\n\nHeather Haylock\, author of the Granny McFlitter books\, is visiting us on Saturday 29th March to celebrate her latest release\, ‘Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm’. Come along for story time and get your books signed!\n\n\n \n\n\nStory Time starts at 10am. See you there!\n\n\n \n\n\nBig thanks to Penguin Books NZ and Heather Haylock.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/a-stormy-story-time-with-granny-mcflitter/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Olivia Spooner
DESCRIPTION:New Zealand author Olivia Spooner’s first historical novel The Girl from London quickly became a NZ bestseller\, as did her second novel The Songbirds of Florence. Both were inspired by people and events in World War 2 – the sinking of the MS Rangitane\, and the experiences of members of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp (the Tuis) who worked in Egypt and Italy. \nJoin Olivia Spooner in conversation with author and broadcaster Liz Grant for an exploration of how these fascinating real-life events in New Zealand’s history became best-selling novels. \nFree event\, bookings required.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-olivia-spooner/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250319T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Truth Needs No Colour by Heather McQuillan
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Cloud Ink Press warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Truth Needs No Colour by award-winning local author Heather McQuillan. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP\, and you are welcome to wear something red. \nPre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \n\nLife is already unfair for 15-year-old Mariana. Her father’s missing and her activist mother is dead. Marooned with her grandparents in the cyclone-wrecked South Island\, life is dominated by Carapace\, a corrupt corporation. When Mariana wears a red dress to her new school\, she breaks an obscure rule and puts her family at risk. \nMariana yearns to stand up for her friend Filiki\, who’s trapped in Carapace’s school-to-prison pipeline. Fear keeps her silent. When Mariana finally speaks up\, it’s to disastrous effect and puts everyone she loves in danger. \nAs she confronts her fears\, Mariana must make her voice heard-because this time it might change everything. \nTruth Needs No Colour is a haunting novel for young readers about the difference one voice can make. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nHeather McQuillan is an award-winning writer based in Ōtautahi Christchurch\, New Zealand. As well as writing for young people she writes short fiction\, flash fiction and poetry and has been widely published in Aotearoa and internationally. Heather is the director of Write On School for Young Writers where she works to give agency to young writers.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-truth-needs-no-colour/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250312T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Dr. Kathryn Mannix
DESCRIPTION:Kathryn Mannix is on a mission to revolutionise the way we think and talk about the process of death and dying. A pioneer of palliative medicine in the UK for over 30 years\, her best-selling book With The End In Mind (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize) sends a vital message to the living and answers the most urgent\, intimate\, and fascinating questions about the end-of-life process with touching honesty and humility. Starting in cancer care and changing career to become a leader in the new discipline of palliative medicine\, Dr Mannix has spent her medical career working with people who have incurable\, advanced illnesses\, and brings this wealth of experience to the task of helping others to navigate these conversations and decisions.\n \n‘We have no cure for death. We’re getting better at postponing it\, but sooner or later it comes to us all. So getting informed and prepared seems a good idea. We have no workarounds for daunting conversations. Whether we like it or not\, sometimes we have to take a deep breath and get into a conversation that we might have preferred to avoid. \nI’ve spent my whole career working alongside dying people\, and learning from them. Now\, I want to share their wisdom with the world. I’m doing this by writing books and media articles\, guesting on podcasts\, lecturing and webcasting. If you’re already one of the thousands of people who have joined me on this venture\, welcome. Our community of wisdom and kindness keeps growing\, so if you’re new around here\, welcome too!’ \nDr. Mannix is making one public appearance while in Christchurch; this is a rare chance to learn from her in person. She will be sharing a mix of stories\, case studies\, insights and wisdom. Not just for people working in end of life care – this evening is a home-coming for all of us mortals. You will come away feeling lighter and more inspired about life\, with less fear of death and dying. \nGood to know: \n\nDoors open at 5pm\nSorry\, no door sales on the night\nYou are welcome to bring drinks and snacks\nThe event starts at 5:30pm and finishes at 7pm\nScorpio Books will be present and handling book sales for Dr. Mannix\n\nBook tickets via Humanitix.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/an-evening-with-dr-kathryn-mannix/
LOCATION:Mary Potter Community Centre\, 442 Durham Street North\, St Albans\, Christchurch\, 8014
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club | March: Delirious by Damien Wilkins
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. \nMarch Book of the Month: Delirious by Damien Wilkins. \nOn the first Tuesday of each month\, we’ll discuss our previous Book of the Month. Scorpio will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cozy space to chat. Scorpio staff members will lead the discussion\, and afterwards present their other recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and attendees will receive 10% off all full-priced purchases on the night. \nFor those who like to come prepared\, we’ll send out an email to ticket holders a few days prior with reviews and some questions to get the ideas flowing. This is not required reading – just there if you’re keen. A list of all books mentioned on the night will be emailed to ticket holders in the days following. \nSpaces are limited\, and a ticket costs $10 each month. You can buy one on our website\, over the phone or by visiting us instore. \nWhen: the first Tuesday of each month\, 6-7.30pm\nWhere: Scorpio Books\nTickets: $10 per person per month \nIf you have any questions about the Scorpio Books Club\, please email bookclub@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n* Cancellation policy: tickets can be cancelled until 9am on the day by emailing bookclub@scorpiobooks.co.nz. The ticket price cannot be refunded\, but transferred to store credit that will never expire.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-march-delirious-by-damien-wilkins/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Mums-and-Bubs Drawing Class with Hilary Jean Tapper
DESCRIPTION:Mums-and-Bubs Drawing Class with Hilary Jean Tapper \n\n\nCelebrate the release of ‘Baby and Me’\, a beautiful new picture book by Angela Casabene and Hilary Jean Tapper\, with a Mums-and-Bubs illustration class on Thursday 20th February\, 10am at Telling Tales. Come along to learn illustration skills from Hilary in a relaxed and baby-friendly environment. \n\n\nAll materials provided\, spaces are limited – please RSVP at tellingtales@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n\n\nThe class is aimed at adults\, with open play-drawing available for your little ones to join you. All adults welcome\, even without kids!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/496284/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Coming In From The Cold
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books warmly invites you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Coming In From The Cold: Tautoko Tāne enabling the wellbeing of male survivors of sexual violence by Bex De Prospo Carr\, Fiona Clapham Howard and Tony Chamberlain. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nThis anthology features the courageous first-hand accounts of 26 male survivors of sexual abuse and violence in Aotearoa New Zealand. Through their eyes\, we are able to see the environments and systems in which the abuses took place\, the profound effects of those experiences\, and the survivors’ reflections upon them as they navigate their lives. Their generous contributions illustrate the transformational power of connection\, support\, hope and aroha. As the heart of this work\, their stories help to showcase more than two decades of mahi by Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa\, detailed through a brief organisational history unfolded in four seasonal essays. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nBex De Prospo Carr is a multi-disciplinarian who uses the power of words\, performance stages\, and sound to tell impactful stories to create a better world. With a background spanning rock and roll\, theatre\, and strategic communications\, Bex has carved a niche in leveraging storytelling as a tool for social and environmental change. Find out more about Bex De Prospo Carr here: www.authenticstorytelling.co.nz. \nFiona Clapham Howard has worked in the New Zealand mental health and addictions sector since 2004\, predominantly in lived experience roles. She has led teams working in peer support\, as well as in individual and systemic advocacy. She is an experienced peer support and advocacy trainer with a particular interest in exploring the impact of systems\, structures\, power imbalances\, and the legacy left to survivors of childhood adversity and trauma. \nTony Chamberlain works with not-for-profit and social enterprise communities to develop on-purpose strategic agendas and effective governance frameworks. He is proud to be working with his colleagues in Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa to build a capable national organisation\, enabling its member organisations to provide an appropriate nationwide support service for the male survivors of sexual abuse.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-coming-in-from-the-cold/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Huia Publishers warmly welcome you to the launch of Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War by local author T K Roxborogh. This junior fiction title is the sequel to 2020’s Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea\, supreme winner of the  Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and winner of the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award at the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nLike every year\, the summer brings new people to Tolaga Bay. It’s been a full year since Charlie saved his hometown from destruction at the hands of gods\, warring sea creatures and natural disasters. Charlie and his younger brother\, Robbie\, are enjoying their normal lives – fishing off the wharf and helping out at their mum’s store – that is\, until a visiting scientist is stabbed at the local campground\, days before a meeting between local iwi and the government. So begins Charlie’s quest to uncover a mystery taking place in the hills above the town \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\n\n\nT K Roxborogh (Ngāti Porou\, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri) is an award-winning author of more than thirty published works\, both fiction and non-fiction. Her latest publication Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea won the Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction and the supreme Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. She teaches English and has been a writing mentor and judge for short stories and for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-charlie-tangaroa-and-the-god-of-war/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241130T103000
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SUMMARY:Story Time and Book Release with Sarah Milne
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special story time with Sarah Milne! On Saturday\, November 30th at 10am we are celebrating her new book\, Bridge to Anywhere\, with a reading and signing in-store.  \nAll Welcome! Please park prams outside to allow room for everyone. We recommend arriving a few minutes early to find a comfy seat.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/story-time-and-book-release-with-sarah-milne/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T173050
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T004313Z
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SUMMARY:Chapbook Launch | ngā pukapuka pekapeka Series One
DESCRIPTION:The exclusive first-ever public event for ngā pukapuka pekapeka\, the new Ōtautahi micropress\, is here. Join us at Scorpio Books to be the first in Aotearoa to get your hands on three carefully curated chapbooks. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nMy Moana Girls by Ruby Macomber is a poetry collection dedicated to the tenacious Indigenous sisterhoods we would be lost without. \nParallel Lines by Molly Laurence is a collection of currents running through tūrangawaewae\, school days\, and the hum of bread baking. \nintroduced species by C R Green is a hybrid collection of poetry and prose that weaves a dialogue between humanity and nature across the framework of C R Green’s own lifetime.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/chapbook-launch-nga-pukapuka-pekapeka-series-one/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241122T193000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241122T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Tour | This is the F#$%ing News
DESCRIPTION:My Story\, Your Issues. Paddy G\, live on stage. Now this really is The F#$%ing News. \nPaddy has written a book and he’s taking it on the road\, from Stewart Island to Waitangi. The F#$%ing News is coming to a stage near you!\nHe will crack you up with his ripper yarns from a crazy life story. This performance mixes journalism\, stand-up comedy and motivational speaking – talking shit and giving uplifting messages about what it means to be a Kiwi. \nPaddy was down\, but he got back up again. He’ll talk about the personal issues he has overcome\, and the issues New Zealand needs to overcome. In each place\, he’ll tackle a local issue and show you a local hero. And there will definitely be a Q and A! \nDon’t f#$%ing miss this. \nDisclaimer: There will be F-Bombs. \nGet tickets here from Eventfinda.  \nScorpio Books will be bookselling at the event. Buy your copy today!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-tour-this-is-the-fing-news/
LOCATION:St Margaret’s College\, 12 Winchester Street\, Merivale\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8014\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241120T163000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241120T183000
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SUMMARY:Kids' Drawing Workshop and Book Launch with Hilary Jean Tapper
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, 20th November we are celebrating the release of ‘Over or Under?’ a summery seaside tale by Pip Harry and Ōtautahi illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper. \n\n\n \n\n\nHilary will run an illustration workshop for kids aged 7 – 12 at 4.30pm at Telling Tales\, followed by a book launch at 5.30 – refreshments provided\, all welcome! We would love to see you there. \n\n\n \n\n\nPlease note that registration is required for the workshop – you can secure your place by emailing us at tellingtales@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n\n\n\nThis event is in collaboration with The Children’s University.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/kids-drawing-workshop-and-book-launch-with-hilary-jean-tapper/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241119T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241119T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T173050
CREATED:20241029T014113Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery\, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery by Antony Elworthy
DESCRIPTION:Walker Books and Scorpio Books warmly invite you to the launch of The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery\, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery by Antony Elworthy. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \n\n\nFrom the animator of The Corpse Bride\, Coraline and Isle of Dogs\, comes a hilarious\, illustrated tale about Gramps’s life as a magician. \nGramps had what they call a ‘Chequered Career’ which he insists on regaling to his sceptical grandson. He’s been a stuntman and a deep-sea diver\, but his most exciting\, and discombobulating\, career was when he was a magician. Known as The Astounding Alfredo\, and he became famous throughout the world\, especially for the disappearing trick with his dove – Montgomery\, The Mysterious Bird of Mystery. \nUnfortunately\, Montgomery is not just mysterious\, but malevolent\, envious and ambitious. \nAnd Gramps and Montgomery discover that fame has a way of changing people – and places. \nExpect the unexpected and believe the unbelievable in this hilarious debut novel from acclaimed animator Antony Elworthy. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nAntony Elworthy is an illustrator\, animator and children’s book author who has worked on critically acclaimed television and Oscar-winning feature film productions around the world. His most recent film credit was Lead Stop Motion Animator on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. He was also Lead Animator for Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie as well as Animator on Coraline and Corpse Bride.  \nAntony lives in Christchurch\, NZ\, where he is Animation Director on the hit preschool TV show Kiri and Lou (starring Jemaine Clement). He is currently Director of Animation on Sauvages\, a new film by Claude Barras.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-strange-and-unlikely-tale-of-montgomery-the-mysterious-bird-of-mystery-by-antony-elworthy/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241113T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Hotel Theresa
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Book and Cold Hub Press warmly invite you to the launch of Hotel Theresa by Doc Drumheller. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nThe Hotel Theresa is a landmark in Harlem\, New York City\, where legendary figures like Josephine Baker\, Duke Ellington\, Malcolm X\, and Muhammad Ali made their New York stay-overs. After visiting this iconic hotel\, poet Doc Drumheller was inspired to write and collect poems based on his travels\, exploring the world as a dual citizen of New Zealand and the USA. \nThe poems in this collection were composed on his journeys in New Zealand\, and throughout the USA\, Asia\, Europe\, and Central America\, where he has represented New Zealand at numerous international poetry festivals as a poet and cultural ambassador. The individual poems have been published in prestigious magazines and anthologies in New Zealand and around the world\, translated into many languages\, and received awards and honours from several international universities. Hotel Theresa features seventy of the published poems from more than one hundred composed between 2011 and 2024. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nDoc Drumheller is an award-winning poet\, musician\, dramatist\, who has published 11 collections of poetry. His poems have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the editor and publisher of the New Zealand literary journal Catalyst. He was elected to represent New Zealand on the Executive Board of the World Congress of Poets\, and is the editor in chief of the World Congress of Poets literary journal Fuego. He has represented New Zealand at international poetry festivals all over the world\, and has performed in Cuba\, Lithuania\, Italy\, Hungary\, Bulgaria\, Romania\, Japan\, India\, China\, Nicaragua\, USA\, Mexico\, El Salvador\, Ecuador\, and widely throughout NZ. \nHis previous collection\, Drinking With Li Bai\, 100 Haiku from China and India\, was published\, with a memorable launch at Scorpio Books\, by Cold Hub Press in 2022.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-hotel-theresa/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241106T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Woolsheds
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to the launch of Woolsheds: The historic shearing sheds of Aotearoa New Zealand by Annette O’Sullivan and Jane Ussher. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nTowards the end of the nineteenth century\, wool\, mutton and lamb were the staples of the young New Zealand economy. By the 1980s\, the national flock was counted at 75 million sheep\, and wool export returns peaked at $1.8 billion. Now\, however\, the landscape of the farming industry has changed\, and sheep farmers have had to make some tough adaptations\, but it remains vital and important\, and the industry continues to be peopled by some of this country’s most entrepreneurial and agri-science-focused brains. \nThis handsome book\, exquisitely photographed by Jane Ussher\, takes readers to historic sheep stations in the North and South Island\, and explores the rich histories of this key primary industry that are contained in their heritage woolsheds. From the oldest working woolshed in mid-Canterbury to woolsheds rebuilt after earthquakes and sheds built by eminent public figures\, it is a celebration of effort\, industry and tenacity. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nDr Annette O’Sullivan is a design academic and former senior lecturer in typography at Massey University School of Design. Her doctorate examined the design histories of branding and identity on historic New Zealand sheep stations. She is a London trained typographer and letterpress printer and comes from a background of design practice in publishing\, museum\, and exhibition design. She is a Massey University Honorary Research Associate and member of the International Society of Typographic Designers. \nJane Ussher MNZM is one of New Zealand’s most lauded photographers. Perhaps best known for her photographs for the Listener and\, more recently\, for magazines such as New Zealand House & Garden\, her photographs have also appeared in the high-profile\, award-winning books Coast\, Islands\, Worship; Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton; The New Zealand Horse; Endless Sea; Nature — Stilled; Historic New Zealand Homesteads and Rooms: Portraits of Remarkable New Zealand Interiors.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-woolsheds/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Tour | The Fight For Freshwater
DESCRIPTION:Bridget Williams Books invites you to a Christchurch event with Mike Joy\, discussing his new memoir\, The Fight for Freshwater! \n\nWednesday 6 NovemberTautoru/TSB Space\, Tūranga\nLevel 1\, 60 Cathedral Square\nChristchurch Central \n\nDoors open from 5.30pm\, event starts 6.00pm \n\nSpeakers include Mike Joy and Rebecca Macfie. \n\nNau mai\, haere mai. Public event\, no RVSP needed. \n\nContact info@bwb.co.nz for more information. \n\nMike Joy is appearing in other centres\, see: www.bwb.co.nz/events \nThis event is supported by Scorpio Books.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-tour-the-fight-for-freshwater/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241101T203000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Ngā Kūaha: Voices and Visions in Maori Healing and Psychiatry
DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to the launch of Wiremu Niania and Dr. Allister Bush’s second book\, Ngā Kūaha: Voices and Visions in Māori Healing and Psychiatry\, also authored by David Epston. This is a free event and is open for all to attend. We ask that you register your attendance for catering. \nEFTpos is available as well as cash to purchase books. \nAuthors available for book signing. \nDoors open from 5.30pm \nRegister here \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nNgā Kūaha: Voices and Visions in Māori Healing and Psychiatry explores what it means to hear voices and see visions from the perspectives of Māori healer Wiremu NiaNia and psychiatrist Allister Bush. Wiremu explains Ngā Kūaha as referring to doorways and offers entranceways into Māori knowledge about wairua (spirituality) handed down by his forebears and other Māori sources. \nThe authors provide historical examples of Western mystical experiences and contrasting Western psychiatric and psychological explanations of voices and visions as hallucinations. Further chapters focus on narratives and perspectives from people who have experienced voices and visions\, and have had interactions with mental health services\, told from multiple viewpoints; individual\, whānau (family)\, Māori healing and psychiatry. The benefits of joint Māori healing and psychiatry approaches on wellbeing are examined. Drawing on their 18-year partnership Wiremu and Allister highlight the harmful colonial impact of psychiatry in suppressing Māori views of voices and visions. They describe ways of working together in clinical practice to address this history of injustice and how to identify whether distressing perceptual experiences may represent Māori cultural experiences\, psychiatric or psychological symptoms or all of these. \nThis book advocates for practices that enable genuine partnerships between Māori healers\, other wairua practitioners\, and mental health clinicians in order to improve the mental health and spiritual care of Māori and perhaps other peoples. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nWiremu Niania\, born in 1949 and of Tūwharetoa\, Ngāti Kahungunu\, Tūhoe descent\, was adopted into the Niania whānau in Tiniroto. Raised by his kuia\, Te Awhimate Niania\, he displayed spiritual awareness from a young age\, guided closely in mahi wairua practice. \nApprenticed to his kuia\, who was considered a tohunga\, Wiremu assisted with mahi wairua from his teenage years. Besides his spiritual journey\, he has diverse life experiences\, including work as a shearer\, fencer\, scrubcutter\, musician\, songwriter\, Māori activist\, and youth worker. \nIn 1999\, Wiremu studied Mental Health with Indigenous Training and Consultants\, later joining the Māori cultural therapy team in Gisborne Hospital’s mental health unit. His unique approach to mental health and spiritual distress earned him a role as a cultural therapist at Te Whare Mārie\, Specialist Māori mental health service\, until 2010. \nCollaborating with Allister Bush\, Wiremu authored Tātaihono: Stories of Māori Healing and Psychiatry\, winning the Ashton Wylie Book Award in 2014.  A sought-after presenter\, he speaks globally on topics like traditional healing in clinical settings. \nAllister Bush\, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist\, Te Whare Mārie\, Māori Mental Health Service and Pasifika CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service)\, Te Whatu Ora\, Porirua\, Aotearoa New Zealand. \nDavid Epston\, Co-originator of Narrative Therapy\, Tāmaki-makau-rau Auckland\, Aotearoa New Zealand.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-nga-kuaha-voices-and-visions-in-maori-healing-and-psychiatry/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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SUMMARY:Michael Belgrave | Author Talk
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to an evening with Professor Michael Belgrave\, author of new book Becoming Aotearoa\, and Associate Professor Lyndon Fraser. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn the first major national history of Aotearoa New Zealand to be published for 20 years\, Professor Michael Belgrave advances the notion that New Zealand’s two peoples — tangata whenua and subsequent migrants — have together built an open\, liberal society based on a series of social contracts. Frayed though they may sometimes be\, these contracts have created a country that is distinct. This engaging new look at our history examines how. \n\nABOUT AUTHOR \n\nMichael Belgrave joined Massey University in 1993 on the opening of the university’s Albany campus. A historian and previously a research manager at the Waitangi Tribunal\, he taught in the social policy and social work programme until 2014\, as well as Māori studies and history. In 1995 he began a long involvement with social workers and schools\, managing and evaluating Massey University’s pilot of the programme\, and becoming the leading advisor and evaluator in the development of a government pilot and in the generalisation of the programme throughout New Zealand. The programme is now provided to all decile 1–3 schools. \nHe continued to maintain a strong interest in Treaty of Waitangi research and settlements\, providing substantial research reports into a wide number of the Waitangi Tribunal’s district inquiries. More recently\, he has been heavily involved in assisting iwi in negotiating the historical aspects of Treaty settlements. He has published widely on Treaty and Māori history\, including being lead editor of Waitangi Revisited: Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi (Oxford University Press). He received a Marsden Fund award in 2015 for study into the re-examination of the causes of the New Zealand wars of the 1860s.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/becoming-aotearoa-book-launch/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241029T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Gavin Bishop Treasury by Gavin Bishop
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Random House New Zealand warmly welcome you to the launch of The Gavin Bishop Treasury: 10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales by Gavin Bishop. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nComprising over two hundred pages of fabulous storytelling and stunning artwork\, children will be spellbound by this beautiful hardback gift treasury of ten favourite fairy tales and original stories by the acclaimed Gavin Bishop. \nBetween the covers you will find four of Gavin’s delightful original tales\, featuring such beloved characters as drab Mrs McGinty\, who becomes a sensation when a fast-growing plant takes off in her yard\, along with a rainbow-chasing sheep\, a little rabbit who longs to visit the sea\, and a bear who decides he can go without his winter sleep. \nThere are also six of Gavin’s delicious\, humour-filled fairy tale retellings\, including crafty Mr Fox with an empty food sack to fill\, the gloriously illustrated Three Little Pigs\, and Rats!\, in which Mrs Polly Piper\, vexed by an infestation of cheeky rodents\, accepts help from the dashing\, accordion-playing Rapscallion Claw. \nThis beautiful gift collection will entrance families of all ages and sizes and is the ideal inducement to snuggle up and read together. \nThe 10 gorgeous stories included in this treasury are: Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant; Bidibidi; Mr Fox; Chicken Licken; A Apple Pie; The Three Little Pigs; Little Rabbit and the Sea; Stay Awake\, Bear!; The Three Billy Goats Gruff; and Rats! \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nGavin Bishop (Tainui\, Ngāti Awa) is a highly acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator of more than 70 books\, whose work ranges from original stories to retellings of Māori myths\, European fairy stories\, and nursery rhymes. \nBorn in Invercargill\, he spent his childhood in the remote railway settlement of Kingston on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Studying under Russell Clark and Rudi Gopas\, Gavin graduated from the Canterbury University School of Fine Arts with an honours degree in painting. He taught art at Linwood High School and at Christ’s College in Christchurch. \nAmong the numerous fellowships and national book prizes that have been awarded to Gavin throughout his career\, highlights are his Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement – Non-fiction in 2019; his Te Waka Toi Ngā Tohu ā Tā Kingi Ihaka/Sir Kingi Ihaka Award in 2018 recognising lifetime contribution to strengthening Māori art and culture through his children’s books; The Arts Foundation’s Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award in 2013; and the 2000 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and his distinguished contribution to children’s literature in New Zealand. Gavin was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013\, and President of Honour of the NZ Society of Authors. \nGavin lives and works in Christchurch\, New Zealand. See more about him and his work at www.gavinbishop.com.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-gavin-bishop-treasury-by-gavin-bishop/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241023T193000
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SUMMARY:Monty Soutar | Author Talk
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Bateman Books warmly welcome you to an author talk starring Monty Soutar to celebrate the release of the second instalment in the Kāwai series\, Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment.  \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book in hardback or paperback format today. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIt’s 1818 on the East Coast of Te Ika-a-Māui\, New Zealand. Hine-aute\, granddaughter of the legendary warrior Kaitanga\, is fleeing through the bush\, a precious yet gruesome memento contained in her fishing net. What follows is a gripping tale of a people on the cusp of profound change that is destined to reverberate through many generations to come. \nThe Europeans have arrived\, and they’ve brought guns and foreign diseases\, ushering in a whole new world of terror and trouble. They’ve also brought a new religion\, which will cause Māori to question everything they had believed to be true. Hine and her sons Ipumare and Uha are caught in the crossfire of change\, creating fractures in their close familial bonds and undermining everything they hold dear. \nFrom raids by musket-wielding war parties to heightened internecine warfare; from the influx of whalers\, traders and Christian missionaries to the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi\, Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment strikes hard and deep into the heart of the initial impact of colonisation on Māori\, and is guaranteed to leave readers stunned. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nDr. Monty Soutar (Ngāti Porou\, Ngāti Awa\, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki\, Ngāti Kahungunu) has worked as a Senior Historian for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage\, Director of the Tairāwhiti Museum in Gisborne and as the World War One Historian in Residence at Auckland War Memorial Museum. In 2015 he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and historical research. He continues to serve on the Waitangi Tribunal. \nDr. Soutar is the author of Whitiki Whiti Whiti E! Māori in the First World War and Nga Tama Toa – The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (Māori) Battalion 1939-1945. In 2021 he was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to write the Kāwai series. Monty lives in Gisborne with his wife and youngest daughter.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/kawai-tree-of-nourishment-author-talk/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:DECULT 2024
DESCRIPTION:New Zealand’s first cult conference gathers cult survivors\, academic experts\, advocates and activists – in person and live-streamed. \nJoin us at DECULT 2024 to raise awareness\, build networks and educate professionals who want to minimise harm. \n\nAre you concerned about cults and want to understand their dynamics?\nHave you come out of a harmful group or are helping someone to leave?\nDo you want to offer professional support for cult leavers?\n\n\n\n\n\nThen DECULT 2024 is for you.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/decult-2024/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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SUMMARY:Wild Walks Aotearoa | Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Random House New Zealand warmly welcome you to the launch of Wild Walks Aotearoa by Hannah-Rose Watt. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \nWild Walks Aotearoa is an informative\, inspiring and visually stunning guide to tramping in New Zealand\, for walkers of all levels and experiences. Featuring 59 walks across New Zealand’s North and South islands\, this practical guide is for anyone keen to explore Aotearoa’s wilderness on foot. Containing key info about essential gear; safety on the tracks; how to read topographical maps and trail markers; hut and track etiquette; advice for solo and female trampers; and details and logistics for each walk\, this book will be your new tramping companion. \nPacked with well-trodden and lesser-known walks – from quickies while on a roadie\, to hikes for tykes and multi-day journeys – you’ll find options for all ages\, fitness and experience levels. Lavishly illustrated with photographs of New Zealand’s picturesque landscapes\, Wild Walks Aotearoa is a must-own\, whether for inspiration on your coffee table or planning your next adventure. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\nHannah-Rose Watt is a passionate and experienced tramper\, mountaineer and adventurer. She grew up tramping and camping with her family in the rugged beauty of New Zealand’s South Island\, and she has a deep-rooted connection to the wilderness. \nAlongside her professional work in the outdoor industry\, including for DOC and Macpac\, Hannah dedicates her time to exploring Aotearoa\, leading tramping trips\, educating new trampers\, and fostering safe and inclusive outdoor experiences through her wild social media channels. Her mission is to inspire others to explore enchanting landscapes and to foster an appreciation for the natural world. \nHannah lives and works in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/wild-walks-aotearoa-book-launch/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Lily\, Oh Lily | Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Canterbury University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of Lily\, Oh Lily: Searching for a Nazi ghost by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today. \nLily Hasenburg was just such a figure in Holman’s growing years. She was whispered into his ear by grandmother Eunice – in memorable stories of her older sister\, who married and moved to Germany at the turn of the 20th century\, and was later caught up in the Nazi web spun by Adolf Hitler. Unable to shake loose this story\, Holman pursued her to Berlin\, Hamburg and Dresden. Here\, we have an account of his pilgrimage; the kind of family history we might bury\, and forget – to our loss. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nJeffrey Paparoa Holman is an acclaimed poet\, historian and memoirist. His poetry has been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards; his family memoir The Lost Pilot (Penguin\, 2013) was warmly received in Aotearoa and overseas. Best of Both Worlds: The story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau (Penguin\, 2010) was short-listed for the Ernest Scott Prize (History) in Australia. Since retirement from his role as senior adjunct fellow at the University of Canterbury\, he has taught creative writing in both primary and high school programmes.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/lily-oh-lily-book-launch/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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