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SUMMARY:Immersive Storytime with Storybox Drama
DESCRIPTION:Join us and StoryBox Drama for an Immersive Storytime these holidays!  \n  \nWhen: Friday\, 17th April\, 10am \nWhere: Telling Tales Childrens Books \nRegister: Email us at tellingtales@scorpiobooks.co.nz\, places are limited. \nCost: Free! \n  \nStep inside a story and join Sam from Storybox Drama for an interactive storytelling adventure\, inspired by The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours by Chloe Savage. \nIn this playful Interactive Storytelling workshop for children aged 5–12\, young explorers will use drama\, movement and imagination to build a spacecraft\, journey across the galaxy and imagine what might happen if humans made first contact with alien life. \nDesigned to spark creativity\, confidence and curiosity about the universe\, this engaging workshop encourages children to collaborate\, think creatively and step right into the story. \nPerfect for curious kids who love stories\, space and adventure.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/immersive-storytime-with-storybox-drama/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Pepeha Portal by Ariana Tikao
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of Pepeha Portal by Ariana Tikao. \nPepeha Portal is the keenly anticipated debut poetry collection from New Zealand Arts Laureate Ariana Tikao. Rooted in Kāi Tahu identity\, the collection chronicles a homecoming and offers a moving account of memory\, place and connection. \nBorn and raised in Ōtautahi Christchurch\, Tikao left the city after the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. In 2023 she was awarded the Ursula Bethell Residency at the University of Canterbury and returned to live in a place that was both deeply familiar and astonishingly new. Written largely during this period\, Pepeha Portal is shaped by stories embedded in the landscape – many long erased by colonialism and only recently exposed by cultural\, as much as geological\, shifts. \nResponding to suburban landscapes and tīpuna places\, personal memory and ancestral voice\, Pepeha Portal considers how language\, whakapapa and whenua act as portals to belonging. \nAll welcome\, this is a free event. Refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nAbout the author\nAriana Tikao is a Kāi Tahu writer\, musician and New Zealand Arts Laureate. Her work spans poetry\, music and interdisciplinary performance\, and has been published widely in Aotearoa. Her book Mokorua: My Story of Moko Kauae was published in 2022 (AUP). Pepeha Portal is her debut poetry collection.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-pepeha-portal-by-ariana-tikao/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul by Richard Langston
DESCRIPTION:‘Punk hit the brothers like a thunderclap’ and they electrified a generation. Richard Langston’s The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul is out in April and we’ll be celebrating with a four-part tour\, starting in Dunedin and travelling up the country\, featuring special musical guests and author Q&As. \nChristchurch\nLyttelton Coffee Co.\n29 London Street\, Lyttelton \nThursday 9 April\n6pm \nBooks will be available to purchase at the events courtesy of our hosts and local booksellers. \nAbout the book\nIn 1978 in Dunedin the Kilgour brothers\, Hamish and David\, and their schoolfriend Peter Gutteridge\, got together to form a band called The Clean. When Robert Scott joined in 1980 the band found a combination that endured for nearly forty years. \nThe Clean profoundly changed alternative music: hitting the New Zealand charts for months with a single made for $50\, ‘Tally Ho!’; helping establish Flying Nun and a music scene independent of the big labels; pioneering a low-fi\, do-it-yourself approach to rock music; and touring internationally to influence bands like Pavement and Yo La Tengo. \nRaw and immediate\, this is the story as told by members of The Clean and their inner circle – fellow musicians such as Chris Knox\, Martin Phillipps\, Graeme Downes and Ira Kaplan\, friends and family\, pub promoters and sound engineers\, and their good friend\, Richard Langston. From teenagers in a Dunedin practice room to New York City on 9/11 – this is the band’s history as it unfolds. \nAbout the author\nRichard Langston is a journalist\, poet and television director who has written about the Dunedin music scene since the 1980s. The fanzine he edited from 1984–86\, Garage\, was issued as the book Pull Down the Shades: Garage Fanzine 1984–1986 (HoZac Books\, 2023). He has been friends with the members of The Clean for forty years.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-clean-in-the-dreamlife-you-need-a-rubber-soul-by-richard-langston/
LOCATION:Lyttelton Coffee Co.\, 29 London Street\, Lyttelton\, Christchurc\, Canterbury\, 8082\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! \nShare your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: Half His Age by Jenette McCurdy \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. \nA ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. \nScorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will facilitate 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 round-up list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-3-2-3/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Author talk | Dr Frances Pitsilis
DESCRIPTION:Hear Dr Frances Pitsilis\, an author and high-profile medical doctor talk about her recent book offering a prescription for lifelong health\, Well Woman. The book is a comprehensive toolbox of information about diet\, lifestyle\, stress management and ageing well. Feel rejuvenated hearing from this warm and accessible speaker – and bring your questions! Dr Frances Pitsilis will be interviewed by Liz Grant. \nWednesday 25 March\, 6-7pm\nTautoru/TSB Space\, Hapori | Community\, Level 1\, Tūranga\nFree\, get your tickets here \nAbout the speakers\nDr Frances Pitsilis is New Zealand’s “doctor of good health”. She has been featured in the media for many years including the 2012 series Is Modern Medicine Killing You? \nDr Frances is a Western-trained doctor\, specialising in Occupational Medicine\, nutrition\, bioidentical hormones\, and natural therapies. Qualified in Anti-Aging\, Integrative\, Preventative\, and Regenerative medicine\, she is an international conference speaker in these areas. She is also a trusted media commentator\, educating and informing audiences through television\, radio and print media. Her work has empowered many to take control of their health\, advocating for a preventative\, science-based approach. \nDr. Pitsilis runs a private practice in Milford\, Auckland treating patients with chronic and challenging illnesses. Additionally\, she runs a holistic cosmetic clinic at the same location where she optimises skin and appearance from the inside. Today\, Dr Pitsilis is here to discuss her bestselling book\, Well Woman. \nLiz Grant is a writer and editor with a background in broadcasting. She is a regular session chair at WORD festival events\, which she particularly enjoys. Liz is the author of four books of non-fiction\, and for three years she headed the writing team at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Now home living in Lyttelton\, she continues to work freelance.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-dr-frances-pitsilis/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Money\, Money\, Money
DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to be launching our book! \nWe couldn’t think of a better way to send it out into the world than surrounded by our favourite people\, talking about all the stuff that really matters: \n\nWhy so many women feel stressed\, uncertain\, or stuck around money\nHow money beliefs are formed — and how we can change them\nHow to build confidence\, clarity\, and freedom with money in the real world\n\nExpect some celebrations while we explore how to get more money in the hands of more women. \nCome along\, everyone is welcome!  Bring your friends\, mother\, sister\, daughter\, colleagues\, grab a signed copy of Money\, Money\, Money\, and join the conversation that every woman needs to have about money\, power\, and choice. \nMassive thanks to our publisher Allen & Unwin\, Scorpio Bookshop and Tangata Moana Trust. \nPre-order your copy here. \nPlease RSVP \nAbout the book\nEver put your head in the sand when it comes to your finances? Or wondered how you will survive when you retire? Have you left your financial future up to your partner? Then this guide is for you. \nFinancial self-sufficiency is the key to living a happy and healthy life. And yet women today are experiencing a gendered financial crisis and have been predominantly left out of the conversation around what you need to know about money. \nMoney\, Money\, Money explains exactly what women are up against and provides you with clear steps you can take while navigating your finances\, often against the odds. \nWith chapters that include explanations on why ‘being bad with money’ is absolutely not your fault\, tools to discover your financial psychological beliefs and limits\, plus simple\, practical tools for managing your money and up-to-date advice on all the ‘boring’ stuff\, Money\, Money\, Money is here to help you reset your life-long relationship with money. \nAs the creators of Hi Money\, a business dedicated to educating and empowering women when it comes to their relationship with money\, financial behavioural experts Rachel Davies and Angela Meyer want more money in the hands of women. This book shows you how.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-money-money-money/
LOCATION:Fibre Gallery\, 285 Cashel Street\, Christchurch Central City\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Every Second Counts by Charlotte Glennie
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Moa Press warmly welcome you the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Every Second Counts by Charlotte Glennie. \nCharlotte Glennie is an accomplished journalist with more than two decades of experience as a broadcast journalist and media specialist\, half of that spent working in Asia. She has worked with media organisations including the BBC\, ABC and TVNZ\, and her career highlights include New Zealand’s Supreme Award for Excellence in Television Journalism – recognising coverage of news in Asia\, including the Indian Ocean tsunami; the New Zealand Government Special Service Medal for reporting in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami and the Clarion Award for Radio Documentary of the Year – an ABC investigation into the impact of the war in Afghanistan on Australian soldiers and their families. Every Second Counts is her first book. \nCharlotte Glennie will be in conversation with Jendy Harper. All welcome\, this is a free event. Refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nAbout the book\nEvery Second Counts is a fascinating\, fast-paced memoir by award-winning NZ journalist Charlotte Glennie\, who survived life-changing injuries after a near-fatal accident. She went on to break new ground reporting across Asia during major world events\, including political crackdowns and natural disasters. \nSet in New Zealand\, Australia\, Asia and Europe\, this is the adrenaline-fuelled life of a journalist during the heyday of television news\, doing whatever it took to uncover the facts. From being the first New Zealand correspondent to report from North Korea\, telling stories from far-flung places in China\, Mongolia and Russia\, reporting live in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami which killed over 230\,000 people\, to battling monsoon rains in the world’s largest refugee camp in southern Bangladesh\, Charlotte writes about people living in extreme circumstances\, and what it is like to be there alongside them. \nCharlotte tells the stories that linger long after they’ve left the news cycle and the toll of the lifestyle\, the budget cuts and the layoffs. Every Second Counts is also a universal story chronicling the dramatic moments in our lives that change us forever\, and the courage people so often display when coping with crisis. \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-charlotte-glennie/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | A Day Like No Other by James Norcliffe
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of A Day Like No Other: Selected poems by James Norcliffe. \nJames Norcliffe\, awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry in 2022\, is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most distinguished and beloved contemporary poets. A Day Like No Other gathers poems from his remarkable career\, which includes eleven collections spanning nearly four decades. \nAll welcome\, this is a free event. Refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nAbout the book\nOften conversational in tone – talking (it may seem) of you and me – these poems are perceptive and witty. They ring with clarity as they pay witness to the turn of the seasons\, environmentally\, domestically and politically. Their range of reference is both broad and local\, as Norcliffe sweeps his lens through time and space and\, with superb control of focus\, zooms in and out on the peculiarities of our species and our planet. The ‘here and now’ is vividly present in every poem\, and every poem also quietly insists that there is much more to ‘here’ and ‘now’ than is obvious at first glance. To read a Norcliffe poem can be to feel the sun on one’s face and\, simultaneously\, a shiver down the spine. \nA beautifully designed and artfully curated volume\, A Day Like No Other is a fine selection of James Norcliffe’s like-no-other poems. It will be read and re-read for generations\, and is a must-have for confirmed Norcliffe fans and Norcliffe newbies alike. \nAbout the author\nJames Norcliffe is a poet\, children’s writer\, novelist and editor. He was awarded the 2022 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry and has published 11 poetry collections\, most recently Letter to ’Oumuamua (Otago University Press\, 2023). He is also the author of 14 novels for young readers\, notably the award-winning Loblolly Boy series\, and his first adult novel\, The Frog Prince (RHNZ Vintage)\, was published in 2022. Norcliffe has a long association with the Canterbury Poets’ Collective\, takahē\, the ReDraft anthologies and Flash Frontier.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-a-day-like-no-other-by-james-norcliffe/
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! \nShare your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: Hood’s Landing by Laura Vincent. \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. \nA ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. \nScorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will facilitate 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 round-up list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-3-2-2/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Eva Wyles
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Influx Press (UK) warmly welcome you to an author talk with Eva Wyles\, chaired by Kiran Dass\, and with an introduction by Tina Makereti. \nEva Wyles is the author of Deliverywoman\, a stunning debut collection of thirteen short stories that dive into the complexities of human connection\, the pursuit of meaning\, and modern-day loneliness. Across a diverse cast of characters – from teachers and gas station workers to hedonistic revellers and wealthy gamers – Wyles explores the strange dimensions of our world and the dangers of ordinary life\, with needle-sharp writing both real and surreal. \nAll welcome\, this is a free event. Refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nAbout the speakers\nEva Wyles is a graduate of Te Herenga Waka and the MA programme in fiction at the International Institute of Modern Letters\, where she worked on a short-story collection that received the Jean Squire Project Scholarship. She grew up in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and is currently based in London. Deliverywoman is her first book. \nKiran Dass is a critic\, writer and Programme Director at WORD Christchurch and has written about books\, music and culture for a variety of publications including NZ Herald\, NZ Listener\, Guardian\, The Wire\, North & South\, Metro\, The Spinoff\, RNZ\, Sunday magazine\, Sunday Star-Times and Vice. In 2020 she was awarded a Michael King Writers Centre Residency\, and in 2023 was the Verb Wellington Writer in Residence at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Dass was a judge for the 2024 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and was convening judge for the same prize in 2021. She reviews books regularly on RNZ’s Nine to Noon. \nTina Makereti writes novels\, short fiction and creative nonfiction. Her latest work is a collection of personal essays\, This Compulsion in Us\, and the Ockham shortlisted novel\, The Mires. She is also author of The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke\, Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings and Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa\, and co-editor of Black Marks on the White Page\, an anthology that celebrates Māori and Pasifika writing. Tina teaches a Master of Arts Creative Writing workshop at the International Institute of Modern Letters\, Wellington. \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-eva-wyles/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Author Talk & Exhibition | Gavin Bishop | Taniwha
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Random House NZ invite you to join us for an author talk and exhibition of prints by much-beloved Ōtautahi illustrator\, Gavin Bishop. \nCome along on Thursday\, February 19th at 5.30pm (6pm start) to celebrate Gavin’s latest book\, Taniwha. Gavin will talk about the creation of this book and be available for book signing. \nThere will also be an exhibition of prints taken from the book\, which will be available for sale. \nPlease RSVP via the Events link in our bio. All welcome\, drinks and nibbles provided. Please RSVP here. \nPlease note\, this event will be held in a separate space in the courtyard of the BNZ Centre\, just opposite Scorpio Books. Ask us at the front counter for directions if needed.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-exhibition-gavin-bishop-taniwha/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Lana Hart
DESCRIPTION:Nice People on Planes is a novel about finding connections that are more than skin deep in a busy and disconnected world. Join Morrin Rout and Lana Hart in conversation and hear about Lana’s sharp and engaging debut work. \nAuthor talk: Lana Hart\nWednesday 4 February\, 6-7pm\nTautoru / TSB Space\, Hapori | Community\, Level 1\, Tūranga \nFree\, get tickets here \nLana Hart weaves cultural narratives with acuity\, crafting a serpentine\, sensitive\, and surprising journey for Cora who holds the story’s heart. I was captivated by Cora’s complex character\, while her search for meaning highlights the profound importance of connection to something larger than oneself. \n– Dr Amanda Booth\, Melbourne
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-lana-hart/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! \nShare your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: Hiding Places by Lynley Edmeades. \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. \nA ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. \nScorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will facilitate 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 round-up list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-3/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251213T110000
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet | Dr Hinemoa Elder
DESCRIPTION:Come and meet bestselling author Dr Hinemoa Elder as she introduces Ara: A Māori Guidebook of the Mind\, her latest book. This special event is the perfect opportunity to say hello and get your books signed. \nSaturday 13th December\, 10AM\nScorpio Books | 120 Hereford Street\nFor more information\, please contact enquiry@scorpiobooks.co.nz \nDr Hinemoa Elder will also be appearing on Friday 12th December at UBS Canterbury\, University Drive\, Ilam for an author talk. 6PM for 6.30PM start. Contact ubs@ubscan.co.nz  for more information\, or see the Penguin New Zealand website for more tour dates.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/meet-greet-dr-hinemoa-elder/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251203T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251203T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
CREATED:20251119T000002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T000002Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch : Beneath Our Feet by Jack Hartley
DESCRIPTION:Scholastic New Zealand invites you to join us at Tūranga to celebrate the launch of Beneath Our Feet\, by YA author Jack Hartley\, on Wednesday December 3rd at 6pm. \nJack’s second YA novel is set in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake. As the city Alfie calls home begins to tremble and in the blink of an eye comes crashing down around him\, the heart transplant he desperately needs becomes available. A heart that will change everything\, and not just for him. \nFor Dani\, a chance meeting with Alfie outside the hospital provides a welcome distraction from the fate that lies ahead for her. Together they find something impossible within the sealed-off cordon of the city’s red zone – a world beyond anything they could ever have imagined. A world that might just give them what they need most: TIME. \n  \nAbout the Author: \nJack Hartley was born and grew up in Ōtautahi. His first novel\, All the Other Days\, was published in 2018. \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-beneath-our-feet-by-jack-hartley/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251202T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251202T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
CREATED:20251119T000244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T000244Z
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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 Last Living Cannibal by Airana Ngarewa. \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-2-10/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251127T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251127T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Lynley Edmeades with Kiran Dass
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly welcome you to an author talk featuring Lynley Edmeades in conversation with Kiran Dass. \nLynley Edmeades is the author of Hiding Places\, a compelling and beautifully written meditation on early motherhood and creativity published in September 2025. Told through a series of fragments that range from raw and troubled to delightful and hilarious\, this remarkable book responds to the unexpected shocks and discoveries of becoming a mother\, drawing on excerpts from family letters and secretive medical records\, and advice contained in Truby King’s 1913 tract\, Feeding and Care of Baby. This author talk will include discussion on this wonderful and strange book\, already a favourite with the Scorpio Books staff. \nAll welcome\, this is a free event. Refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nAbout the speakers\nLynley Edmeades has an MA in Creative Writing from Queen’s University Belfast and a PhD in avant-garde literature from the University of Otago. Her previous books include As the Verb Tenses (OUP\, 2016)\, Listening In (OUP\, 2019) and Bordering on Miraculous\, a collaboration with artist Saskia Leek (Massey University Press\, 2022). She is the current editor of Landfall Tauraka and teaches English and creative writing at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka. \nKiran Dass is a critic\, writer and Programme Director at WORD Christchurch and has written about books\, music and culture for a variety of publications including NZ Herald\, NZ Listener\, Guardian\, The Wire\, North & South\, Metro\, The Spinoff\, RNZ\, Sunday magazine\, Sunday Star-Times and Vice. In 2020 she was awarded a Michael King Writers Centre Residency\, and in 2023 was the Verb Wellington Writer in Residence at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Dass was a judge for the 2024 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and was convening judge for the same prize in 2021. She reviews books regularly on RNZ’s Nine to Noon.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-lynley-edmeades-with-kiran-dass/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251125T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251125T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | How to Paint a Nude by Sam Mahon
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to the launch of How to Paint a Nude by Sam Mahon. Sam Mahon needs no introduction – Christchurch artist\, activist\, conservationist\, writer\, subversive who\, using cow dung\, sculpted Hon Nick Smith nude and squatting over a glass of water. This beautifully written book which he calls ‘a fiction’\, is set within the real world of Canterbury art in the year of the earthquake\, with real Canterbury people. It centres around a Belarus refugee who fled his country to find freedom. Sam and Gregor meet weekly to discuss art’s purpose\, and critique Lukashenka from a distance\, but there is a pervading enemy in the book which can best be described in the words of architect Peter Beaven\, and by the end\, Gregor departs\, disillusioned. \nJoin us at Lumière Cinema on Tuesday 25th November from 5.30pm to hear from Sam and friends about his latest work. \nFree event\, all welcome. \nBooks for sale on the night for $40.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-how-to-paint-a-nude-by-sam-mahon/
LOCATION:Lumière Cinemas\, 26 Rolleston Avenue\, Christchurch Central City\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8013\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251124T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251124T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Ben Pentreath
DESCRIPTION:VENUE UPDATE 28/10/25: now to be held at Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch Central City in the TSB Space \nJoin us for an inspiring evening with author Ben Pentreath\, one of the foremost designers of new traditional buildings and country houses in the world. Ben will be joined by Vincent Holloway\, and together they will present a visual introduction to Ben’s work both here in Christchurch\, and Australia\, as well as some of his many projects in the UK and Europe. There will be an opportunity for questions from the audience. \nAll welcome\, free event. \nAbout the author\nBen Pentreath is a London-based architectural and interior designer\, educator\, and author. He received the 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Prize for excellence in the field of classical architecture. \nBen Pentreath’s book English Decoration\, published in 2011\, established his growing reputation as an author and he has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times and other journals. A sequel interiors book\, English Houses\, was published in 2016. His new book\, An English Vision\, a monograph of the work of the practice\, was published by Rizzoli New York in 2024 and quickly became one of the best-selling interiors and architecture books of the year. \nAbout the book\nAn English Vision is the first of Pentreath’s books to present his own output in its entirety—from his personal residences in Dorset\, London\, and Scotland that brought him international fame to many old and new houses that he has designed and some of the larger\, town-scaled projects that make his practice unique in the world of traditional design. Although the results range from his colourful and romantic versions of the English country cottage to traditional splendour\, there are underlying ideas that inform the breadth of his output—a sense of scale\, proportion\, craft\, detail\, sustainability\, and appropriateness—that have a universal relevance today. \nPentreath has authored as well as taken all photographs in this book\, which looks at some thirty case studies\, large and small\, including many previously unpublished works. The designs encompass an understanding of materials\, texture\, classical and vernacular detail\, color\, richness\, and simplicity by turn—as exemplified in both sumptuous and honest interiors\, grand country houses\, and pragmatically organized town plans. While being steeped in a learned classicism\, Pentreath’s work is celebrated by young and old around the world\, as exemplified by his coverage in major media outlets. \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-ben-pentreath/
LOCATION:Tūranga\, 60 Cathedral Square\, Christchurch
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251124T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251124T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Grant Hodgson invite you to a special lunchtime author talk on Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship: A conversation in 1825. Morrin Rout\, Associate Professor Michael Grimshaw and the author will be discussing Hodgson’s book\, an examination of a rare piece of evidence illustrating the relationship between rangatira and missionaries at a crucial time in 1825. You are welcome to bring your own lunch! \n“From the great sedimentary layers of historical documents on New Zealand’s colonisation\, Hodgson has extracted a nugget that reveals so much about the nature of interactions between Māori and Pākehā in the earliest stages of settlement. With great insight\, this short work illuminates the significance of this period of contact.” Professor Paul Moon ONZM\, historian.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-rangatiratanga-and-gentlemanship/
LOCATION:Maker Workshop\, The Arts Centre\, 3 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251118T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251118T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to a special author talk with Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton. \nPeter Dowling is the publisher of Oratia Books\, which he launched in 2009 after being publishing manager of Reed Publishing (NZ) and chief editor of Kozo System (Tokyo). Over many year he has updated and extended A.W. Reed’s research into place names in books including The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names (2002)\, Place Names of New Zealand (2010) and Māori Place Names (2017). \nTakerei Norton (Ngāi Tahu) is co-manager of the Ngāi Tahu Archive. His field of interest is the collation\, storage and use of traditional Māori knowledge. Since 2005 Takerei has managed Kā Huru Manu\, the Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project. He also managed the development of Kareao\, the online archive database that provides unprecedented access to the Ngāi Tahu Archive. \nThis author talk will feature discussion on Peter’s latest book New Zealand Place Names: Common\, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown and Takerei’s work on Kā Huru Manu. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Free event. Please send in your RSVP.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-peter-dowling-and-takerei-norton/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251115T170000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Giving Birth to My Father by Tusiata Avia
DESCRIPTION:Join us to launch a new book of poetry by the incredible Tusiata Avia.\n\n Saturday 15 November\, 5pm Space Academy: 371 St Asaph Street\, Christchurch Books will be for sale with thanks to Scorpio Books Kai and refreshments provided\nAbout the book\nGiving Birth to My Father is about learning to live with a loss that seems simply too heavy to bear. First\, Tusiata Avia tells the imagined story – the one of how things should go – followed by the story of what really happens. As her father travels through his last days and into the arms of his tupu’aga\, transformed\, the family gathers around him with their love and raw need\, and their suffering turns to storm clouds.\n\nFor Avia\, his death is a beginning. Parent and child have switched places as the river carries them downstream\, and she sees her father with new eyes. But this is also a time of not knowing to whom she belongs and where she will be welcome now.\n\nThis is an extraordinarily rich poetic work about grief and renewal that will rearrange its readers. Giving Birth to My Father takes in a world of family and memory\, including a sequence of poems about a much-loved brother as he faces a life-threatening injury. It is a book about ways of holding one another even after we are gone.\n\nAbout the author\nTusiata Avia is the award-winning author of Wild Dogs Under My Skirt (2004; also staged internationally)\, Bloodclot (2009)\, Fale Aitu | Spirit House (2016)\, The Savage Coloniser Book (2020; winner of the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry and also staged nationally) and Big Fat Brown Bitch (2023). Tusiata has held the Fulbright Pacific Writers Fellowship at the University of Hawai‘i in 2005 and the Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at University of Canterbury in 2010. She was the 2013 recipient of the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award\, and in 2020 was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to poetry and the arts. In 2023 she was given a Distinguished Alumni Award at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and a Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement.\n\n\nCover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-giving-birth-to-my-father-by-tusiata-avia/
LOCATION:Space Academy\, 371 Saint Asaph Street\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251112T190000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251112T220000
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SUMMARY:Pub Choir | Average At Best Tour
DESCRIPTION:Do you have the best singing voice in the world? Unlikely. But do you have the WORST singing voice in the world? EQUALLY UNLIKELY. Your voice is probably average (at best)\, and at Pub Choir: we think that’s great! \nNow in it’s 8th year\, Pub Choir is the easiest\, funniest\, largest music lesson in the world. Created and led by the human rubber band Astrid\, be snapped into shape and flicked by her quick humour as she teaches everybody how to make a BRAND NEW PIECE OF ART TOGETHER. \nGenerally\, you should prepare yourself to learn something new and to not be a dickhead in public. But what should you specifically prepare? Nothing. It’s not that kind of choir. There’ll be no auditions and no homework. Just bring your mouth and we’ll do the rest. \nSo come and bring your average-at-best self\, and your average-at-best friends\, and let’s try to worry less and feel better. Also worth mentioning\, Astrid wrote a book\, and it’s called Average At Best and signed copies will be available for pre-order purchase with Pub Choir tickets\, to be collected at the show. Vocal health depending\, Astrid plans to sit at the merch desk and sign these books after every show until her audience grows tired of her. \nScorpio Books are delighted to be the booksellers for this event. \nGet your tickets now!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/pub-choir-average-at-best-tour/
LOCATION:Christchurch Town Hall\, 86 Kilmore Street\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8013\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251107T100000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251107T103000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
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SUMMARY:Christmas Storytime with Chelsea Cresswell
DESCRIPTION:Come along for a morning storytime to celebrate the release of ‘Poppa’s Workshop’ by Chelsea Cresswell!\nOn Friday\, November 7th at 10am Chelsea will visit us to read her book and share colouring and activities afterwards.\n\n\n\nWith thanks to our friends at Little Moa Books and Hachette NZ.\n\n\n\nBookings are not required\, but we recommend arriving a few minutes early to find a comfy spot.\nWe kindly request that buggies be parked outside. We look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/christmas-storytime-with-chelsea-cresswell/
LOCATION:Telling Tales\, 101-111 Cashel Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Telling Tales
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251105T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251105T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
CREATED:20251008T025825Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Harry Ricketts with Erik Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press warmly welcome you to an author talk featuring Harry Ricketts in conversation with Erik Kennedy. This author talk comes on the eve of publication day for Harry’s new poetry collection Bonfires on the Ice. Pre-order your copy today! \nAll welcome\, this is a free event. No RSVP required as this event is not catered. \nAbout the speakers\nHarry Ricketts is a poet and literary scholar and has published around 30 books. He has lived in Wellington\, Aotearoa New Zealand\, since 1981. Until his retirement in 2022\, he was a professor in the English Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. His books include the internationally acclaimed The Unforgiving Minute: A Life of Rudyard Kipling (1999) and Strange Meetings: The Lives of the Poets of the Great War (2010). His recent books include the poetry collections Winter Eyes (2018) and Selected Poems (2021)\, and the memoir First Things (2024). With historian David Kynaston\, he is the co-author of the award-winning Richie Benaud’s Blue Suede Shoes: The Story of an Ashes Classic (Bloomsbury\, 2024). \nErik Kennedy is the author of the Ockham-shortlisted There’s No Place Like the Internet In Springtime (2018)\, Another Beautiful Day Indoors (2022)\, and Sick Power Trip (2025)\, launched at Scorpio Books earlier this year! Originally from New Jersey\, he lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-harry-ricketts-with-erik-kennedy/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251105T160000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251105T170000
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SUMMARY:Kid's Drawing Workshop with Hilary Jean Tapper
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an after-school drawing and illustration workshop! \nOn Wednesday\, November 5th at 4pm we will be joined by Hilary Jean Tapper\, Ōtautahi-based illustrator and lecturer in illustration. Come celebrate the release of her latest picture book\, Wrapping Things\, and learn tips\, tricks and techniques to enhance your drawing and creative endeavours. \nThis class is primarily for school age children\, but all ages are welcome to come along and participate. \nThis workshop is free but bookings are required\, as spaces may be limited. Please book your spot by emailing us at tellingtales@scorpiobooks.co.nz \n  \nAbout Hilary \nHilary Jean Tapper is an award-winning illustrator based in New Zealand. She creates picture books\, and works as a lecturer and researcher. Her awards include the ABIA Children’s Picture Book of the Year\, Storylines Noteable Award\, and Forevablility Book Award. \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/kids-drawing-workshop-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:20251104T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251104T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
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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: Endling by Maria Reva \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-2-9/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | So Long; South America by Pat Barrett
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to the launch of So Long; South America by local author Pat Barrett. A new book of real adventure in 1980’s South America\, reviewer Mark Leishman says of the book: “So Long; South America excels as both a tribute to one man’s adventurous life and a call to explore beyond familiar borders.” All welcome\, refreshments provided. \nFree event. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIn May 1982 three young kiwi travellers set out to explore South America on their own terms with no other knowledge of this wild and mysterious continent than that gleaned from the travel ‘bible’ of the day – The South American Handbook. \nUnbeknownst to them\, their adventure began in a time that has been lost to the annals of travel history; a world with no internet and no instant communication. \nRead more about the book here. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nPat Barrett has been a regular contributor to NZ Wilderness magazine since 1993\, as well as The Christchurch Press (1985) \, Dominion Post\, Wellington\, On Holiday\, NZ Geographic\, Kiwi Parent and Signature.He also writes for NZ Hunter and photographs for several calendar and postcard publishers and district tourism councils. He has written five books\, produces a Scenic NZ Scripture quotes calendar each year\, entitled ‘Let there be Light”.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-so-long-south-america-by-pat-barrett/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251030T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251030T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Hardship and Hope
DESCRIPTION:Hardship & Hope: How poverty is designed into Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy and institutions\, and why furious hope and collective resistance matters. \nJoin journalist Rebecca Macfie\, youth justice advocate Moana Cole and Christchurch Methodist Mission executive director Jill Hawkey in discussion about the systems holding people in hardship\, and insights from the front lines of community action. Facilitated by Leigh Cookson. \nScorpio Books are delighted to be the booksellers at this event.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-hardship-and-hope/
LOCATION:Aldersgate\, 309 Durham Street North\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Off-site
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bridget Williams Books":MAILTO:info@bwb.co.nz
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251025T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251025T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T192420
CREATED:20250825T210010Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | It's Been Six Weeks Since My Last Confession by Peta Mathias
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Peta Mathias warmly welcome you to a special book launch to celebrate Peta’s new book\, It’s Been Six Weeks Since My Last Confession: Essays on Life. \nThis weekend book launch takes place at 2pm on Saturday 25th October. Join us for a glass of wine and some crisps while Peta regales us with scurrilous stories about her friends\, family\, childhood and anyone else who has made the mistake of crossing her path. \nFree event. All welcome\, refreshments provided. \nPlease send in your RSVP. \nThere will be books for sale on the day for $38.00. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n‘Do we really have to have Persian dried rose petals\, Pete? I mean\, on a scale of one to ten\, how essential are they in the dish you’re cooking?’ asks brother Paul with his patient face on. I go blank. How important are rose petals? Is this a trick question? What kind of bullshit supermarket is this anyway? There are 37 million products here. How hard would it have been to throw a few packets of rose petals on the shelf? \nIn this\, her 19th book\, Peta Mathias regales her readers with indiscreet stories from her life – how to deal with anger and temps perdu\, why it’s not a sin to wear black underwear\, how eating sun-drenched food will keep you young and beautiful forever\, how to open your eyes with a knife and what happens when you go on holiday with five A-types. If Peta can survive her life while wearing designer clothes and red lipstick\, so can you. You don’t have to be a recovered Catholic to tell the truth. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nPeta Mathias MNZM is a respected and prolific New Zealand chef\, author\, entertainer and broadcaster\, who writes about food and travel and hosts gastronomic tours in the South of France\, Puglia\, Basque Country and India.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-its-been-six-weeks-since-my-last-confession-by-peta-mathias/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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