BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Scorpio Books - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Scorpio Books
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Scorpio Books
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Pacific/Auckland
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+1300
TZOFFSETTO:+1200
TZNAME:NZST
DTSTART:20230401T140000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1200
TZOFFSETTO:+1300
TZNAME:NZDT
DTSTART:20230923T140000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+1300
TZOFFSETTO:+1200
TZNAME:NZST
DTSTART:20240406T140000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1200
TZOFFSETTO:+1300
TZNAME:NZDT
DTSTART:20240928T140000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+1300
TZOFFSETTO:+1200
TZNAME:NZST
DTSTART:20250405T140000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1200
TZOFFSETTO:+1300
TZNAME:NZDT
DTSTART:20250927T140000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+1300
TZOFFSETTO:+1200
TZNAME:NZST
DTSTART:20260404T140000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1200
TZOFFSETTO:+1300
TZNAME:NZDT
DTSTART:20260926T140000
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251008T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251008T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250826T014044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T235511Z
UID:10000217-1759944600-1759951800@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | Eddie Sparkle's Bridal Taxi by Frankie McMillan
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Canterbury University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of Eddie Sparkle’s Bridal Taxi by local author Frankie McMillan. \nFrankie McMillan is one of the leading writers of the short-short form in Aotearoa New Zealand\, and Eddie Sparkle’s Bridal Taxi\, her seventh book\, sees her at her best. The prose poems and small stories here demonstrate exceptional range\, examining the tiniest psychodramas but also meditating on drownings and shootings and infidelities and nuclear warfare. McMillan finds the unusual in the everyday\, and she is equally at home with lovers embracing in the fields and with reclusive aunts fading away in poky old houses. This is writing that reveals humans working out how to be their ridiculous and beautiful little selves. This is writing that feels like thinking. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Free event. \nPlease send in your RSVP. \nThere will be books for sale on the night for $29.99. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n“This dextrous\, inventive collection is a masterclass on the possibilities of form. A writer of profound imaginative curiosity\, McMillan interrogates real and surreal worlds – animals\, angels\, performers\, thieves – with wit\, sharp insight and a delight in the small\, strange moments of lives.”— Paula Morris \n“Frankie McMillan hides the mystery of both our deepest psychological wounds and our most valued intimacies\, inside poems and stories that enchant\, the way intricate\, miniature\, singing mechanical birds might: but beware\, they are sharp-eyed\, and can bite with the teeth of truth.” — Emma Neale \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nFrankie McMillan is the author of four previous books from Canterbury University Press. The Father of Octopus Wrestling was chosen by The Spinoff as one of the ten best New Zealand fiction books of 2019 and was shortlisted for the New Zealand Society of Authors Heritage Book Awards. My Mother and the Hungarians (2016) was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in fiction. She has won numerous awards and creative writing residencies\, including the Ursula Bethell Residency at the University of Canterbury (2014)\, the University of Auckland Residency at the Michael King Writers Centre (2017) and the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship (2019). McMillan spends her time between Ōtautahi Christchurch and Mohua Golden Bay.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-eddie-sparkles-bridal-taxi-by-frankie-mcmillan/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/EddieSparklesBridalTaxi_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20251007T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250813T222429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T232247Z
UID:10000183-1759860000-1759865400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club: Katabasis
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: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang \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-2-8/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BooksClubEventTile-3.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250925T100000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250925T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250819T022724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T014351Z
UID:10000214-1758794400-1758798000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:High Tea with Jess Urlichs
DESCRIPTION:Bring the kids along for a delightful morning of fun\, food and family celebrating local author Jessica Urlichs and her latest books May You Always Know: A Poem of Hopes and Dreams and My Friends and I. \nThere will be a special reading of My Friends and I and kindness-based activities while parents can hear about Jess’s journey through writing\, motherhood\, and building an online community of one million followers. \nAll welcome\, this event will have something for families with children of all ages. \nFree event\, please send in your RSVP. \nBrought to you by Moa Press & Scorpio Books. \nThis event will take place in the main bookstore\, Scorpio Books. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nFrom the author of the beloved international bestseller You Hung the Moon comes a stunning gift book full of hopes and dreams for children. \nYou won’t always get it right\nAnd mistakes aren’t always wrong.\nLife is full of learning\, \nGaining wisdom is lifelong. \nA beautiful book detailing in prose the things a parent always wants their child to know as they go through life. Gorgeously illustrated by Bethany Gale\, this poem from bestselling author Jessica Urlichs will strike all the right chords as a gift for loved ones or for yourself. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nJessica Urlichs shot to stardom on social media with her honest and heartfelt poetry centering around her family and motherhood. Jessica met her husband in Australia where they lived together for many years and are now raising their children in New Zealand. She continues to connect with the world with her writing via Instagram. Follow her @jessurlichs.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/high-tea-with-jess-urlichs/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/JessicaUrlichs_EventCalendarTile.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250924T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250818T045956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T042139Z
UID:10000212-1758735000-1758742200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Edge of Light 2: The Miracle by A. M. Dixon
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and OneTree House warmly welcome you to the launch of The Edge of Light #2: The Miracle by local author A. M. Dixon. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $30.00. \nThe Miracle is book #2 in The Edge of Light Trilogy. Book #1\, New Dawning\, was published in 2023 and received a Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction award. \n\nAbout the book\nMerel lives on a futuristic island\, a sanctuary built amidst a vast sea. Generations ago\, her community weathered devastating floods and scorching heat\, forever shaping their world into one of perpetual twilight. \nTheir lives are governed by ancient traditions\, “the truth\,” born from the necessity to control their population. These traditions are harsh\, demanding sacrifice. But as Merel navigates this carefully constructed society\, the reader begins to understand that this world may be set in a future version of New Zealand. \n\nAbout the author\nA. M. Dixon is a Christchurch-based writer. Her short stories and flash fiction have appeared in journals and anthologies in New Zealand and overseas. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland\, and is a graduate of Hagley Writers’ Institute. \nShe likes to write first thing in the morning and will often start her day by writing a piece of flash fiction or poetry\, before moving on to her current work in progress. She is inspired by the outdoors and loves watching the sun rise. An avid reader she especially enjoys work by other Aotearoa New Zealand authors. \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-edge-of-light-2-the-miracle-by-a-m-dixon/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/EdgeOfLight2_EventCalendarTileBookCover-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250904T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250904T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250805T013948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T023755Z
UID:10000210-1757007000-1757016000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Author Talk | The Covid Response by Shaun Hendy | BWB Talks
DESCRIPTION:Bridget Williams Books invites you to a BWB Talk in Christchurch with Shaun Hendy in conversation with Rebecca Macfie\, discussing his new book\, The Covid Response! \nThursday 4 September \nScorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch 8011\nDoors open from 5.30pm\, event starts 6pm\nNau mai\, haere mai. Public event\, no RVSP needed. \nContact info@bwb.co.nz for more information. \nDownload the event invite here. \nShaun Hendy is appearing in other centres\, see: www.bwb.co.nz/events \nThis event is supported by The Royal Society Te Apārangi and Te Pūnaha Matatini. Copies of The Covid Response will be available to buy on the night for $39.99. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nProfessor Shaun Hendy MNZM FRSNZ is a renowned physicist and science communicator. As the founding director of Te Pūnaha Matatini\, he played a key role in New Zealand’s Covid-19 response. Hendy’s work has been recognised with numerous awards\, including the Callaghan Medal for Science Communication and the Prime Minister’s Science Media Communication Prize. His previous books include Silencing Science (BWB\, 2016) and #NoFly (BWB\, 2019). He continues to contribute to the public understanding of science as an adjunct professor at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIn March 2020\, New Zealand had three confirmed cases of COVID-19\, panic buying had begun\, and no one knew what to expect next. Had the virus run the same course as it did in the US and UK\, by March 2023 there would have been more than 17\,000 fatalities. Instead\, Aotearoa achieved one of the lowest health burdens in the world\, while enduring fewer restrictions than almost any other country in the OECD. How did we get here? And at what cost? \nIn The Covid Response\, Shaun Hendy offers an insider’s account of New Zealand’s science-driven strategy for confronting the global pandemic. As his team at Te Pūnaha Matatini springs into action\, he takes us behind the scenes in real time. He unpacks the science informing rapid\, high-stakes decisions\, evaluating the costs of those decisions and asking what lessons they offer for the future.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-the-covid-response-by-shaun-hendy-bwb-talks/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CovidResponse_EventCalendarTileBookCover-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250902T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250902T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250724T044324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T222358Z
UID:10000182-1756836000-1756841400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club: Beautyland
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 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. \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-2-7/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BooksClubEventTile-3.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250828T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250828T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250806T214725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T002231Z
UID:10000209-1756402200-1756409400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | Violet and the Velvets 2: The Case of the Angry Ghost by Rachael King
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books\, Allen & Unwin and WORD Christchurch warmly welcome you to the launch of The Case of the Angry Ghost: Violet and the Velvets Book 2 by local author Rachael King. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $18.99. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nViolet and her band have made it to BandChamps! \nArmed with their own songs\, they’re competing alongside their school rivals The Alphas for glory. \nBut wait! Strange goings-on are afoot at the Royal Theatre\, where it’s rumoured a grumpy ghost ballerina haunts the stage. \nCan Violet and her friends solve the mystery of the angry ghost? And how can they possibly win when they’re all feeling so spooked? \nIt’s going to take courage\, detective work and a lot of creative thinking: have they got what it takes? \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nRachael King is the author of Violet & The Velvets: The Case of the Missing Stuff and two stand-alone middle-grade novels\, Red Rocks (now a major television series) and The Grimmelings. She began performing at fifteen years old\, only six weeks after she first picked up a bass\, and went on to play with six bands\, including The Cakekitchen and 3Ds. Rachael invented Violet and the Velvets to convey the joy of the DIY punk ethos and to show girls they don’t have to be singers or proficient musicians to be in a band.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-violet-and-the-velvets-2-the-case-of-the-angry-ghost-by-rachael-king/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books,Telling Tales
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VioletAndTheVelvets2_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250812T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250812T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250625T001955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250713T220442Z
UID:10000206-1755019800-1755027000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Author Talk | An Uncommon Land by Catherine Knight
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Totara Press warmly invite you to join us for an author talk. An Uncommon Land: From an Ancestral Past of Enclosure Towards a Regenerative Future by Catherine Knight is out now. The author will be in-store for one night only to discuss her latest publication with Dr Paul Dalziel of Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $49.99. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nAn Uncommon Land is a story of enclosure\, dispossession\, colonisation and – ultimately – hope for a better future. Through the lens of her ancestors’ stories\, Catherine Knight throws light on the genesis and evolution of the commons\, its erosion through enclosure and the ascendency of private property in parallel with the rise of capitalism – a history that has indelibly shaped New Zealand society and its landscape. \nLike other European settlers\, the lives and future prosperity of the author’s ancestors had their foundations in war\, land appropriation and environmental destruction – but in their histories lie glimmerings of the potentiality of commons: tantalising hints of an alternative path to a re-commoned\, regenerative future. From a past of enclosure\, resource exploitation and exponential growth\, this book shines light on the potentiality of a different future\, taking inspiration from our collective history. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nDr Catherine Knight is an award‑winning environmental historian and author of several acclaimed books including New Zealand’s Rivers: An environmental history\, Beyond Manapouri: 50 years of environmental politics in New Zealand and Ravaged Beauty: An environmental history of the Manawatu. Catherine works in public policy and is an Honorary Research Associate at Massey University. She has a strong interest in post-growth economy and writes on these topics on Newsroom\, The Spinoff and on Substack. \nHer newest work\, An Uncommon Land\, weaves together ancestral family stories and wider social and environmental history to trace the process of enclosure and the rise of private property\, and offers a compelling vision for a regenerative\, re‑commoned future. \n\nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\nDr Paul Dalziel has published 11 books\, 84 journal articles and more than 400 publications on his research. He received five awards from Lincoln University for excellence in teaching\, excellence in research and for contributions to the statutory responsibility of universities as critic and conscience of society. He has also received awards from the Regional Studies Association\, from the Australia and New Zealand Regional Studies Association International and the New Zealand Association of Economists. \nAfter retiring as Professor of Economics at Lincoln University at the end of 2024\, Paul joined the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa staff team as Research Economist.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-an-uncommon-land-by-catherine-knight/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/UncommonLand_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250805T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250805T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250505T220657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T220657Z
UID:10000181-1754416800-1754422200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-6/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BooksClubEventTile-3.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250710T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250710T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250609T001207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T002233Z
UID:10000204-1752168600-1752175800@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | Sick Power Trip by Erik Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Sick Power Trip by local poet Erik Kennedy. These are poems that tell us: the world is unwell\, and sometimes writers are\, too. Kennedy scrutinises the broken social contract and the dangerous actors who seem determined to dominate us. He writes with open eyes about long COVID\, living wages\, self-medication and sea temperatures. Sick Power Trip is Kennedy’s most personal and vulnerable book yet. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of Sick Power Trip with Scorpio Books today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIf it feels like we’re stuck in a post-truth moment\, Kennedy reminds us that some things remain true and vital: self-care\, empathy\, and solidarity. \n‘Erik Kennedy’s Sick Power Trip thrillingly challenges and dissects the horrors of the world piling outside our front doors. This isn’t just a story of heroes versus villains: it’s a sage reminder for us to question where we stand and what we’re capable of as individuals. I adore Kennedy’s sharp wit and erudite humour\, and his ability to walk the line between optimism and pessimism. This collection is a masterful example of taking back power one poem at a time.’ –Chris Tse \n‘Erik Kennedy’s manic narratives and twisted comedies square up to power. By turns angry\, exasperated\, chuckling\, despairing\, he gives voice to “the clammy\, suffering\, sweltry\, cynical\, burned-out\, / downhearted\, vulnerable people”.’ —James Brown \n‘Sick Power Trip takes a scalpel to the systems of power\, capital\, and warfare that we live with. Kennedy has an impressive knack for finding the line between didactic and forgiving\, striking a note of urgency that is desperately needed in this time of crises. With wry humour and a distinct playfulness\, this new collection offers not a balm for the world but the courage to dismantle it.’ —Ash Davida Jane \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nErik Kennedy is the author of two previous books of poems\, both with Te Herenga Waka University Press: the Ockham-shortlisted There’s No Place Like the Internet in Springtime (2018) and Another Beautiful Day Indoors (2022). Originally from New Jersey\, he lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-sick-power-trip-by-erik-kennedy/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SickPowerTrip_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250703T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250703T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250528T001407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T001407Z
UID:10000202-1751563800-1751571000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | Touch Screen by Philip Armstrong
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Otago University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Touch Screen by Philip Armstrong. In this absorbing collection the poet dismantles this now ubiquitous term and helps us see its component parts afresh – ‘touch’ and ‘screen’ strangely reconfigured in today’s complex technological world. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of Touch Screen with Scorpio Books today.\nRRP: $30 \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nThe word ‘touchscreen’ entered the English language in the early 1970s to describe a computer display screen that also functions as an input device operated by touching its surface. In poems that range from the personal lyric to retellings of myths and stories long held in the human imagination\, Armstrong explores the rapidly evolving interface between human and non-human worlds. Touch Screen brings us face to face with being alive here and now\, and asks the urgent question: Can you feel it? \nMid-day mid-week mid-scroll and touch\nscreened far too long\, I’m struck so flat\nI’m lying face-up on the carpet\nwhen something reveals itself: above me\nshowing only when my eyes drift\nhangs a single thread of spider silk. \nFrom ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ \n‘Armstrong’s nimble voice is both hilarious and profound.’ – Anne Kennedy \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nPhilip Armstrong lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch and teaches literature\, writing and human-animal studies at the University of Canterbury. His essay ‘On Tenuous Ground’ won the 2011 Landfall Essay Prize\, and his first poetry collection Sinking Lessons (Otago University Press 2020) was the winner of the 2019 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-touch-screen-by-philip-armstrong/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TouchScreen_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250701T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250701T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250505T220523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T220524Z
UID:10000180-1751392800-1751398200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-5/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BooksClubEventTile-3.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250627T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250627T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250526T212242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250526T212242Z
UID:10000200-1751045400-1751052600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Party | Ghosts On Every Corner by Ghostcat\, Reuben Woods and Dave Richards
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Ghostcat invite you to join us for the celebration of Ghosts On Every Corner\, the exhibition publication of the eponymous project. Four years of detailed research and meticulous work in miniature has gone into creating scale models of thirteen iconic pre-earthquake Christchurch buildings for Ghosts on Every Corner\, a project by Ghostcat – also known as Ōtautahi scratch build artist Mike Beer. The collection is a labour of love and has been a journey of nostalgia and discovery\, documented in this hardcover book that accompanies the exhibition. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. There will be books for sale on the night for $145.00. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\nGhosts On Every Corner is independently published in collaboration with Blueprint. With text by Dr Reuben Woods\, art historian and creative director of Watch This Space\, and imagery by Christchurch photographer Dave Richards\, Ghosts on Every Corner is a uniquely insightful record of monuments\, memories\, and moments of Christchurch history otherwise lost to the passages of time and seismic activity. The book features stunning photographs of the small scale recreations\, which include Smiths Bookshop\, Echo Records\, Wizards Arcade\, Java Café\, the Cathedral Square Police Kiosk\, and the Deans Ave Sales Yard building. As well as studio shots\, Dave Richards photographed the miniature buildings in a selection of artful locations around the city\, from train tracks at sunset to a moodily-lit underground supermarket car park. \nGhosts on Every Corner explores our recollections and connections with places and the past. This book needed to be tactile\, to hold literal weight\, and as an object it had to do justice to the combination of Ghostcat’s art and design\, Dr Reuben Woods’ words\, and Dave Richards’ photography\, along with the stories of our community collected within its pages. This created a sense of responsibility to the artists\, the city\, and the reader\, which was present in each decision made during the production process. \nThe official launch of both the book and exhibition was held as a special one-off exhibition preview in Christ Church Cathedral on Friday 21 March. Guided tours were held throughout the day to view Ghostcat’s buildings in the surroundings of the Cathedral\, currently in a state of ongoing repair. The heavily reinforced walls and light-filled space served as a unique setting in which to contemplate the ephemeral. \nRead more about the book here on Blueprint’s website. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS\nGhostcat is an artist in Christchurch New Zealand. He has spent the last 4 years making scratch built iconic buildings that used to exist here in Christchurch pre earthquake.  The project has been a labour of love to the city. \nDr Reuben Woods is an art historian\, writer and curator. His PhD thesis explored graffiti and street art within post-earthquake Christchurch. He also serves as creative director and lead tour guide for Watch This Space. \nDave Richards had his first work experience as a photographer at the age of fifteen for a local newspaper.  What was originally a two week learning opportunity has spanned into a lasting and highly successful career. Based in Christchurch\, New Zealand – Dave thrives on collaborating with others and pushing the envelope to create truly outstanding work. Specialising in portraiture\, fashion\, and commercial – Dave has had the pleasure of working with names such as U2\, Coca-Cola\, Walt Disney and Sony.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-party-ghosts-on-every-corner-by-ghostcat-reuben-woods-and-dave-richards/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/GhostsOnEveryCorner_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250624T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250624T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250519T030716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T034309Z
UID:10000199-1750786200-1750791600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | Terrier\, Worrier by Anna Jackson
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Auckland University Press warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Terrier\, Worrier: A Poem in Five Parts by Anna Jackson. Part autobiography of thought\, part philosophical tract\, part poetics\, a book about chickens and family and seasons\, Terrier\, Worrier is a literary sequence to be relished as language and as thought. \nThis event will feature readings from Anna Jackson\, Helen Rickerby\, Vana Manasiadis\, Erik Kennedy and Claudia Jardine. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of Terrier\, Worrier with Scorpio Books today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n‘Terrier\, Worrier is a remarkable and playful book on language\, anxiety\, poetry and the strangeness of being a person. I loved its short length especially\, as well as its fragmentary form falling somewhere between a diary and a collection of poetic essays . . . wish more of my favourite poets wrote these kinds of books.’\n— Nina Mingya Powles \n‘Terrier\, Worrier is extraordinary\, in both concept and form. It joins the conversations of great writers and thinkers\, past and present\, who analyse how we function aesthetically in our little lives.’\n— Anne Kennedy \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAnna Jackson is the author of seven collections of poetry as well as Diary Poetics: Form and Style in Writers’ Diaries 1915–1962 (Routledge\, 2010) and Actions & Travels: How Poetry Works (Auckland University Press\, 2022). She lives in Island Bay\, Te Whanganui-a-Tara\, and is associate professor in English literature at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-terrier-worrier-by-anna-jackson/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TerrierWorrier_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250612T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250612T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250513T030229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T032333Z
UID:10000198-1749749400-1749754800@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch: Short | Poto edited by Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Short – Poto: The big book of small stories – Iti te kupu\, nui te kōrero edited by Michelle Elvy and Kiri Piahana-Wong. This event will feature readings from: Claudia Jardine\, Māia Te Whetū\, Erik Kennedy\, Gail Ingram\, Heather McQuillan\, Isla Huia\, James Norcliffe\, Nod Ghosh\, Rachel Smith & her daughter Olive\, Sile Mannion\, Vana Manasiadis\, and Siobhan Collins reading for Rose Collins. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. Pre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nShort\, short stories\, sometimes known as flash fiction or microfiction\, are one of the trickiest forms to write. Create a resonant world in fewer than 300 words? Not so easy! In this collection of 100 stories\, a range of New Zealand writers\, both well known and emerging\, deliver emotionally charged stories that punch well above their weight and length. And there’s more! Each of the stories has been translated into te reo Māori (and some are written in te reo and translated into English) by some of this country’s most experienced translators\, making this book a valuable contributor to our literary landscape that rewards repeated readings. \n\nABOUT THE EDITORS\nMichelle Elvy is a writer\, editor\, writing tutor and mentor. She is founding editor of the literary journal Flash Frontier: An adventure in short fiction and Aotearoa New Zealand’s National Flash Fiction Day\, and managing editor of the international Best Small Fictions series. Her anthologies include Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand\, Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand\, A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha and Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages. She is the author of the everrumble (2019) and the other side of better (2021). \nKiri Piahana-Wong is a poet\, editor and publisher who is of Māori (Ngāti Ranginui)\, Chinese and Pākehā ancestry. Her work has appeared in over 50 journals and anthologies\, and she has performed at numerous literary festivals across the New Zealand. In 2023 Kiri co-edited Te Awa o Kupu with Vaughan Rapatahana. She is the author of the poetry collections Night Swimming (2013) and Tidelines (2024).
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-short-poto-edited-by-michelle-elvy-and-kiri-piahana-wong/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ShortPoto_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250610T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250610T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250430T023300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250525T235656Z
UID:10000194-1749576600-1749582000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch: Tony Fomison by Mark Forman
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Auckland University Press warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist by Mark Forman. In a career spanning three decades\, Tony Fomison (1939-1990) produced some of New Zealand’s most artistically and culturally significant paintings and drawings\, the backdrop of which was a life – inseparable from his art – of enduring intrigue. Speakers include Murray Horton\, a friend of the artist\, Sally Blundell and the author Mark Forman. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nThrough the darkness and the light\, delve into the story of one of New Zealand’s most influential twentieth-century artists.  \n‘As a boy Tony had drawn maps and diagrams and medieval battle scenes. He’d read fairy tales and been enchanted by local sites of Māori history. As a young man he was a vagrant on the streets of Paris\, was twice imprisoned\, spent time in a mental hospital\, battled destructive addictions\, and experienced unrequited love and loneliness. All of this would become the underworld of his art\, the subterranean realm where he could dwell so as to create work that expressed something of the human condition. But it was always far wider than just his own story. Endlessly curious about Pacific and Māori history and art\, and enchanted by European Renaissance art\, he wanted to find a new visual language for what it meant to live in the Pacific; he wanted to make room at the back of our heads.’\n— From the introduction by the author \nA man of multitudes and a self-perceived outsider\, Fomison was a son\, sibling and lover; activist\, archaeologist and scholar; trickster\, addict and disrupter; and – above all else – an artist who shed light on the human condition and reimagined life in Aotearoa. \nIn this compelling biography\, developed over more than a decade\, Mark Forman draws on archival material and interviews with more than 150 people including Fomison’s family and close friends\, leading contemporary artists\, political activists\, and art professionals. The result is a comprehensive yet lively and accessible biography that reveals the man and his art to a new generation of readers. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nMark Forman is a writer based in Onehunga\, Auckland. His doctoral thesis formed the basis of his first book\, a scholarly work published in 2011 by Cambridge University Press. Forman’s personal interests in New Zealand contemporary art\, biography and social history were the drivers for this project\, for which he has been awarded a Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grant\, the 2024 Marti and Gerrard Friedlander Charitable Trust publishing grant\, and a runner-up placement in the CLNZ / NZSA Writers’ Award.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-tony-fomison-by-mark-forman/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TonyFomison_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250606T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250606T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250430T022744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T023331Z
UID:10000193-1749231000-1749236400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch: 1985 by Dominic Hoey
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Books NZ warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of 1985: A Novel by best-selling author Dominic Hoey. All welcome\, refreshments provided. You can pre-order your copy today! Please send in your RSVP. This event will take place during our annual sale\, so there will be limited spaces available. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIt’s 1985 and Obi’s on the cusp of teenagehood\, after a childhood marked by poverty\, dysfunctional family dynamics\, (dis)organised crime and violence. His dad’s delusional\, his mum’s real sick\, the Rainbow Warrior just exploded\, and it’s time for Obi to grow up and get out of the spacies parlour. \nWhen he and his best mate Al discover a map leading to unknown riches\, Obi wonders if this windfall could be the thing that turns his family’s fortunes around. Instead\, he’s thrown into an adventure where the stakes are a lot higher than the games he loves. \nAn electric novel about life in a multi-cultural\, counter-cultural part of Auckland pre-gentrification. 1985 is an adventure story with a local flavour\, a coming-of-age story for the underdogs\, the disenfranchised and the dreamers. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\nDominic Hoey is a poet\, author and youth worker from Tāmaki Makaurau\, Aotearoa. He’s released two best-selling novels and written a million love poems. Through his Learn To Write Good programme\, Dominic has taught thousands of writing students how to think dyslexic. He also works with rangatahi\, helping to support them with their mental health and self-esteem. He dreams of one day starting a rescue farm for wayward animals. \n\n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-1985-by-dominic-hoey/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1985_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250603T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250603T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250505T034625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T220410Z
UID:10000179-1748973600-1748979000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nThis month\, we will be discussing: Bad Archive by Flora Feltham. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-4/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BooksClubEventTile-3.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250530T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250608T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250525T221951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250525T223952Z
UID:10000201-1748595600-1749402000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Booklovers' Sale | Scorpio Books Annual Sale 2025
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to our biggest ever Annual Sale! \n50-70% selected titles\, in stores only. Exclusions apply. \nFriday 30th May – Sunday 8th June. \nStocks replenished daily\, so keep coming back! \n  \n 
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/booklovers-sale-scorpio-books-annual-sale-2025/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books,Telling Tales
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AnnualSale_EventCalendarTileBookCover1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250522T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250522T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250410T041825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T041825Z
UID:10000192-1747935000-1747940400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | Unsettled Bliss by Elizabeth Ann Cook
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Mary Egan Publishing warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Unsettled Bliss: whiteness in Aotearoa by Elizabeth Ann Cook. This powerful new book confronts whiteness in Aotearoa – its history\, its consequences\, and the responsibilities it demands. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of Unsettled Bliss today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIf you do not know the history of Aotearoa after the 1835 Declaration of Independence and Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840\, Unsettled Bliss offers a clear explanation of settler occupation\, its impact on indigenous land in Aotearoa\, and the lasting consequences. \nHowever\, it goes beyond that. This book enables you to understand what drove people to act as they did – and what continues to shape our society today. \nUnsettled Bliss challenges you to reflect on your place in the society of Aotearoa. It pulls no punches. For many\, it will be an awakening – an unflinching look at how racism operates in our everyday lives\, within our whānau\, workplaces\, and institutions. If you seek to deepen your understanding of social issues\, wealth disparity\, and political structures\, this book is essential reading. \nNo other book to date has so comprehensively examined the system and ideology of whiteness in Aotearoa. Bold\, enlightening\, and necessary – Unsettled Bliss belongs in every serious collection on the history and future of this land. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nDr Elizabeth Ann Cook is a writer\, thinker\, and social critic with a passion for challenging complacency. A sixth-generation non-Māori in Aotearoa\, her identity is shaped by her English\, Irish Catholic\, and Welsh ancestry. Born in Whangārei in 1956\, she grew up there before settling mostly in Ōtautahi. \nHer diverse career spans music\, theatre\, and education. As a singer-songwriter\, actor\, and Te Reo Māori teacher\, she has led early childhood music and movement classes\, taught drama\, released four albums of original music\, and worked in devised theatre and Commedia dell’arte mask-making. \nCompleting a PhD in Sociology in 2021\, Cook now extends her lifelong engagement with critical thinking into non-fiction writing. Her work examines how everyday behaviours reinforce harmful social and economic systems\, and she is particularly interested in deconstructing language\, power\, and privilege. \nAn avid student of Aotearoa’s history\, Cook has been influenced by scholars such as Moana Jackson\, Ani Mikaere\, Vincent O’Malley\, Ranginui Walker\, and Alan Ward\, as well as international thinkers including Achille Mbembe\, Frantz Fanon\, Cedric Robinson\, and Judith Shklar. She spent 12 years under the intellectual mentorship of academic Mike Grimshaw\, refining her ability to interrogate dominant narratives and cultural assumptions. \nCurrently working as a Reporting and Policy Advisor in a kaupapa Māori organisation\, Cook remains committed to asking difficult questions\, pushing boundaries\, and sparking conversations that challenge the status quo. \n\nMedia contact: Rebecca Simpson\, Fantail Communications. 021 955 942\, rebecca@fantailcommunications.co.nz.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-unsettled-bliss-by-elizabeth-ann-cook/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/UnsettledBliss_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250506T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250506T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250401T213815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T033942Z
UID:10000178-1746554400-1746559800@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nThis month\, we will be discussing Twist by Colin McCann. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for Scorpio Books Club.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-3/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BooksClubEventTile-3.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250429T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250429T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250319T010219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T010625Z
UID:10000188-1745947800-1745955000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Lost Saint by Rachael Craw
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Lost Saint by local award-winning author Rachael Craw. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy of The Lost Saint today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nRecently dumped\, heart-broken Ana struggles to put the past behind her on a high school fieldtrip exploring landmarks where a 14th Century mystic is said to have performed wonders. \nWhen the students sneak out to party in a sacred cave\, a catastrophic earthquake hits. The survivors emerge in a world they don’t recognise\, stumbling into a battle between medieval knights and Northmen. The students flee and Ana is chased off a cliff by dutiful lieutenant Leon\, who is badly injured in the fall. Sparks fly between Ana and Leon: to survive\, they need to rely on each other and as their trust grows\, so does romance. They must endure a perilous journey through the forest\, escape a superstitious mob\, and evade the Northmen who hunt her with dark and mysterious purpose. \nTogether they must find the legendary mystic everyone calls ‘The Saint’ who is said to have the power to send Ana home… until an unexpected twist changes everything. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\n\n\n\n\nRachael Craw is an award-winning author of speculative fiction for young adults\, including the Spark trilogy\, The Rift and upcoming release\, The Lost Saint. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies and Drama at the University of Canterbury and a Diploma of Teaching at Christchurch College of Education. She teaches English and Drama\, mentors young writers\, assesses manuscripts\, leads writing workshops and speaks at festivals and conferences throughout New Zealand and Australia. In her spare time she walks her dogs\, hoards books and reviews fiction on social media. She lives in the South Island of New Zealand with her husband and 3 daughters where she teaches part time while working on her latest novel.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-lost-saint-by-rachael-craw/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/LostSaint_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250421T163000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250421T183000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250309T230925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250309T231348Z
UID:10000186-1745253000-1745260200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | Mahjong by Nicole Wong
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and The Mahjong Project warmly welcome you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora by Nicole Wong. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPlease note the earlier time of 4.30pm for a 5pm start. \nPre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nFor many third-culture kids in the Asian diaspora\, the sight and sound of clacking mahjong tiles conjures deep-seated memories. Some learned to play alongside elders\, while others watched from afar. Maybe you only distantly know of the game through movies or articles about pop-up mahjong nights. Whether you are looking to reconnect with the game\, pick up a new hobby\, or introduce others to a favourite pastime\, Mahjong is a step-by-step guide for new and seasoned players alike. \nWith vibrant photography and detailed instructional diagrams\, author Nicole Wong walks you through gameplay\, just how her grandfather would have. In addition\, Mahjong delves into the strategy\, history\, and design of the game and discusses various popular styles of play (American mah-jongg\, Japanese riichi mahjong\, and more). A bonus essay also breaks down the mahjong hands in the pivotal scene from the 2018 hit film Crazy Rich Asians\, and snippets of the author’s family history are sprinkled throughout\, telling a story of diaspora through mahjong and showcasing mahjong culture\, past and present. \nWith Mahjong as your guide\, learn the history and evolution of this beautiful game while you connect with friends\, family\, and culture. You may even write your own house rules–just don’t forget the snacks! \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nNicole Wong is a writer and audio producer based in Oakland\, California. She started The Mahjong Project in 2019- part instructional guide\, part oral history project- to document her family’s house rules and place them in the broader history and diaspora of the game itself.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-mahjong/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mahjong_EventCalendarTileBookCover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250410T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250410T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250226T040127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250309T231255Z
UID:10000114-1744306200-1744313400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GirlFromSarajevo_EventCalendarTileBookCover-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250404T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250404T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250225T035551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250309T231235Z
UID:10000109-1743787800-1743795000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TeaAndCakeAndDeath_Scorpio_EventBaner.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250401T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250401T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250304T231711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T015427Z
UID:10000177-1743530400-1743535800@scorpiobooks.co.nz
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BooksClubEventTile-3.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250319T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250319T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250217T235843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250309T231203Z
UID:10000107-1742405400-1742412600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TruthNeedsNoColour_EventCalendarTileBookCover-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250304T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250304T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20250226T030137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T030541Z
UID:10000112-1741111200-1741116600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IGTile_BooksClub.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250218T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250218T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20241025T025909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T034414Z
UID:10000100-1739899800-1739907000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tile_ComingInFromTheCold.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241204T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241204T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T010816
CREATED:20241119T224109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T224109Z
UID:10000105-1733333400-1733340600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-image-Charlie-Tangaroa-and-the-God-of-War-by-T-K-Roxborogh-pic-2.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR