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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
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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
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250612T190000
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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
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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
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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
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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: 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
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250530T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250608T170000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250522T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250522T190000
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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
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250506T193000
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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 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
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250429T193000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250421T163000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250421T183000
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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
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Girl from Sarajevo by Stef Harris
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Quentin Wilson Publishing warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Girl from Sarajevo: Two Novellas by Stef Harris. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Pre-order your copy today! \nPlease send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nTHE GIRL FROM SARAJEVO \nYoung and self-assured immigrant Katia will do anything to become a writer. When she encounters her neighbour\, an ageing novelist from the old country\, she embarks on an audacious plan to represent Dragan’s new novel as her own. Weaponising her sexuality\, she enters into a cynical\, twisted affair with the elder wordsmith. But Dragan holds a dangerous secret that may destroy them both. \nTHE OTHER JASMINE\nMail-order bride Wong Ji Li has travelled all the way from Ningbo\, China to marry a wealthy man\, only to find herself a virtual sex slave\, imprisoned on a derelict farm. Her new husband\, Darryl\, is a giant man-child still under the thumb of his powerful mother. Wong Ji Li discovers she is not Darryl’s first victim. She must find the courage to escape her predicament or face the same fate as the other Jasmine. \nThese cinematic novellas feature two strong\, capable\, modern-day heroines determined to make their own way in the world. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nStef Harris is a writer\, film director and a frontline police officer of 34 years who in 2017 was awarded the Commissioner’s Commendation for Bravery. He has published three previous works of fiction and in 2006 turned his first novel\, The Waikikamukau Conspiracy\, into a film. Renamed The Waimate Conspiracy\, the film went on to win four best film awards around the world and sparked the beginning of Stef’s sideline career in filmmaking. His arthouse feature film Blue Moon has won several film awards as well as being officially selected for the prestigious Cannes Antipodes Film Festival\, screening in Cannes in 2022. In 2024 his novel Double Jeopardy was longlisted in the Ngaio March Awards. Stef lives in Motueka with his wife\, Pegeen.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-girl-from-sarajevo/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise Ward
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Books New Zealand warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise Ward. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nPre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn this rollicking new adventure\, Garth and Eloise (and Stevie) must sniff out a prolific poisoner ahead of a vital fundraising event\, the Battle of the Book Clubs. As time runs out and the body count rises\, it seems the bad actors are circling closer to the people and places they care about. \nCould Pinter\, the infamous serial killer from Eloise’s past\, somehow be involved? And when anyone could be a suspect\, how can Garth and Eloise keep their customers\, their small town and their beloved bookshop safe? \n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nGareth and Louise Ward are the real-life owners of independent bookshop Wardini Books\, with stores in Havelock North and Napier\, New Zealand. \nLouise is known among the staff as Fearless Leader and Gareth as a bit of a dick; he is\, however\, the author of the Tarquin the Honest and The Rise of the Remarkables book series\, as well as being the bestselling and award-winning author of The Traitor and the Thief and The Clockill and the Thief. \nGareth and Louise met at police training college in the UK and are both ex-coppers. Louise has one murder arrest to her name\, is an English Literature Graduate and as an ex-teacher inflicted Shakespeare on inner-city twelve-year-olds. She regularly reviews books on RNZ. \nBoth are obsessed with their rescue dog Stevie\, avoid housework and gardening\, and live in the cultural centre of the universe that is Hawke’s Bay\, Aotearoa New Zealand.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-tea-and-cake-and-death/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nAt this meeting\, we will be discussing The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. \nWhat does membership to our book club entail?\nWe meet on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss last month’s Book of the Month. A ticket to a Scorpio Books Club meeting costs $10 each month\, paid on the night. Scorpio Books will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cosy place to chat. Staff members will lead the discussion and present recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and members will receive 10% off all full-price purchases on the night. \nIf you would like to come prepared\, we send out an email to those who have registered in advance with reviews and some questions to get the conversation flowing. This is not required reading\, it’s just there if you are keen or would like more context for the book. A list of all the books mentioned on the night will be emailed to the Books Club mailing list the next day. \nClick here to register for the next Scorpio Books Club meeting.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-2-2/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250319T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Truth Needs No Colour by Heather McQuillan
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Cloud Ink Press warmly invite you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Truth Needs No Colour by award-winning local author Heather McQuillan. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP\, and you are welcome to wear something red. \nPre-order your copy today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \n\nLife is already unfair for 15-year-old Mariana. Her father’s missing and her activist mother is dead. Marooned with her grandparents in the cyclone-wrecked South Island\, life is dominated by Carapace\, a corrupt corporation. When Mariana wears a red dress to her new school\, she breaks an obscure rule and puts her family at risk. \nMariana yearns to stand up for her friend Filiki\, who’s trapped in Carapace’s school-to-prison pipeline. Fear keeps her silent. When Mariana finally speaks up\, it’s to disastrous effect and puts everyone she loves in danger. \nAs she confronts her fears\, Mariana must make her voice heard-because this time it might change everything. \nTruth Needs No Colour is a haunting novel for young readers about the difference one voice can make. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nHeather McQuillan is an award-winning writer based in Ōtautahi Christchurch\, New Zealand. As well as writing for young people she writes short fiction\, flash fiction and poetry and has been widely published in Aotearoa and internationally. Heather is the director of Write On School for Young Writers where she works to give agency to young writers.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-truth-needs-no-colour/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club | March: Delirious by Damien Wilkins
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to join a book club? Come join ours! Share your thoughts and hear what others made of our Book of the Month at the Scorpio Books Club. \nMarch Book of the Month: Delirious by Damien Wilkins. \nOn the first Tuesday of each month\, we’ll discuss our previous Book of the Month. Scorpio will provide drinks\, nibbles and a cozy space to chat. Scorpio staff members will lead the discussion\, and afterwards present their other recommended reads for those hungry for more. After our discussion\, there will be time to browse and chat\, and attendees will receive 10% off all full-priced purchases on the night. \nFor those who like to come prepared\, we’ll send out an email to ticket holders a few days prior with reviews and some questions to get the ideas flowing. This is not required reading – just there if you’re keen. A list of all books mentioned on the night will be emailed to ticket holders in the days following. \nSpaces are limited\, and a ticket costs $10 each month. You can buy one on our website\, over the phone or by visiting us instore. \nWhen: the first Tuesday of each month\, 6-7.30pm\nWhere: Scorpio Books\nTickets: $10 per person per month \nIf you have any questions about the Scorpio Books Club\, please email bookclub@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n* Cancellation policy: tickets can be cancelled until 9am on the day by emailing bookclub@scorpiobooks.co.nz. The ticket price cannot be refunded\, but transferred to store credit that will never expire.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-march-delirious-by-damien-wilkins/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250218T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Coming In From The Cold
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books warmly invites you to the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Coming In From The Cold: Tautoko Tāne enabling the wellbeing of male survivors of sexual violence by Bex De Prospo Carr\, Fiona Clapham Howard and Tony Chamberlain. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nThis anthology features the courageous first-hand accounts of 26 male survivors of sexual abuse and violence in Aotearoa New Zealand. Through their eyes\, we are able to see the environments and systems in which the abuses took place\, the profound effects of those experiences\, and the survivors’ reflections upon them as they navigate their lives. Their generous contributions illustrate the transformational power of connection\, support\, hope and aroha. As the heart of this work\, their stories help to showcase more than two decades of mahi by Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa\, detailed through a brief organisational history unfolded in four seasonal essays. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nBex De Prospo Carr is a multi-disciplinarian who uses the power of words\, performance stages\, and sound to tell impactful stories to create a better world. With a background spanning rock and roll\, theatre\, and strategic communications\, Bex has carved a niche in leveraging storytelling as a tool for social and environmental change. Find out more about Bex De Prospo Carr here: www.authenticstorytelling.co.nz. \nFiona Clapham Howard has worked in the New Zealand mental health and addictions sector since 2004\, predominantly in lived experience roles. She has led teams working in peer support\, as well as in individual and systemic advocacy. She is an experienced peer support and advocacy trainer with a particular interest in exploring the impact of systems\, structures\, power imbalances\, and the legacy left to survivors of childhood adversity and trauma. \nTony Chamberlain works with not-for-profit and social enterprise communities to develop on-purpose strategic agendas and effective governance frameworks. He is proud to be working with his colleagues in Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa to build a capable national organisation\, enabling its member organisations to provide an appropriate nationwide support service for the male survivors of sexual abuse.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-coming-in-from-the-cold/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Huia Publishers warmly welcome you to the launch of Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War by local author T K Roxborogh. This junior fiction title is the sequel to 2020’s Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea\, supreme winner of the  Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and winner of the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award at the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nLike every year\, the summer brings new people to Tolaga Bay. It’s been a full year since Charlie saved his hometown from destruction at the hands of gods\, warring sea creatures and natural disasters. Charlie and his younger brother\, Robbie\, are enjoying their normal lives – fishing off the wharf and helping out at their mum’s store – that is\, until a visiting scientist is stabbed at the local campground\, days before a meeting between local iwi and the government. So begins Charlie’s quest to uncover a mystery taking place in the hills above the town \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\n\n\nT K Roxborogh (Ngāti Porou\, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri) is an award-winning author of more than thirty published works\, both fiction and non-fiction. Her latest publication Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea won the Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction and the supreme Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. She teaches English and has been a writing mentor and judge for short stories and for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-charlie-tangaroa-and-the-god-of-war/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Chapbook Launch | ngā pukapuka pekapeka Series One
DESCRIPTION:The exclusive first-ever public event for ngā pukapuka pekapeka\, the new Ōtautahi micropress\, is here. Join us at Scorpio Books to be the first in Aotearoa to get your hands on three carefully curated chapbooks. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \nMy Moana Girls by Ruby Macomber is a poetry collection dedicated to the tenacious Indigenous sisterhoods we would be lost without. \nParallel Lines by Molly Laurence is a collection of currents running through tūrangawaewae\, school days\, and the hum of bread baking. \nintroduced species by C R Green is a hybrid collection of poetry and prose that weaves a dialogue between humanity and nature across the framework of C R Green’s own lifetime.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/chapbook-launch-nga-pukapuka-pekapeka-series-one/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery\, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery by Antony Elworthy
DESCRIPTION:Walker Books and Scorpio Books warmly invite you to the launch of The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery\, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery by Antony Elworthy. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \n\n\nFrom the animator of The Corpse Bride\, Coraline and Isle of Dogs\, comes a hilarious\, illustrated tale about Gramps’s life as a magician. \nGramps had what they call a ‘Chequered Career’ which he insists on regaling to his sceptical grandson. He’s been a stuntman and a deep-sea diver\, but his most exciting\, and discombobulating\, career was when he was a magician. Known as The Astounding Alfredo\, and he became famous throughout the world\, especially for the disappearing trick with his dove – Montgomery\, The Mysterious Bird of Mystery. \nUnfortunately\, Montgomery is not just mysterious\, but malevolent\, envious and ambitious. \nAnd Gramps and Montgomery discover that fame has a way of changing people – and places. \nExpect the unexpected and believe the unbelievable in this hilarious debut novel from acclaimed animator Antony Elworthy. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nAntony Elworthy is an illustrator\, animator and children’s book author who has worked on critically acclaimed television and Oscar-winning feature film productions around the world. His most recent film credit was Lead Stop Motion Animator on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. He was also Lead Animator for Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie as well as Animator on Coraline and Corpse Bride.  \nAntony lives in Christchurch\, NZ\, where he is Animation Director on the hit preschool TV show Kiri and Lou (starring Jemaine Clement). He is currently Director of Animation on Sauvages\, a new film by Claude Barras.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-strange-and-unlikely-tale-of-montgomery-the-mysterious-bird-of-mystery-by-antony-elworthy/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241113T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Hotel Theresa
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Book and Cold Hub Press warmly invite you to the launch of Hotel Theresa by Doc Drumheller. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nThe Hotel Theresa is a landmark in Harlem\, New York City\, where legendary figures like Josephine Baker\, Duke Ellington\, Malcolm X\, and Muhammad Ali made their New York stay-overs. After visiting this iconic hotel\, poet Doc Drumheller was inspired to write and collect poems based on his travels\, exploring the world as a dual citizen of New Zealand and the USA. \nThe poems in this collection were composed on his journeys in New Zealand\, and throughout the USA\, Asia\, Europe\, and Central America\, where he has represented New Zealand at numerous international poetry festivals as a poet and cultural ambassador. The individual poems have been published in prestigious magazines and anthologies in New Zealand and around the world\, translated into many languages\, and received awards and honours from several international universities. Hotel Theresa features seventy of the published poems from more than one hundred composed between 2011 and 2024. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nDoc Drumheller is an award-winning poet\, musician\, dramatist\, who has published 11 collections of poetry. His poems have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the editor and publisher of the New Zealand literary journal Catalyst. He was elected to represent New Zealand on the Executive Board of the World Congress of Poets\, and is the editor in chief of the World Congress of Poets literary journal Fuego. He has represented New Zealand at international poetry festivals all over the world\, and has performed in Cuba\, Lithuania\, Italy\, Hungary\, Bulgaria\, Romania\, Japan\, India\, China\, Nicaragua\, USA\, Mexico\, El Salvador\, Ecuador\, and widely throughout NZ. \nHis previous collection\, Drinking With Li Bai\, 100 Haiku from China and India\, was published\, with a memorable launch at Scorpio Books\, by Cold Hub Press in 2022.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-hotel-theresa/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Woolsheds
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to the launch of Woolsheds: The historic shearing sheds of Aotearoa New Zealand by Annette O’Sullivan and Jane Ussher. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nTowards the end of the nineteenth century\, wool\, mutton and lamb were the staples of the young New Zealand economy. By the 1980s\, the national flock was counted at 75 million sheep\, and wool export returns peaked at $1.8 billion. Now\, however\, the landscape of the farming industry has changed\, and sheep farmers have had to make some tough adaptations\, but it remains vital and important\, and the industry continues to be peopled by some of this country’s most entrepreneurial and agri-science-focused brains. \nThis handsome book\, exquisitely photographed by Jane Ussher\, takes readers to historic sheep stations in the North and South Island\, and explores the rich histories of this key primary industry that are contained in their heritage woolsheds. From the oldest working woolshed in mid-Canterbury to woolsheds rebuilt after earthquakes and sheds built by eminent public figures\, it is a celebration of effort\, industry and tenacity. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nDr Annette O’Sullivan is a design academic and former senior lecturer in typography at Massey University School of Design. Her doctorate examined the design histories of branding and identity on historic New Zealand sheep stations. She is a London trained typographer and letterpress printer and comes from a background of design practice in publishing\, museum\, and exhibition design. She is a Massey University Honorary Research Associate and member of the International Society of Typographic Designers. \nJane Ussher MNZM is one of New Zealand’s most lauded photographers. Perhaps best known for her photographs for the Listener and\, more recently\, for magazines such as New Zealand House & Garden\, her photographs have also appeared in the high-profile\, award-winning books Coast\, Islands\, Worship; Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton; The New Zealand Horse; Endless Sea; Nature — Stilled; Historic New Zealand Homesteads and Rooms: Portraits of Remarkable New Zealand Interiors.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-woolsheds/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241030T193000
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SUMMARY:Michael Belgrave | Author Talk
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Massey University Press warmly invite you to an evening with Professor Michael Belgrave\, author of new book Becoming Aotearoa\, and Associate Professor Lyndon Fraser. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn the first major national history of Aotearoa New Zealand to be published for 20 years\, Professor Michael Belgrave advances the notion that New Zealand’s two peoples — tangata whenua and subsequent migrants — have together built an open\, liberal society based on a series of social contracts. Frayed though they may sometimes be\, these contracts have created a country that is distinct. This engaging new look at our history examines how. \n\nABOUT AUTHOR \n\nMichael Belgrave joined Massey University in 1993 on the opening of the university’s Albany campus. A historian and previously a research manager at the Waitangi Tribunal\, he taught in the social policy and social work programme until 2014\, as well as Māori studies and history. In 1995 he began a long involvement with social workers and schools\, managing and evaluating Massey University’s pilot of the programme\, and becoming the leading advisor and evaluator in the development of a government pilot and in the generalisation of the programme throughout New Zealand. The programme is now provided to all decile 1–3 schools. \nHe continued to maintain a strong interest in Treaty of Waitangi research and settlements\, providing substantial research reports into a wide number of the Waitangi Tribunal’s district inquiries. More recently\, he has been heavily involved in assisting iwi in negotiating the historical aspects of Treaty settlements. He has published widely on Treaty and Māori history\, including being lead editor of Waitangi Revisited: Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi (Oxford University Press). He received a Marsden Fund award in 2015 for study into the re-examination of the causes of the New Zealand wars of the 1860s.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/becoming-aotearoa-book-launch/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | The Gavin Bishop Treasury by Gavin Bishop
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Random House New Zealand warmly welcome you to the launch of The Gavin Bishop Treasury: 10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales by Gavin Bishop. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nComprising over two hundred pages of fabulous storytelling and stunning artwork\, children will be spellbound by this beautiful hardback gift treasury of ten favourite fairy tales and original stories by the acclaimed Gavin Bishop. \nBetween the covers you will find four of Gavin’s delightful original tales\, featuring such beloved characters as drab Mrs McGinty\, who becomes a sensation when a fast-growing plant takes off in her yard\, along with a rainbow-chasing sheep\, a little rabbit who longs to visit the sea\, and a bear who decides he can go without his winter sleep. \nThere are also six of Gavin’s delicious\, humour-filled fairy tale retellings\, including crafty Mr Fox with an empty food sack to fill\, the gloriously illustrated Three Little Pigs\, and Rats!\, in which Mrs Polly Piper\, vexed by an infestation of cheeky rodents\, accepts help from the dashing\, accordion-playing Rapscallion Claw. \nThis beautiful gift collection will entrance families of all ages and sizes and is the ideal inducement to snuggle up and read together. \nThe 10 gorgeous stories included in this treasury are: Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant; Bidibidi; Mr Fox; Chicken Licken; A Apple Pie; The Three Little Pigs; Little Rabbit and the Sea; Stay Awake\, Bear!; The Three Billy Goats Gruff; and Rats! \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nGavin Bishop (Tainui\, Ngāti Awa) is a highly acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator of more than 70 books\, whose work ranges from original stories to retellings of Māori myths\, European fairy stories\, and nursery rhymes. \nBorn in Invercargill\, he spent his childhood in the remote railway settlement of Kingston on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Studying under Russell Clark and Rudi Gopas\, Gavin graduated from the Canterbury University School of Fine Arts with an honours degree in painting. He taught art at Linwood High School and at Christ’s College in Christchurch. \nAmong the numerous fellowships and national book prizes that have been awarded to Gavin throughout his career\, highlights are his Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement – Non-fiction in 2019; his Te Waka Toi Ngā Tohu ā Tā Kingi Ihaka/Sir Kingi Ihaka Award in 2018 recognising lifetime contribution to strengthening Māori art and culture through his children’s books; The Arts Foundation’s Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award in 2013; and the 2000 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and his distinguished contribution to children’s literature in New Zealand. Gavin was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013\, and President of Honour of the NZ Society of Authors. \nGavin lives and works in Christchurch\, New Zealand. See more about him and his work at www.gavinbishop.com.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-gavin-bishop-treasury-by-gavin-bishop/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Monty Soutar | Author Talk
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Bateman Books warmly welcome you to an author talk starring Monty Soutar to celebrate the release of the second instalment in the Kāwai series\, Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment.  \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book in hardback or paperback format today. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nIt’s 1818 on the East Coast of Te Ika-a-Māui\, New Zealand. Hine-aute\, granddaughter of the legendary warrior Kaitanga\, is fleeing through the bush\, a precious yet gruesome memento contained in her fishing net. What follows is a gripping tale of a people on the cusp of profound change that is destined to reverberate through many generations to come. \nThe Europeans have arrived\, and they’ve brought guns and foreign diseases\, ushering in a whole new world of terror and trouble. They’ve also brought a new religion\, which will cause Māori to question everything they had believed to be true. Hine and her sons Ipumare and Uha are caught in the crossfire of change\, creating fractures in their close familial bonds and undermining everything they hold dear. \nFrom raids by musket-wielding war parties to heightened internecine warfare; from the influx of whalers\, traders and Christian missionaries to the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi\, Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment strikes hard and deep into the heart of the initial impact of colonisation on Māori\, and is guaranteed to leave readers stunned. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nDr. Monty Soutar (Ngāti Porou\, Ngāti Awa\, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki\, Ngāti Kahungunu) has worked as a Senior Historian for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage\, Director of the Tairāwhiti Museum in Gisborne and as the World War One Historian in Residence at Auckland War Memorial Museum. In 2015 he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and historical research. He continues to serve on the Waitangi Tribunal. \nDr. Soutar is the author of Whitiki Whiti Whiti E! Māori in the First World War and Nga Tama Toa – The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (Māori) Battalion 1939-1945. In 2021 he was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to write the Kāwai series. Monty lives in Gisborne with his wife and youngest daughter.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/kawai-tree-of-nourishment-author-talk/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Wild Walks Aotearoa | Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Penguin Random House New Zealand warmly welcome you to the launch of Wild Walks Aotearoa by Hannah-Rose Watt. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today! \nWild Walks Aotearoa is an informative\, inspiring and visually stunning guide to tramping in New Zealand\, for walkers of all levels and experiences. Featuring 59 walks across New Zealand’s North and South islands\, this practical guide is for anyone keen to explore Aotearoa’s wilderness on foot. Containing key info about essential gear; safety on the tracks; how to read topographical maps and trail markers; hut and track etiquette; advice for solo and female trampers; and details and logistics for each walk\, this book will be your new tramping companion. \nPacked with well-trodden and lesser-known walks – from quickies while on a roadie\, to hikes for tykes and multi-day journeys – you’ll find options for all ages\, fitness and experience levels. Lavishly illustrated with photographs of New Zealand’s picturesque landscapes\, Wild Walks Aotearoa is a must-own\, whether for inspiration on your coffee table or planning your next adventure. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\nHannah-Rose Watt is a passionate and experienced tramper\, mountaineer and adventurer. She grew up tramping and camping with her family in the rugged beauty of New Zealand’s South Island\, and she has a deep-rooted connection to the wilderness. \nAlongside her professional work in the outdoor industry\, including for DOC and Macpac\, Hannah dedicates her time to exploring Aotearoa\, leading tramping trips\, educating new trampers\, and fostering safe and inclusive outdoor experiences through her wild social media channels. Her mission is to inspire others to explore enchanting landscapes and to foster an appreciation for the natural world. \nHannah lives and works in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/wild-walks-aotearoa-book-launch/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Lily\, Oh Lily | Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books and Canterbury University Press warmly welcome you to the launch of Lily\, Oh Lily: Searching for a Nazi ghost by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today. \nLily Hasenburg was just such a figure in Holman’s growing years. She was whispered into his ear by grandmother Eunice – in memorable stories of her older sister\, who married and moved to Germany at the turn of the 20th century\, and was later caught up in the Nazi web spun by Adolf Hitler. Unable to shake loose this story\, Holman pursued her to Berlin\, Hamburg and Dresden. Here\, we have an account of his pilgrimage; the kind of family history we might bury\, and forget – to our loss. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nJeffrey Paparoa Holman is an acclaimed poet\, historian and memoirist. His poetry has been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards; his family memoir The Lost Pilot (Penguin\, 2013) was warmly received in Aotearoa and overseas. Best of Both Worlds: The story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau (Penguin\, 2010) was short-listed for the Ernest Scott Prize (History) in Australia. Since retirement from his role as senior adjunct fellow at the University of Canterbury\, he has taught creative writing in both primary and high school programmes.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/lily-oh-lily-book-launch/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Sylvia Tour | Just Janie & Sig Wilder
DESCRIPTION:Two modern-day troubadours brought together by the poetry of two Sylvia’s. \nJust Janie and Sig Wilder are banding together with their new double single ‘Sylvia’. Fusing nostalgic Laurel Canyon folk and alt-country grit onstage in a ‘songwriter rounds’ format\, they will share the songs and stories of the music that made them. \nSig and Janie met earlier this year in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and realized they’d both written songs titled ‘Sylvia’\, influenced by poetry collections from Sylvia Plath and Sylvia Legris. After performing together\, the duo knew there was something special when their voices merged. Now they’re bringing that magic to the stage. \n‘Sylvia’ includes two tracks\, written individually and recorded together. \nSylvia I\, written and composed by Just Janie\, responds to reading Sylvia Plath’s poetry collection Ariel. After picking up the collection at Scorpio Books in Ōtautahi and feeling drawn in from the two cover lines: ‘I rise with my red hair\, and eat men like air’\, Janie was floored by the collection. This is a song to deal with the trauma of reading Sylvia Plath. \nSylvia II\, written and composed by Sig Wilder\, is a response to reading Sylvia Legris’s poetry collection Garden Physic. With each page Sig\, who is also a gardener\, discovered a wealth of complex plant references and botanical histories. He was inspired by the botanical glossolalia seemingly of Sylvia’s own invention and the collection’s ability to create music from language. This is song is an exploration of the language of plants and the haunting relationship between poet and reader. \nDrawing inspiration from the folk scene of the late sixties and early seventies\, Central Otago-born artist Just Janie has a crisp and tender style\, creating worlds for listeners to melt into. Raised in the American Midwest and now living under the Southern Cross\, Sig Wilder’s music is a journey through the hills and plains of Aotearoa\, weaving the nostalgia and sorrow of Americana into the fabric of Aotearoa’s musical landscape. \n\nThis gig occurs simultaneously with regular Saturday afternoon shopping conditions and is free to attend.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/sylvia-tour-just-janie-sig-wilder/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Make It Make Sense | Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Scorpio Books\, Moa Press and Shit You Should Care About warmly welcome you to the launch of Make It Make Sense by Lucy Blakiston and Bel Hawkins. Registrations are essential for this event\, so please send in your RSVP and reserve your spot. Pre-order your book today! And now\, a message from the authors: \nSOUTH ISLAND BABIES WE ARE COMING TO YOU! We are so goddamn excited to be launching our first!! ever!! book!! and to get to come and launch it at one of our fave bookstores: Scorpio Books!! \nWe couldn’t think of a better way to send this thing out into the world than with a bunch of our favourite worn-out women (or worn-out people)\, hanging out and trying to make sense of all our burning questions about the world\, ourselves\, whether we hate our jobs or just need a bit of sleep\, and whether good love is really coming for us or if we’ll be stuck in situationships until we die. \nWhere? Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\nWhen? Friday September 20th\, 6-8pm\nWhat can you expect? An evening of love\, grief\, girlhood\, friendship\, but mostly\, a whole lot of fucking fun and phoenixing <3 \nCan’t wait to see your cute face!! \nLuce & Bel xxxxxx
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/make-it-make-sense-book-launch/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Shain Shapiro
DESCRIPTION:RDU\, Scorpio Books and Auckland UNESCO City of Music warmly welcome you to an author talk featuring Shain Shapiro. Shain is touring Aotearoa New Zealand in support of his latest book This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better. This event will include book signings\, readings and discussion. Special guests to be announced. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Bookings essential. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK: \nThis Must Be the Place introduces and examines music’s relationship to cities. Not the influence cities have on music\, but the powerful impact music can have on how cities are developed\, built\, managed and governed.Told in an accessible way through personal stories from cities around the world — including London\, Melbourne\, Nashville\, Austin and Zurich — This Must Be the Place takes a truly global perspective on the ways music is integral to everyday life but neglected in public policy.Arguing for the transformative role of artists and musicians in a post-pandemic world\, This Must Be The Place not only examines the powerful impact music can have on our cities\, but also serves as a how-to guide and toolkit for music-lovers\, artists and activists everywhere to begin the process of reinventing the communities they live in. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \nShain Shapiro holds a PhD from the University of London and lives in East London. He is a globally recognised thought leader at the convergence of music\, culture and urban policy. This is showcased in his debut book\, This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better\, released on Repeater Books in September 2023.  He is also an accomplished academic\, having authored courses for the Global Leaders Institute and Berklee College of Music and is also the co-founder of Unison Rights\, a new copyright management entity in Spain.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-shain-shapiro/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
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