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:20220402T140000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1200
TZOFFSETTO:+1300
TZNAME:NZDT
DTSTART:20220924T140000
END:DAYLIGHT
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
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240313T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240313T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20240212T032700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T032700Z
UID:10000050-1710351000-1710356400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Creating Connected Communities' by Margot Korhonen
DESCRIPTION:Join Margot and Scorpio Books to celebrate the launch of Creating Connected Communities\, a practical\, easy to use guide to harnessing the magic of connection to achieving your goals by Ōtautahi local\, muralist and all round creative\, Margot Korhonen.\n\nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start.\n\nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes.\n\n–\n\nABOUT THE BOOK:\n\nGet inspired and motivated about the magic of connection\, and harnessing it to achieve your goals.\n\nWritten in a relaxed conversational style\, Creating Connected Communities will help you start something new\, like a small business\, event\, or community project.\n\nThis book is also ideal for volunteers and those who support others; with fundraising\, for a school\, sporting team\, cultural group or church. This book will give you easy ways to offer practical assistance that makes a real difference – without overextending yourself.\n\nMargot includes helpful advice about everything you need to know; from vital planning and preparation steps\, to managing money\, marketing and how to get the actual work done!\n\nWhat are you waiting for? Let’s make some magic!\n\nGet this guide for yourself or a friend and let’s create stronger connections with each other\, and our communities\, so that everyone can reap the rewards.\n\n–\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR:\n\nMargot Korhonen\, an author\, artist and creative soul\, launches Creating Connected Communities\, building on her two decades of experience in business and the not-for-profit sector. Margot is a Canterbury-based mural artist\, designer\, and marketing expert. Margot’s passion lies in connecting people to make a real difference. She advocates for collaboration between small businesses and communities to create positive changes that don’t add stress.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-creating-connected-communities/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Communities-Website-Banner-.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240228T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240228T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20240116T020644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T020644Z
UID:10000048-1709141400-1709146800@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Not Swinging\, Swooning' by Stevan Eldred-Grigg
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Piwaiwaka Press to celebrate the launch of Not Swinging\, Swooning\, an autobiographical novel about growing up in 1960’s Ōtautahi Christchurch by best-selling author and historian Stevan Eldred-Grigg. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \n‘It’s early in the morning\,’ a boy writes in his diary\, ‘on the first day of the first year of the most modern decade in the whole of human history. Get in the groove!’  \nStevan Eldred-Grigg\, the boy\, is seven years old and one of the middle kids in a nuclear family in a twice-mortgaged new bungalow in a new cul-de-sac in a suburb during the Space Age. Not Swinging\, Swooning is the story of the boyhood years of Stevan Eldred-Grigg\, told by himself. A story about a boy’s dreams\, dreads\, hopes\, fears and adventures. A story about elbowing and being elbowed by five brothers\, three sisters\, Seven Sisters\, many aunts\, uncles\, cousins\, neighbours\, friends\, teachers\, foes\, heroes. A story about pop songs the boy thought were groovy. And about yarns spelled by the olds. Along with other tales he was told\, or told himself\, about being a boy – being in a suburb – and about becoming\, or trying to become\, a young man in the mod optimistic hi-gloss world of the sixties of last century. \n– \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \nStevan Eldred-Grigg is an award-winning novelist\, historian and essayist. He grew up in Te Tai Poutini West Coast and Waitaha Canterbury. Graduating with a PhD in history from the Australian National University\, he began his writing career in Whangārei. The rest of his life has been spent mostly in Aotearoa New Zealand\, although he has lived and written in Berlin\, Mexico City\, Shanghai\, Beijing and Singapore. His home now is Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington\, where he hosts Gallery Hanrad in his mod 1960s flat.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-not-swinging-swooning-by-stevan-eldred-grigg/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Website-Banner-not-swinging.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240220T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240220T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20240111T023715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240113T211651Z
UID:10000047-1708450200-1708455600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'The Grimmelings' by Rachael King
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Allen & Unwin NZ to celebrate the launch of The Grimmelings\, the long-awaited new adventure for younger readers by award-winning writer and former WORD festival director Rachael King. Launched by Tania Roxborogh\, don’t miss this celebration of a new NZ classic! \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nSpellbinding middle-grade fantasy adventure of loyalty\, courage\, and being careful what you wish for . . .\n\nThirteen-year-old Ella knows that words are powerful. So she should have known better than to utter a wish and a curse on the same day\, even in jest.\n\nWhen the boy she has cursed goes missing\, in the same sudden\, unexplained way as her father several years earlier\, Ella discovers that her family is living in the shadow of a vengeful kelpie\, a black horse-like creature.\n\nWith the help of her beloved pony Magpie\, can Ella break the curse of the kelpie and save not just her family\, but the whole community?\n\nRachael King’s writing is immersive and vibrant\, rich in lore and an appreciation of the natural world that fans of Katherine Rundell\, Susan Cooper and Kiran Millwood Hargrave will love.\n\n–\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR:\nRachael King is a writer\, reviewer\, former literary festival director and ex-bass player living in Ōtautahi Christchurch. This is her second novel for children. Her first\, Red Rocks\, won the Esther Glen Medal. Her adult novels\, The Sound of Butterflies and Magpie Hall\, were published in nine languages altogether. Red Rocks is currently in development for Sky TV by Libertine Pictures.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-grimmelings-by-rachael-king/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Website-Banner-grimmelings.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240130T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240130T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20231109T011056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231204T215032Z
UID:10000044-1706637600-1706643000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club | January/February | 'Land of Milk and Honey' by C Pam Zhang
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 Scorpio Books Club. \nOn the first Tuesday of each month\, we meet discuss our previous Book of the Month – however\, the first Tuesday in February is Waitangi Day\, so we are moving the meeting forward by a week to Tuesday 30th January. We’ll be talking about our January book\, Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang. \nWhen: Tuesday 30th January\, 6pm\nWhere: Scorpio Books\nTickets: $10 per person per month \n  \nYour ticket includes: \n\nAn email with a selection of reviews and questions a few days prior to get the ideas flowing. (Not required reading – just there if you’re keen.)\nDrinks\, nibbles and facilitated discussion on the night\, plus Bel and Ray’s other recommended reads for the month.\nAfter hours browsing time\, with 10% off all full-priced purchases on the night.\nA follow up email that includes all books mentioned on the night (so you can add them to your TBR pile!)\n\nTickets are limited and are available here. \n  \nIf you have any questions about the Scorpio Books Club\, please email rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n* Cancellation policy: tickets can be cancelled until 9am on the day by emailing rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. The ticket price cannot be refunded\, but transferred to the next Book Club session\, or to store credit that will never expire.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-february-land-of-milk-and-honey-by-c-pam-zhang/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Event-Banner-Books-Club.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240125T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240125T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20231128T213536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T213536Z
UID:10000046-1706203800-1706209200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Author Talk | 'The Abundant Kitchen' by Niva & Yotam Kay
DESCRIPTION:Join Niva & Yotam Kay of Pākaraka Permaculture for an inspiring discussion on growing\, fermenting\, and preserving seasonal foods that will elevate your culinary skills\, nourish your body\, and fill your pantry with goodness. Engage in a lively Q&A with the authors\, where you can ask burning questions and glean personalized advice\, and get your copy of The Abundant Kitchen personally signed by the authors\, making it a treasured addition to your culinary library. \nThis event is perfect for: \n\nFood enthusiasts and home cooks eager to elevate their culinary skills.\nGardeners and urban farmers looking to make the most of their harvest.\nAnyone interested in sustainable living and reducing food waste.\n\nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nThe bestselling authors of The Abundant Garden\, Niva and Yotam Kay\, share their wealth of knowledge and experience in making ferments\, pickles\, preserves\, sourdough\, koji\, cured meat\, ginger beer\, yoghurt\, vinegar\, kombucha and much more. \nWith 100 easy-to-follow\, meticulously written recipes\, this book will become a much-loved fermenting bible. \nUsing these recipes is the perfect way to preserve and transform the bounty from your garden into delicious classics\, vibrant Middle Eastern flavours and other wonderful tastes from around the globe. \nWhether you are a seasoned fermenter or taking your first steps into the world of live cultures\, The Abundant Kitchen\, with its helpful tips\, step-by-step instructions and timeless techniques\, is a must-have.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-the-abundant-kitchen-by-niva-yotam-kay/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Website-Banner-abundant-kitchen.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231205T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231205T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20231003T213802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T011319Z
UID:10000038-1701799200-1701804600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club | December | 'Dice' by Claire Baylis
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 Scorpio Books Club. \nOn the first Tuesday of each month\, we’ll discuss our previous Book of the Month – so in December\, we’ll be talking about our November book\, Dice by Claire Baylis. \nWhen: Tuesday 5th December\, 6pm\nWhere: Scorpio Books\nTickets: $10 per person per month \n  \nYour ticket includes: \n\nAn email with a selection of reviews and questions a few days prior to get the ideas flowing. (Not required reading – just there if you’re keen.)\nDrinks\, nibbles and facilitated discussion on the night\, plus Bel and Ray’s other recommended reads for the month.\nAfter hours browsing time\, with 10% off all full-priced purchases on the night.\nA follow up email that includes all books mentioned on the night (so you can add them to your TBR pile!)\n\nTickets are limited and are available here. \n  \nIf you have any questions about the Scorpio Books Club\, please email rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n* Cancellation policy: tickets can be cancelled until 9am on the day by emailing rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. The ticket price cannot be refunded\, but transferred to the next Book Club session\, or to store credit that will never expire.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-december-dice-by-claire-baylis/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Event-Banner-Books-Club.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231123T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231123T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20231031T022717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T025811Z
UID:10000042-1700762400-1700766000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Game Night | with Cheeky Parrot Games
DESCRIPTION:In a first for Scorpio Books\, join us and Cheeky Parrot Games for an in-store game night! We’ll be joined by Andy Bell\, creator of the new game Ulterior Design\, who’ll talk briefly about the game design process\, and introduce us to Ulterior Design as well as some other great games from Cheeky Parrot. Tables will be set up to give the games a go yourself – plus you’ll get to browse Scorpio after hours! \nGame playing from 6pm-7pm with time for browsing (and game buying!) afterwards. You are welcome to attend as a pair\, a group\, or by yourself – all are welcome. \nThis event is free to attend and refreshments will be provided – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE GAME: \nUlterior Design is a quick card game of competitive home decorating. \nJudges from Decor Rate magazine are headed to your area to find the most on-trend homes to feature in their publication. You always try to keep up with the latest home decorating trends so you are anticipating glory. It’s time to throw yourself into decorating your home\, influencing what is trending\, and sneakily sabotaging your neighbours’ homes. You’ll have to keep your own combination of indoor plants\, paintings\, and lamps just right to impress the editor-judges\, who can drop in any time. \n​Do this by adding one card\, in an overlapping fashion\, to your home\, the trend area\, or an opponent’s home. Then top up your hand and draw an event card to see if there’s a judge at your door! \n​The first player to earn the approval of three judges by collecting three awards will win this clever card game.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/game-night-with-cheeky-parrot-games/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Website-Banner-cheeky-parrot.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231121T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231121T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20231026T020826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T015036Z
UID:10000041-1700587800-1700593200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Other Stations are Shit': Student Radio in Aotearoa New Zealand by Matt Mollgaard & Karen Neill
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Freerange Press to celebrate the launch of ‘Other Stations are Shit’: Student Radio in Aotearoa New Zealand\, an exciting new book exploring the history and future of student radio across Aotearoa. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nFrom its beginnings in 1969 as a student capping stunt\, student radio has gone on to become an influential source of music and culture across Aotearoa New Zealand. Fresh sounds\, new talent and creative expression have secured the sector’s reputation as the ‘research and development’ branch of the country’s music milieu\, where each station is a champion of its local scene\, serving as a springboard for bands\, presenters and contributors. \n‘Other Stations Are Shit’: Student Radio in Aotearoa New Zealand celebrates the contributions of student radio to the arts ecosystem. With full colour images and ephemera\, staff profiles and chapters on each of the contemporary stations in addition to student radio whānau\, music and its future\, this book explores and documents the cultural phenomenon that is student radio.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-other-stations-are-shit-student-radio-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-by-matt-mollgaard-karen-neill/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Website-Banner-Other-Stations-are-Shit.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231115T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231115T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20231011T013737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T223033Z
UID:10000039-1700069400-1700074800@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Artists in Antarctica' edited by Patrick Shepherd
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Massey University Press to celebrate the launch of Artists in Antarctica\, a stunning celebration of Antarctica’s power to inspire artists of all kinds. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nWhat transformation happens when writers\, musicians and artists stand in the vast\, cold spaces of Antarctica? This book brings together paintings\, photographs\, texts and musical scores by Aotearoa New Zealand artists who have been to the Ice. It explores the impact of this experience on their art and art process\, as well as the physical challenges of working in a harsh and unfamiliar environment. \nAntarctic science\, nature and human history are explored through the creative lens of some of New Zealand’s most acclaimed artists\, composers and writers\, including Laurence Aberhart\, Nigel Brown\, Gareth Farr\, Dick Frizzell\, Anne Noble\, Virginia King\, Owen Marshall\, Grahame Sydney\, Ronnie van Hout and Phil Dadson. \nTo look inside click here.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-artists-in-antarctica-edited-by-patrick-shepard/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Website-Banner-artists-in-antartica.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231108T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231108T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230924T225704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T000051Z
UID:10000035-1699464600-1699470000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Author Talk | 'Commune' by Olive Jones
DESCRIPTION:Commune is a new biography by Olive Jones\, exploring her years living at Graham Downs\, an alternative community near Nelson. Join us for a conversation with Olive about the highs and lows of communal living\, and what her experiences can teach us about sustainability and community today\, followed by book signing. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nIn 1979\, teenager Olive Jones was one of a group of hippies\, idealists\, and subsistence farmers that set up an alternative community in the Motueka Valley near Nelson. Influenced by the countercultural movement sweeping the country during the 1970s and 80s\, they were part of a widespread interest in communal living\, a generation of young people inspired to reject mainstream culture. In her deeply personal memoir\, Commune\, Olive recalls the dreams\, the madness\, the humour and hard work of this hugely rewarding experience\, but too\, the ultimate demise of this utopian experiment.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-commune-by-olive-jones/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Website-Banner-commune.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231107T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231107T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230905T224858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T225421Z
UID:10000028-1699380000-1699385400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club | November | 'The Wager' by David Grann
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 Scorpio Books Club. \nOn the first Tuesday of each month\, we’ll discuss our previous Book of the Month – so in November\, we’ll be talking about our October book\, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck\, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. \nWhen: Tuesday 7th November\, 6pm\nWhere: Scorpio Books\nTickets: $10 per person per month \n  \nYour ticket includes: \n\nAn email with a selection of reviews and questions a few days prior to get the ideas flowing. (Not required reading – just there if you’re keen.)\nDrinks\, nibbles and facilitated discussion on the night\, plus Bel and Ray’s other recommended reads for the month.\nAfter hours browsing time\, with 10% off all full-priced purchases on the night.\nA follow up email that includes all books mentioned on the night (so you can add them to your TBR pile!)\n\nTickets are limited and are available here. \n  \nIf you have any questions about the Scorpio Books Club\, please email rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n* Cancellation policy: tickets can be cancelled until 9am on the day by emailing rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. The ticket price cannot be refunded\, but transferred to the next Book Club session\, or to store credit that will never expire.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-november-the-wager-by-david-grann/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Event-Banner-Books-Club.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231102T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231102T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20231003T002955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T002955Z
UID:10000037-1698946200-1698951600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Author Talk | 'Living Between Land & Sea' by Jane Robertson
DESCRIPTION:Living Between Land & Sea is a gorgeous and deeply researched history of the people who settled in the many bays of Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour\, complete with full-colour photographs. Join author (and Governors Bay local) Jane Robertson in conversation with Morrin Rout to hear about the incredible stories she discovered in this special part of the world\, followed by a book signing. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nThis superbly illustrated history of the people who settled in the many bays of Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour is full of finely observed insights into the challenges of living in small\, remote communities. \nAcknowledging the rich history of Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke and their guardianship of this place\, the book describes the early history of Māori in the region\, as it takes a geographical sweep around the harbour from the signal station at Te Piaka Adderley Head to the lighthouse at Awaroa Godley Head. In between\, the stories of the bays and islands of this picturesque and historic harbour are described with fascinating details of early and contemporary life including maritime history and dramatic rescues\, farming and trade\, wartime experiences and quarantine stations\, tourism and recreation. \nTo look inside\, click here.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-living-between-land-sea-by-jane-robertson/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Website-Banner-land-and-sea.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231030T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231030T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230920T015727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T015727Z
UID:10000032-1698687000-1698692400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Author Talk | 'Plated' by Tina Duncan
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the launch of Plated\, a wonderful new cookbook by local legend Tina Duncan! Come along for a lively conversation about her life in food\, along with a book signing. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nRenowned New Zealand cook\, caterer and cooking school tutor Tina Duncan has always had a deep love for cooking for others – be it around the kitchen table\, at dinner parties\, or catering for thousands of weddings and corporate events as former owner of White Tie Catering in Christchurch. Now\, in her new cookbook Plated\, she shares how to prepare\, cook and present your food for maximum effect and minimal stress\, ensuring you spend less time in the kitchen and more time at the table with guests. \nPlated shares Tina’s deep desire to teach how easy it can be to break bread in the spirit of a life filled with love\, family and friends. Each recipe comes with time-saving tips as to what can be made ahead or kept on standby in your freezer. Whether you’re just starting out\, or a confident cook looking for fresh inspiration\, cooking just got easier. Let Plated become your new kitchen companion. \n“Tina Duncan is without a doubt one of our country’s ‘Culinary Gems’. In Plated\, Tina shares her wealth of knowledge (and her extraordinary life story)\, creating a gorgeous cookbook full of delicious\, uncomplicated recipes and tips on how to entertain like a pro…here’s your chance to own ‘the caterer’s bible’. It’s a cracker!” – Al Brown \n“Every time I’ve had the delight of meeting up with Tina I’ve learnt something important from her.” – Maggie Beer
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/author-talk-plated-by-tina-duncan/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Website-Banner-plated.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231025T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231025T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20231001T215109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231001T215109Z
UID:10000036-1698255000-1698260400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'They Crackle in the Rain' by Ciaran Fox
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the launch of They Crackle in the Rain\, the long-awaited debut collection of poetry from local legend Ciaran Fox. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nA collection 20 years in the making – interrupted (and informed) by parenthood\, earthquakes\, and a day job in mental health promotion as well as holding space for young and emerging poets. \nThey Crackle in the Rain represents a two decades-long time-lapse through a life both imagined and real in which no experience is left untouched by dream and longing\, hope and regret. Misremembered sun-painted afternoons and rain-swept city streets are the background for rivers swallowing hearts\, apocryphal internal affairs and a parent lost in the woods of dementia. Death is an ache in the bones and an echo of dance steps while love wins chaotic\, temporary victories… \nShortlisted for the John O’Connor First Book Award 2022
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-they-crackle-in-the-rain-by-ciaran-fox/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Website-Banner-crackle.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231020T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231020T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230920T000350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T000350Z
UID:10000034-1697823000-1697828400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Hoof' by Kerrin P. Sharpe
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Te Herenga Waka University Press to celebrate the launch of Hoof\, a new and eagerly-anticipated collection of poetry from Kerrin P. Sharpe\, launched by Frankie McMillan. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nHoof by Kerrin P. Sharpe arrives with new urgency and longing. These are poems about a father who can only remember one word\, ponies that grow hooves of basalt as they pull Scott and Shackleton around Ōtamahua in sledges\, and a woman named Johanna living in a small village in Greenland. She writes about the strange places that watch over our parents\, and the delicate but brutal mechanics of surgery. Famous people appear here too: Leonard Cohen\, Ted Hughes\, William Blake\, and Benedict Cumberbatch at a bus stop. \nHoof is an invitation to travel by train through the poet’s world. The trains that begin each of the three sections in the book give the reader time to stop and stare. \n‘One of the most original and idiosyncratic voices currently writing in New Zealand.’ —Lynley Edmeades\, Landfall \n‘Kerrin P. Sharpe is a very fine poet whose previous books hooked me with their agility\, their lightness of touch\, their grounding. . . . Entering the poem is like entering a show both magical and wondrous\, and you just want to get another ticket and go through again.’ —Paula Green\, NZ Poetry Shelf
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-hoof-by-kerrin-p-sharpe/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Website-Banner-hoof.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231018T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231018T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230919T223637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T223637Z
UID:10000033-1697650200-1697655600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | PATU by Gavin Bishop
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Penguin NZ to celebrate the launch of PATU\, written and illustrated by the legendary Gavin Bishop. This large-format\, stunning visual history of the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s\, is essential reading for young and old alike. \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nDiscover the key people\, perspectives and battles of the New Zealand Wars in this powerfully told and richly illustrated visual history by Gavin Bishop. \nAuē! Te mamae!\nNavigate the defining moments of the wars\, visit the battle sites and explore the sweeping change that took place in Aotearoa during the 19th century. \nGuiding readers through the bitter armed clashes over land and sovereignty\, PATU is an essential book for every home\, school and library. \nA stunning large format hardback\, complete with foldout maps of key pā\, villages and battle sites\, this is a book to engross children and adults\, bringing to life a complex period of Aotearoa’s past that has urgent relevance for our present and future.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-patu-by-gavin-bishop/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Website-Banner-patu.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231003T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20231003T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230802T001910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T001910Z
UID:10000025-1696356000-1696361400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club | October | 'The Bone Tree' by Airana Ngawera
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 Scorpio Books Club. \nOn the first Tuesday of each month\, we’ll discuss our previous Book of the Month – so in October\, we’ll be talking about our September book\, The Bone Tree by Airana Ngarewa. \nWhen: Tuesday 3rd October\, 6pm\nWhere: Scorpio Books\nTickets: $10 per person per month \n  \nYour ticket includes: \n\nAn email with a selection of reviews and questions a few days prior to get the ideas flowing. (Not required reading – just there if you’re keen.)\nDrinks\, nibbles and facilitated discussion on the night\, plus Bel and Ray’s other recommended reads for the month.\nAfter hours browsing time\, with 10% off all full-priced purchases on the night.\nA follow up email that includes all books mentioned on the night (so you can add them to your TBR pile!)\n\nTickets are limited and are available here. \n  \nIf you have any questions about the Scorpio Books Club\, please email rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n* Cancellation policy: tickets can be cancelled until 9am on the day by emailing rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. The ticket price cannot be refunded\, but transferred to the next Book Club session\, or to store credit that will never expire.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-october-the-bone-tree/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Event-Banner-Books-Club.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230927T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230927T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230904T031148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230904T031148Z
UID:10000027-1695835800-1695841200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Critters of Aotearoa' by Nicola Toki & Lily Duval
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Penguin NZ to celebrate the launch of Critters of Aotearoa\, by Nicola Toki and illustrated by Lily Duval – a delightful book for curious minds of all ages! \nAll welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nSlimy\, stinky\, creepy\, crawly and gross . . . but also a little bit cute! \nDiscover New Zealand’s most curious creatures — from Smeagol the gravel maggot\, to the walking worm and the drooping blobfish — with Nicola Toki from the hit RNZ segement on Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan ‘Critter of the Week’ as your guide. Featuring 50 illustrated profiles of Aotearoa’s weird and wonderful critters\, and an introduction by Jesse Mulligan\, this book proves that sometimes nature’s best stories are the ones you have to work a little harder to uncover.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-critters-of-aotearoa-by-nicola-toki-lily-duval/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Website-Banner-Critters-of-Aotearoa.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230914T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230914T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230817T021714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T040258Z
UID:10000026-1694712600-1694718000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'A Long Road Trip Home' by John Allison & 'Night Shifts' by Pat White
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Cold Hub Press to celebrate the launch of two remarkable new collections of poetry! A Long Road Trip Home by John Allison\, introduced by James Norcliffe; and Night Shifts by Pat White\, introduced by Doc Drumheller. All welcome\, refreshments provided. Arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. \nThis event is free to attend – please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n– \nABOUT THE BOOKS:\nThe poems in A LONG ROAD TRIP HOME go to the heart of the matter. ‘Invention\,’ says poet Michael Harlow\, ‘is one thing\, knowing is another. John Allison knows that the wisdom of experience leads to poems of discovery and revelation. These are poems whose governance is the reality of the imagination and the imagination of reality. It is all there in the language. By turns insightful\, thoughtful\, tender and reflective. Since feeling is first\, these are poems of heart-warming care\, whose intelligence is the thoughtfulness that fills that deep hole behind words. They also ask that inevitable and archetypal question: How is it that we are so mysterious to ourselves and to the world at large?’ \n– \nNIGHT SHIFTS is a new collection of poems from Pat White\, (1944–)\, poet\, essayist\, memoirist and artist whose work often directly reflects his interest in rural life and the natural environment. His poems have been described by Jack Ross as ‘beautiful\, unassuming and perfectly paced\, all at the same time’ (Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2020). Reviewing his previous collection Watching for the Wingbeat\, Janet Hughes wrote of a poet ‘attuned to the natural world and rural environments as settings for deep and wide reflection\, filtered through scholarship‘ (New Zealand Review of Books\, Autumn 2019). Pat’s first collection of poetry\, Signposts\, was published in 1977; the most recent was his new and selected poems Watching for the Wingbeat (Cold Hub Press 2018).
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-a-long-road-trip-home-by-john-allison-night-shifts-by-pat-white/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Website-Banner-two-cold-hub-books.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230905T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230905T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230802T001341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T001341Z
UID:10000024-1693936800-1693942200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club | September | 'The House of Doors' by Tan Twan Eng
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 Scorpio Books Club. \nOn the first Tuesday of each month\, we’ll discuss our previous Book of the Month – so in September\, we’ll be talking about our August book\, The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. \nWhen: Tuesday 5th September\, 6pm\nWhere: Scorpio Books\nTickets: $10 per person per month \n  \nYour ticket includes: \n\nAn email with a selection of reviews and questions a few days prior to get the ideas flowing. (Not required reading – just there if you’re keen.)\nDrinks\, nibbles and facilitated discussion on the night\, plus Bel and Ray’s other recommended reads for the month.\nAfter hours browsing time\, with 10% off all full-priced purchases on the night.\nA follow up email that includes all books mentioned on the night (so you can add them to your TBR pile!)\n\nTickets are limited and are available here. \n  \nIf you have any questions about the Scorpio Books Club\, please email rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n* Cancellation policy: tickets can be cancelled until 9am on the day by emailing rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. The ticket price cannot be refunded\, but transferred to the next Book Club session\, or to store credit that will never expire.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-september-the-house-of-doors/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Event-Banner-Books-Club.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230824T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230824T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230719T231051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230719T231051Z
UID:10000023-1692898200-1692903600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Signs of Life' by Amy Head
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Te Herenga Waka University Press to celebrate the launch of award-winning author Amy Head’s latest offering – Signs of Life\, set in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes. This event is proudly part of WORD Festival 2023. \nAll welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nChristchurch\, post quakes\, and the earth is still settling. Containers line the damaged streets\, whose inhabitants waver – like their city – suspended between disaster and recovery. Tony\, very much alive\, is declared dead\, Gerald misreads one too many situations in his community patrol\, and boomer Carla tries online dating. At the epicentre of these taut\, magnetic stories is twenty-something Flick who\, just as she is finding her feet again\, faces another violent disruption – this time in human form – while her mostly-ex gets set to marry. \nKeenly observed and deftly humorous\, Signs of Life turns on the smallest of details to tell the biggest of stories: how we carry on. \n  \n‘Through the rubble of Amy Head’s pungent\, post-quake Christchurch flickers Flick\, a young woman trying to make sense of a terrible event and its endless aftermath. In her pages it all comes back\, uneasily\, but also with brief moments of beauty\, little eruptions of comedy. Life wins out\, in the end\, in this bright and original piece of discontinuous fiction – a fine tribute to everyone who survived\, to those who didn’t\, and to the form it’s written in.’ —Patrick Evans \n‘From comical to terrifying\, mundane to profound\, these stories traverse the intersecting lives of a multigenerational cast in surprising and original ways. Amy Head has a masterful approach.’ —Airini Beautrais
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-signs-of-life-by-amy-head/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Banner-Signs-of-Life.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230817T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230817T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230706T003152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230706T003152Z
UID:10000018-1692293400-1692298800@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'The Waters' by Carl Nixon
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Penguin NZ to celebrate the launch of The Waters\, by Carl Nixon\, launched by Morrin Rout. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nOne family. Forty years. \nThe Waters kids ― practical\, athletic Mark; the physically beautiful dreamer Davey; and the baby of the family\, Samantha ― have had to face more than their fair share of challenges. 1979 was the year their father sold up the farm and invested all the family’s money in a doomed property development next to the ocean in Christchurch. Is that when ‘everything started going wrong’\, as Mark believes? \nWill their bond survive the passage of time or will the three siblings succumb to their parents’ legacy of failure? Can the past be overcome . . . and forgiven? \nA novel in 21 stories by acclaimed novelist and playwright Carl Nixon.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-waters-by-carl-nixon/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Banner-The-Waters.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230809T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230809T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230628T013530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230628T013531Z
UID:10000015-1691602200-1691607600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'The Seasonwife' by Saige England
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Bateman Books to celebrate the launch of The Seasonwife\, the debut novel from local author Saige England. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nIt’s 1832 on an isolated coast on the South Island of New Zealand. A lush and tranquil bay is facing a season of upheaval. White men are whaling\, sealing\, whoring and warring. Creatures are culled\, woods are felled. But something more sinister is afoot. There is much demand amongst the English gentry for the rich resources and curiosities to be found in this farthest flung corner of the colonies. But\, in order to procure these ‘treasures’\, blood will need to be shed. \nBridie Murphy is an immigrant Irish orphan with a sharp tongue and an unbreakable spirit who has been abducted from her home in Sydney. She is forced into a relationship with Robbie Fitch\, the roguish captain of a whaling ship. \nLow-born\, perceptive and fiercely protective of her whānau\, Manaia O Piripiri has a special role accorded her by the rangatira to protect the village. It also sets her on a dangerous collision course with Robbie and his men. \nSlipping unwillingly into the fray is Quentin Cuthbert\, a disillusioned missionary with a past. While Bridie and Manaia forge a precarious and critical alliance\, the missionary must decide once and for all where he stands. \nThe Seasonwife considers the barbaric intrusion of a new world into the lives of Māori as women navigate dangerous currents towards survival. A lyrical\, deeply moving and highly visual novel that will penetrate deep into your bones.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-the-seasonwife-by-saige-england/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Website-Banner-Seasonwife.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230801T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230801T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230717T032239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230719T232742Z
UID:10000022-1690912800-1690918200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Scorpio Books Club | August | 'The Sun Walks Down' by Fiona McFarlane
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. \nOn the first Tuesday of each month\, we’ll discuss our previous Book of the Month – so in August\, we’ll be talking about our July book\, The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane. \nWhen: Tuesday 1st August\, 6pm\nWhere: Scorpio Books\nTickets: $10 per person per month \n  \nYour ticket includes: \n\nAn email with a selection of reviews and questions a few days prior to get the ideas flowing. (Not required reading – just there if you’re keen.)\nDrinks\, nibbles and facilitated discussion on the night\, plus Bel and Ray’s other recommended reads for the month.\nAfter hours browsing time\, with 10% off all full-priced purchases on the night.\nA follow up email that includes all books mentioned on the night (so you can add them to your TBR pile!)\n\nTickets are limited and are available here. \n  \nIf you have any questions about the Scorpio Books Club\, please email rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. \n* Cancellation policy: tickets can be cancelled until 9am on the day by emailing rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz. The ticket price cannot be refunded\, but transferred to the next Book Club session\, or to store credit that will never expire.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/scorpio-books-club-august-the-sun-walks-down-by-fiona-mcfarlane/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Event-Banner-Books-Club.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230726T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230726T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230703T045030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T045116Z
UID:10000017-1690392600-1690398000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Double Jeopardy' by Stef Harris
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Quentin Wilson Publishing for the Ōtautahi launch of this thrilling new crime novel\, launched by Edmund Bohan. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nFrank Winter is an ex-cop\, a former hard-boiled Boston detective with a soft centre living in curmudgeonly retirement with his beloved dog\, Dolly. But when his daughter’s killer is released on parole\, Frank’s back\, a man on a mission\, and it’s yesterday once more. But first\, Frank’s got a bunch of favours to call in. Throw in a rookie minder cop who’s great with computers but scared of guns\, and help from the desirable Destiny\, whose past is even murkier than Frank’s… hell\, you just know things will go according to plan. Strong characters\, well-paced action\, dark humour and cracking dialogue make Double Jeopardy an old-school crime novel with a surprisingly modern twist. \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \nStef Harris is an award-winning author and film-maker\, and is also a frontline police officer\, having served for over 30 years in Wellington\, Christchurch and Nelson. Double Jeopardy is his third novel.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-double-jeopardy-by-stef-harris/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Banner-Double-Jeopardy.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230719T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230719T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230703T041439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T041439Z
UID:10000016-1689787800-1689793200@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Here Upon the Tide' by Blair McMillan
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Bateman Books to celebrate the launch of Here Upon the Tide\, the debut novel for younger readers from local author Blair McMillan. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nWhen Amir’s city in Syria is bombed as civil war erupts\, his father makes a fateful decision. Amir soon finds himself on a perilous journey by land and sea\, with little hope of reaching his destination. Milly is still reeling from the aftermath of earthquakes in her home city of Christchurch. Her only reprieve is the sea\, surfing in Sumner and paddleboarding to her refuge at Boulder Bay. Out on the water one morning she sees something that forces her to risk her life for a complete stranger. \nHere Upon the Tide is a stunning debut novel about two grieving teenagers who find new ways to be happy in the most unlikely of places.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-here-upon-the-tide-by-blair-mcmillan/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-Banner-Here-Upon-the-Tide.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230622T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230622T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230531T233613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T040253Z
UID:10000014-1687455000-1687460400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Shifting Foundations: Post-quake Architecture of Ōtautahi Christchurch'
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Freerange Press for the launch of Shifting Foundations\, a beautiful book exploring the architecture of post-quake Ōtautahi Christchurch. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nFollowing the 2010-11 earthquakes and their aftermath\, Christchurch’s built fabric was irrevocably changed and the history of its architecture disrupted. Familiar landmarks vanished\, whole swathes of the city were red-zoned\, heritage buildings were demolished and a sense of dislocation prevailed. The ongoing rebuild of the city was to follow. \nThis book documents the architecture that arose from this time – from schools\, libraries and commercial buildings to public realm design. With eight essays narrating the post-quake progression from immediate response through to the subsequent architectural contributions\, and 80 concise catalogue entries sharing the story of select buildings and their role in the rebuild\, we explore what our architecture can tell us about ourselves and the place we live in. Richly illustrated throughout\, Shifting Foundations captures the journey towards a more meaningful melding of people and place\, enabled by architecture. \nForeword Bernadette Muir\, and featuring essays by Matthew Webby\, Dr Jessica Halliday\, Charlotte Hoare\, Debbie Tikao & Huia Reriti\, Yuqi Kong\, Jasper van der Lingen\, Daniel Crooks\, Colin Corsbie & Fritha Powell. \nWith thanks to Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects\, whose support enabled the making of this book.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-shifting-foundations-post-quake-architecture-of-otautahi-christchurch/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Website-Banner-Shifting-Foundations.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230615T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230615T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230515T215841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T220823Z
UID:10000012-1686850200-1686855600@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Sure to Rise: The Edmonds story' by Peter Alsop\, Kate Parsonson and Richard Wolfe
DESCRIPTION:Canterbury University Press and Scorpio Books warmly invite you to the launch of Sure to Rise: The Edmonds Story by Peter Alsop\, Kate Parsonson and Richard Wolfe. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nTake a teaspoon of baking powder\, fold in an art deco building and legacy gardens\, add an iconic brand\, a dash of philanthropy\, and you’ve got a rich slice of social and culinary history. Sure to Rise: The Edmonds Story tells of the famous baking powder\, patents\, trademarks\, the hugely popular cookbook\, renowned factory and gardens\, the family behind the brand\, and the landmarks which founder Thomas Edmonds gifted to Christchurch. Illustrated with more than 500 images\, the Edmonds family story is told alongside the evolution of one of New Zealand’s most distinctive and durable brands and its domestic trademark – the Sure to Rise logo.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-sure-to-rise-the-edmonds-story-by-peter-alsop-kate-parsonson-and-richard-wolfe/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/Website-Banner-Sure-to-Rise.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230607T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230607T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230417T024753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T024753Z
UID:10000010-1686159000-1686164400@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Fungi of Aotearoa' by Liv Sisson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager’s Guide by local writer and foraging enthusiast Liv Sisson. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nEnter and explore the fascinating world of fungi. \nIn this practical and up-to-date guide\, forager and fungus enthusiast Liv Sisson shares her top tips and takes the reader on a journey to discover the unique and diverse fungi Aotearoa has to offer. \nDiscover how to identify the best edible varieties\, and how to cook with them\, how these incredible organisms have shaped the world as we know it\, and the role they are playing in modern medical and environmental research. \nFeaturing stunning full-colour photographs\, fun facts and current descriptions of over 130 species (including our brilliant blue national fungus\, werewere kokako)\, Fungi of Aotearoa is packed full of information and advice that will delight armchair enthusiasts\, backcountry explorers and budding experts alike.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-fungi-of-aotearoa-by-liv-sisson/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/Website-Banner-Fungi-of-Aotearoa.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230601T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230601T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T235111
CREATED:20230417T055515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T055515Z
UID:10000011-1685640600-1685646000@scorpiobooks.co.nz
SUMMARY:Book Launch | 'Glimpse' by Jane Higgins
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Ōtautahi Christchurch launch of Glimpse by award-winning young adult author Jane Higgins. All welcome – arrive from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Please RSVP to rsvp@scorpiobooks.co.nz for catering purposes. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \nThe city authorities have abandoned the D-Zone as damaged beyond repair. It’s a no-go area where ongoing earthquakes threaten to destroy what’s left. But Jonah and Bas and everyone else trying to survive in the devastation there can’t leave—they’re ‘illegals’\, without citizenship\, without rights. \nJonah can see the quakes—before the ground shudders and grinds\, before the buildings fall. Glimpsing is a rare ability and a great survival asset. It has attracted the attention of the entertainment company GlimpseCorp and the cult movement People for a New Nation. Both are desperate to control and cash in on this remarkable power. \nWhen Bas joins People for a New Nation and disappears\, Jonah knows his friend is in great danger. And he knows that GlimpseCorp\, with its reality TV program\, offers a way to save him—and a way to bring new hope to the people of the D-Zone. \nBut Jonah’s plan puts everything\, including his own life\, at risk. \nGlimpse is a compelling adventure\, an intriguing story of conflict\, power\, manipulation\, love and friendship\, set in richly imagined world that is in many ways very much like our own.
URL:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-launch-glimpse-by-jane-higgins/
LOCATION:Scorpio Books\, 120 Hereford Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Scorpio Books
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scorpiobooks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/Website-Banner-Glimpse.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR