Unity Books Wellington

Check out some of the amazing new pukapuka that have arrived recently!

The programme was announced last night, and we are so excited to once again be the booksellers for the festival! This stack is just a fraction of the amazing authors turning up for this year's festival!

Recently, we caught up with about her beautiful new book, Tusitala! You can read our quick author interview with her to hear about the process of writing Tusitala, the books that inspired it, and more! 💜

We are celebrating the release of Intermezzo by Sally Rooney today! Hardback and Trade Paperback editions are available.

And we have a giant chess set in the shop for one day only - make your move and be the first in the world to get your copy ♟️

Ake Ake Ake A Forever Language!
This was the theme for Aotearoa's 2024 Māori Language Week.
Ake Ake Ake symbolised resilience and hope, like the native ake ake tree which is known for its strong wood and ability to grow in harsh climates. It is durable just like te reo Māori. And we couldn't think of a more perfect image as we too in store, support, grow and develop our own use of the reo all year.

Kia kaha te reo Māori.

We're opening early on Sally Rooney Day, so you can be one of the first in the world to get your hands on a copy of Sally Rooney's new novel, Intermezzo!

If you pop in between 8-9am on Tuesday, the 24th of September, you will also get double the value of Intermezzo on your 11410 card too!

We will also have special limited Intermezzo themed donuts for sale to get into the celebratory spirit!

We can't wait to see you there 💙

Tamariki always get the most beautiful pukapuka, and it's no different when it comes to te reo Māori learning titles 😍

Ake Ake Ake! A forever language. Kia kaha te reo Māori!
We're giving reo Māori a go this Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and we hope you will too. We can all give it a go together.
Te wiki o te reo Māori te wā katoa.

Some amazing new pukapuka have arrived recently and we can't decide which one to read first!

So many amazing new books have arrived today! And so much shelving for our booksellers too...

Happy publication day to *tyoushouldcareabout for Make it Make Sense!
Remember, you can join us in store on 19th Septemeber from 6pm to " Make it Make Sense" with Lucy and Bel

Happy birthday to us! Raise a glass with Unity founder Alan Preston to celebrate our 57th birthday 🎉🥳🍰

Upcoming events for the rest of September! We hope to see you there ✨

Join us in the shop tomorrow at 12.30m in store to hear Avril Bell, author of Becoming Tangata Tiriti and Richard Shaw, author of The Unsettled discuss their books, personal histories and writing lives.

Audience Q&A and author signing to follow the talk.

All welcome!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED (we will DM the winner)! We have one signed copy and a matching tote to give away of Ottolenghi's new cookbook Comfort, which is out today!

To win, all you have to do is make sure you are following us and let us know who you'd cook for in the comments below!

Also please be aware people commenting have reported being sent a SCAM MESSAGE saying they have won. The message asked for credit card information an email address. This is a scam, we will never ask you for your credit card information via Facebook. PLEASE REPORT THE SCAM.

You can enter multiple times on both Facebook and Instagram, but there is only one copy. We will randomly draw the winner on 6/9/2024, though you may have to pry the copy from our bookseller Rachel.

Massive shout out and ngā mihi to the team for this opportunity 👏

Check out some of these amazing new releases that have arrived in store! New Patti Smith eeep 😍

We are so excited because two incredible new books are available in store now!!!

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
"After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.

Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks – among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death – and her own – while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra’s frenzies and the horrors to come.

Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet’s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband’s choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.

As one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon’s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone’s fates forever."

Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
"Welcome to Rook Hall.

The stage is set. The players are ready. By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed.

Ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off a bad case of midlife malaise when he is called to a sleepy Yorkshire town, and the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But one theft leads to another, including the disappearance of a valuable Turner from Burton Makepeace, home to Lady Milton and her family. Once a magnificent country house, Burton Makepeace has now partially been converted into a hotel, hosting Murder Mystery weekends.

As paying guests, a vicar, an ex-army officer, impecunious aristocrats, and old friends converge, we are treated a fiendishly clever mystery; one that pays homage to the masters of the genre—from Agatha Christie to Dorothy Sayers.

Brilliantly inventive, with all of Atkinson’s signature wit, wordplay and narrative brio, Death at the Sign of the Rook may be Jackson Brodie’s most outrageous and memorable case yet."

We're excited to announce that Airana Ngarewa will be joining us in the store Wednesday 18th September to celebrate his new book Pātea Boys/Ngāti Pātea!

This is a free event and a great chance to meet Airana while he's in Pōneke, plus you can hear more about his writing in a Q&A session and get your books signed!

Special guests to be announced soon.

Thanks to Moa Press, Hachette NZ and CopyRight Licensing New Zealand.

We've only got a few remaining copies of our signed Sally Rooney Intermezzo hardbacks left to allocate, so get in quick before they all go!

You can pre-order online via our website or in store with your friendly local Unity bookseller.

Once they are gone, they're gone!

*Intermezzo should arrive on publication date 24/9/2024 abd we should see copies then, but you know, shipping. So there is a small possibility of delays.

Um 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: Unity Books!!

We 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.

Where? Unity Books Wellington, 57 Willis Street
When? Thursday September 19th, 6-8pm
What can you expect? An evening of love, grief, girlhood, friendship, but mostly, a whole lot of fu***ng fun and phoenixing

GIVEAWAY CLOSED: WIN a double pass to David Walliams’ children’s show in Wellington and a copy of Astrochimp! David Walliams will be visiting Wellington on the 30th September for a feast of fun as he shares his stories and humour with kids of all ages.

This daytime show is geared for the kids, but parents, grandparents, and anyone in between will enjoy David’s stories.

To win all you have to do is make sure you have liked us and HarperCollins Children's Books NZ then let us know in the comments who you'd want to take.

Good luck!

One winner will be randomly selected from entries across both Facebook and Instagram. The winner will be drawn on 30/8/24.

Local author Antonia Milkop stopped by today and dropped of more copies of her new book Team Spirit: The Power of Purposeful Gatherings for us, and also signed them!