| Book Events in May |
Book Launch
 Museum & Heritage Studies at Victoria and vicbooks  invite you to join us for the dual launch of:
Museums & Maori by Conal McCarthy and Serious Leisure & Nature by Lee Davidson & Robert A Stebbins 5.30pm - 7.00pm, Wednesday 11th May
Classics Museum, Level 5, Old Kirk Building, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington This is a free event, but please let us know if you will be attending: RSVPs to karen.mcleod@vicbooks.co.nz McCarthy: Buy now Davidson & Stebbins: Buy now  A Conversation with Bernard Beckett
vicbooks in association with Text Publishing present: Bernard Beckett in conversation with Kate De Goldi
Saturday 21st May, 2pm, Hunter Common Room, Level 2, Hunter Building, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Parade
This is a free event, but please let us know if you will be attending: RSVPs to karen.mcleod@vicbooks.co.nz Buy now |
!!! BOOK SALE !!! Three days only: 18th - 20th May.
We have drastically cut the prices on textbooks, fiction & non-fiction, poetry, children's books, art, cookbooks and other books. There are some real treasures to be found, so make sure you don't miss out.
This year the sale will be taking place in the Memorial Theatre Foyer (where the Pop-up shop for undergraduate courses was at the start of term). |
| Children's Books | Very Hungry Caterpillar Draw |
 100 Things by Masayuki Sebe $19.99 Gecko Press
The busy, brightly coloured illustrations contained in this "finding and counting" book are the perfect antidote to a rainy day. Buy now |  Is your life incomplete? Perhaps you need a GIANT Very Hungry Caterpillar! We have one to be won at our Kelburn store and one at Pipitea. Buy a Puffin Book before 30th May to enter the draw. Winners drawn on Tuesday 31st May. More details in-store. |
| New New Zealand Books |
 The Frame Function: An Inside out Guide to the Novels of Janet Frame by Jan Cronin $49.99 Auckland University Press
Cronin provides insights into Frame's ability to manipulate texts and readers, while creating elusive yet engaging works. Each chapter explores a different novel, revealing Frame's methods of composition and the ways in which she controls the reader's experience. Buy now
 The Hill of Wool by Jenny Bornholdt RRP $25.00 vicbooks price $23.00 Victoria University Press
A book of families and memories in the form of poems, this latest collection by Bornholdt was written during her time as Writer-in-Residence at Victoria University's International Institute of Modern Letters. Buy now
 Pacific Art in Detail by Jennifer Newell $34.99 Te Papa Press
The creations of artists and craft-workers in various media from across Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia are reproduced in close detail in this stunning and colourful overview. Newell provides a guide to the techniques and materials used in the major regions of the Pacific, gives a brief account of the context surrounding the works under examination, and offers some answers to the question, "What is Pacific art?" Buy now
|  Landfall 221: The Environment edited by David Eggleton $29.95 Otago University Press
Essays, poems and art portfolios with an environmental theme form the bulk of this issue of Landfall. But it's not limited to messages about conservation: the built environment is tackled by Tim Corballis in his essay about architecture, Alastair Galbraith writes about the "Dunedin Sound" and Albert Wendt and Jennifer Compton contribute stories about the conditions of contemporary life. Buy now
 The Movie May Be Slightly Different by Vincent O'Sullivan RRP $30.00 vicbooks price $27.00 Victoria University Press
A new collection showcasing the intellectually rigorous verse for which O'Sullivan is known. Buy now
 The Conductor by Sarah Quigley $39.99 Vintage
This novel tells the story of the writing of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony and its performance in besieged Leningrad in 1942, as seen through the eyes of Karl Eliasberg, the conductor of the somewhat makeshift Radio Orchestra. Buy now
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| New Non-Fiction |
 Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos $29.99 Bloomsbury
An inventive journey through mathematics, the earlier edition of this book was a surprise bestseller. Bellos brings to light some of the more interesting snippets from the history of maths and provides numerous anecdotes to demonstrate some of the weirder corners and phenomena within the world of numbers. Buy now |
| New Fiction |
 The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright $37.99 Jonathan Cape
In wintry Dublin, Gina recalls her affair with the "love of her life" Sean, feeling again the speed of desire and the indolence of afternoons spent in hotel rooms. As the snow blankets everything in a reflective silence, she awaits the arrival of Evie, Sean's twelve-year-old daughter.
An intelligent and passionate novel from the author of the Booker-winning The Gathering. Buy now
 Beatrice & Virgil by Yann Martel $30.00 Text Publishing
A writer's-block-impeded novelist, a taxidermist/playwright and his stuffed monkey and donkey are the characters in this fable about fate, violence, stories, goodness and evil. From the author of Life of Pi. Buy now
|  Embassytown by China Mieville $39.99 Macmillan
Embassytown is a city on the edge of the known universe, where humans share status as "intelligent life" with the local Hosts. The Hosts are not able to lie, but only a small number of Ambassadors can speak the Language they use, so the connection between the communities is tenuous. When a new Ambassador arrives in Embassytown and speaks, everything changes and disaster threatens. Buy now
Changes at Kelburn We are re-organising our Kelburn shop. Please bear with us during the renovations, and watch for some exciting new developments later this month. |
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