Unity Books Wellington

Unity Books Wellington Just a bunch of people who love books. Est. ages ago, Wellington, NZ Unity Books, always talkative anyway, also began to party. This was our foundation.
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When Alan Preston kicked off Unity Books in 1967, the shop was tiny and cerebral and only whimsically-commercial, a wedge within the OUP showrooms. Expanding 5 years later into the 2nd of 4 eventual locations on Willis Street, Alan started the pattern of hiring hugely talented & charismatic bookselling staff (including many writers and musicians). And to augment the exciting bursts of local publis

hing (and the non-stodgy titles from antipodean distributors) Unity Books began to direct import stock - books that nobody else had. So the shop stood out as something vigorous and radical, even though, as Nigel Cox said in his eulogy for Alan in 2004, Alan still wore his "trouser-coloured-trousers". And so, due to the reliability of two kinds of daily traffic - the extraordinary mix of people, and the fabulously 'forward' selection of books - Unity Books became two exciting & reliable oases from the annoying sands of the mediocre. And 42 years later this is always our intention. We lean on our good past but we look outwards towards the things that matter - the books, the people and the street.

05/05/2026

Cover reveal!

BACK IN STOCK! We've been waiting a few months but the Ockham Prize shortlisted The Hollows Boys is back and available i...
03/05/2026

BACK IN STOCK! We've been waiting a few months but the Ockham Prize shortlisted The Hollows Boys is back and available in store and online now 🚁

01/05/2026
30/04/2026
Our May in-store events! Subject to change, keen an eye on our stories + website (link in bio).
30/04/2026

Our May in-store events!

Subject to change, keen an eye on our stories + website (link in bio).

The highly anticipated London Falling by the brilliant Patrick Radden Keefe has arrived in-store! His latest book explor...
29/04/2026

The highly anticipated London Falling by the brilliant Patrick Radden Keefe has arrived in-store! His latest book explores the tragic tale of Zac Brettler, who mysteriously fell to his death from a luxury apartment building on the banks of the Thames.

Radden Keefe follows Zac's parents on a dark journey to find out what brought Zac to the balcony that night - and how a teenager's world of make believe drew him into London's terrifying underworld.

$40, available now in-store and online (link in bio).

Our ANZAC Weekend shop hours Saturday 25th 1pm - 5pm Sunday 26th 10am - 5pm Monday 27th 10am - 4pm Stay safe, happy rea...
24/04/2026

Our ANZAC Weekend shop hours
Saturday 25th 1pm - 5pm
Sunday 26th 10am - 5pm
Monday 27th 10am - 4pm
Stay safe, happy reading!

Becks wants to shove this book into the hands of, well, everyone! One of their favourite reads... possibly ever. thank ...
16/04/2026

Becks wants to shove this book into the hands of, well, everyone! One of their favourite reads... possibly ever. thank you 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻

Putting The Clean front and centre — we’re loving Richard Langston’s ‘The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul...
14/04/2026

Putting The Clean front and centre — we’re loving Richard Langston’s ‘The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul’ so much that we’ve collaborated with him on a window display to celebrate this extraordinary book. Tally ho!

11/04/2026

We would like to highlight the launch of Antonella Sarti Evans’ book “The Other Side of the Sunset” 📖

The book explores the cultural connections between New Zealand and Italy through Italian migration to Aotearoa from the 1950s to the present, and it has been developed with the support of the Manatū Taonga – Ministry for Culture and Heritage through the Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grant.

📍 Unity Books — 57 Willis Street, Wellington
🗓 16 April 2026
🕕 6:00 pm

🗣 The author will be joined by writers and journalists for a discussion.

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We were absolutely thrilled Richard Langston stopped by ( after his RNZ interview this morning) to sign copies of — The...
11/04/2026

We were absolutely thrilled Richard Langston stopped by ( after his RNZ interview this morning) to sign copies of — The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul. The definitive oral history of the band that lit the fuse on the Dunedin Sound and launched Flying Nun into the stratosphere.
As a journalist, Country Calendar director, and longtime fan, Richard has poured his heart into this book and we’re hoping to have him back in store sometime soon for a public chat. Watch out for that calendar announcement. Meantime pop in and grab a signed copy before they are all gone. We’re also hoping to score some of those fab Tshirts to sell!

Address

57 Willis Street
Wellington
6011

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+6444994245

Website

https://linktr.ee/unitybookswellington

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