February events at the Women's Bookshop in Auckland

Can't read this email? Click here to view it in your browser. OPEN LATE until 8.00 Thursday and Friday! ONLINE SHOPPING -www.womensbookshop.co.nz Hi Joan THREE  FABULOUS  FEBRUARY  AUTHOR  EVENTS  Barbara Ewing & men in petticoats!  London-based New Zealand actress & author Barbara Ewing will be in the bookshop during the PRIDE FESTIVAL to celebrate her fabulous new novel The Petticoat Men, based on a true, outrageous Victorian story.  ‘Ewing’s strange and fascinating novel zooms in on one of the greatest scandals of the Victorian age and manages to shed new light on it . . . rich, vivid, terrific.’ –The Times MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY 6pm in the bookshop           Gold coin donation at the door  Family Portraits NZ Book Launch  Join author/illustrator Sam Orchard to launch this ‘first-of-its-kind in NZ’ series of comic books that celebrate our lives, diversity, sexual orientation & gender identities.  These NZ stories rejoice in our differences & look at how our ages, histories, genders, beliefs & ethnicities shape our experiences & how we live in the world. WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 6pm in the bookshop Gold coin donation at the door     The Chimes – Anna Smaill – Book Launch  A stunning literary debut, published in London, by 34 -year-old New Zealand poet & violinist Anna Smaill, The Chimes is a startlingly original work that combines unique prose with incredible imagination.  "The Chimes is a remarkable debut. It's inventive, beautifully written, and completely absorbing. I highly recommend it." - Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds. Join Anna & Hachette Publishers to celebrate this extraordinary publication. WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 6pm in the bookshop   Visit our bookstall at the BIG GAY OUT - Sunday 8 February, Coyle Park, Pt. Chev. Visit our bookshop in Ponsonby Road on Saturday 21 February & stay for the PRIDE PARADE at 7.30pm Support young women’s theatre! Live Orgy – written & performed by Freya Desmarais  Monday 9 Feb – Wednesday 11 Feb 7pm  Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Ave Auckland CBD  BOOK 0508 iTICKET(484253) www.iticket.co.nz Feminist & full-on – this may be the sex education you never received! (Adult themes, R18)   MAD MARCH SALE! MAD MARCH SALE!   Penguin Random House are moving their warehouse to Australia – Result? LOTS of fabulous books for our SALE! We have been rummaging & scouring – it will be our best sale ever!! Begins 10am Saturday 28 February &  runs through March as long as stock lasts DON’T MISS OUT ON SOME AMAZING BARGAINS! Welcome to Paula Legel who is joining our team permanently on Saturdays & Sundays.  She’s hooked on books like the rest of us, will be able to recommend books to you & answer your curly questions! Happy reading Carole, Tanya, Mary-Liz, Patricia & Paula CONTACT US: The Women's Bookshop 105 Ponsonby Road, Auckland www.womensbookshop.co.nz books@womensbookshop.co.nz (09) 376 4399 Follow us on Facebook Know someone who loves books as much as you do? Click here to forward this email to them! We will miss you if you go, but if you would rather not receive emails from us, Please unsubscribe by clicking here. Copyright 2015. Email Marketing by Communicate.net.nz Ltd.