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Curiously Good End of Year Party
Gecko Press warmly invites you to toast the festive season with us! When: Saturday 25 November 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm: come along with your children for storytime, workshops with Juliette MacIver (from 3 yrs) & Paul Beavis (from 9 yrs), do some Christmas shopping – The Children’s Bookshop staff will give you their best advice! 7.30 pm to late: enjoy drinks (homemade Curiously Good… Read more »
A Breakfast Talk with Sarah Wilkins
Based sometimes in Wellington and sometimes in Paris, illustrator Sarah Wilkins has an international career working for some of the world’s leading publications. Sarah recently published The Longest Breakfast – A rambunctious story about the best meal of the day. RSVP here to join us for a talk about her artistic life between France and New Zealand. Koha… Read more »
Curiously Good Event: The Longest Breakfast Launch
Join us for a joyful launch with books, toast and honey!
Curiously Good Event: Juliette MacIver at Scorpio Books
What rhymes with Hippopotamus? This Bookshop Day, come and try out your best rhymes with Juliette MacIver in Christchurch.
Halloween at Gecko Press: Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
This October we are celebrating our sometimes-scary lupine characters for Halloween.
Celebrating book dads for Fathers’ Day
One good dad can speak a lifetime of reading! Here are some of our Gecko Press favourites.
An interview with Julia for BookBlast’s Indie Publisher of the Week
Growing up reading, digital distraction and and impressive dinner party line-up
Gecko Press wins 2017 NZ Publisher of the Year
A win, good company, and a thriving book scene at the 2017 Book Industry Awards!
An award-winning Hippopotamus… signed by the author and illustrator!
A big congratulations to Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis for their Best Picture Book win! To celebrate, the next 5 orders of That’s Not A Hippopotamus! on our website will be signed. Better be quick! book shop
