Tall Poppy
 | To be able to turn your passion into your work is a blessing and this is what Jon and Susan McDade have done with their bookshop Tall Poppies on Tay Street Were the they played host to a BA5 in August 2007. |
| Jon, a Canadian by birth, and Susan, a New Zealander, had both travelled to Southland and liked what the province offered, so when the time came to leave Canada to move on, Southland was their unanimous, preferred choice, and we are the richer for their move. |  |
The SIT incubator programme assisted them with the basics, but it is their hard work and passionate enthusiasm for books that has taken them to the level they are at today.
You will all have driven down Tay Street passed the bookshop with the wonderful exterior, but if you haven't stopped and gone in, shame on you. You are missing a great experience. The interior is beautifully laid out with stately bookcases full of books on every topic imaginable. Susan is the front person in the shop and has an extensive knowledge of her product. They love the quest of finding a book you are having trouble sourcing.
 | There was no better way to spend a good couple of hours than in lovely warm premises, surrounded by a truly magnificent selection of reading with wonderfully congenial hosts. A great evening was had by all and we sincerely thank Jon and Susan for their generosity in hosting this event.
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Pip Jopp (Get Smart) and Kirsten Ellis (Rayonier) won bottles of Tall Poppy wine and Kelly Dougherty (Rayonier) won $100 voucher from Tall Poppies. Any purchases made during the evening were given discount and the profits were donated to the Invercargill Rotary Reading Programme.
Tall Poppy books is not just a technical bookshop, it is an all round general bookshop and it begs to become a place you keep returning to.
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