Tall Poppy
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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. |
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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.
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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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