Scorpio Books’ David Cameron - 45 years a bookseller and planning many more!
Scorpio Books is a Christchurch institution, a spacious, incredibly well stocked and eclectic bookshop in Hereford Street, just down from Ballantynes.
David Cameron, Scorpio’s owner, has been in books since leaving school to work at UBS Dunedin in 1965. Ten years later he bought the Christchurch business, then Pisces Books. In 1979 there was a change of astrological name to become Scorpio.
Initially, the stock was counter-culture alternative and quite different. Cook books were only for vegans and vegetarians, but over the past 21 years much has changed, accelerating 12 years ago when Scorpio moved to its present 4000 sq foot site.