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Discover the true meaning of courage, sacrifice and sisterhood amidst the brutal reality of WWII in the owner of The Booklover’s latest historical fiction novel The Songbirds of Florence.

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View fullsize ⭐️ MAY BESTSELLERS ⭐️ It’s been a good month for books. They’ve been racing out the door as fast as we’ve been unpacking them! Maybe it’s the post Auckland Writer’s Festival effect - everyone’s buoyed up for book
View fullsize 🫲Turn left as you come into the bookshop and you will find the bookcase where we put our staff picks. We write a card for each book telling you which of us read it, loved it and why we picked it. Often all three of us will have read the same book, s
View fullsize 🔥Holding a flame for the Auckland Writer’s Festival 📚 We are so chuffed to think of all the authors, poets and thinkers at this year’s excellent Auckland Writer’s Festival @aklwritersfest wending their way home with one of our &ld
View fullsize 📚 Literary Drama! 👮‍♂️ Ian Rankin came onto the stage handcuffed and accompanied by a policeman at the start of his session @aklwritersfest last night. Once unlocked and rubbing his wrists he explained that his fictional detective Rebus was in
View fullsize Apologies loyal customers but we are closing up and running away early today - at 3pm - to see @damienwilkins103 Winner of The Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize speak @aklwritersfest We’ll be open again tomorrow morning from 9am to 4pm. But we’r