What we’ve been reading lately:

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What we’re excited about:

COMING SOON

COMING SOON

Wellington, 1942. Lorna's brothers are overseas fighting for their lives, and as war rages in the Pacific, 20,000 Marines are sent to keep New Zealand safe. The Americans find their new post strange and unwelcoming, except for the Kiwi girls…

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Our signature scent

The perfect ‘Booklover’ smell: imagine reading by the coast under some trees after an unexpected Auckland rainshower. Hand-poured soy candle locally made in NZ from our friends at Little Batch Wax Co. with a burn time of approximately 7 books!

(frasir fir, pine, oakmoss, amber & coconut)

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View fullsize The Vanishing Place - OUT NOW! 🌲 Zoë came up from Rotorua to celebrate the Auckland launch of her debut novel with us last night. It was lovely to have her husband and adorable children with us too, though they went home with new books - The W
View fullsize 📔We’ve had fun making Escher-like staircases out of R.F.Kuang’s new book Katabasis, published yesterday.📶 By the author of Babel and Yellowface, this book is a romance and a fantasy and Rebecca Ross says “I envy those who get to
View fullsize 🌲The Vanishing Point by Zoë Rankin is published today. 🌲🌲🏚️ Come and get it and start reading before our wonderful book launch on Friday evening when you can get Zoë to sign your copy. Do join us on the night from 6pm to hear all abo
View fullsize What a wonderful evening with Gina ✨ How fun to have an intimate evening with an author in a bookshop. Last night we did a little Q&A with Gina Butson and she shared all sorts of fascinating facts about her debut novel. ✨”Cumulus” w
View fullsize ✨ Here we are unpacking and stickering and putting out event stock for Gina’s author event this Thursday 14th at 6pm. Join us. We’d love to see you here in the shop on the evening. Simply RSVP through the link in our bio. 📚
View fullsize 🎁 Father’s day is exactly a month from today - Sunday 7th September - and we have the perfect book and card combos to give to, and from, every generation of your family. Ask us for help. We love matching the right book to the right person. Ope