Marsden Books has been at the heart of the Karori community for nearly thirty years. Remarkably, there have only been three owners: Anna Hunt bought from Patricia Morrison who took over from original owner Trevor Rose.
Like any good neighborhood bookshop, Marsden Books reflects its community: young professional families, many of the academic staff of Victoria University and well read retirees.
Anna Hunt jokes that the bookstore ‘doesn’t have a male customer between the ages of 20 and 50’ but what it does have is a loyal clientele who prefer to do their book purchasing from Marsden Books.