Meet the Members

We started Book Hero in October 2024 and it's been an exciting opening 6 months as we've introduced ourselves to thousands of customers from all corners of New Zealand. We're based in Hobsonville, Auckland, and our customers can either select online delivery or...

In February this year we had to move premises. Our very old bookshop building was going on the market and would probably be purchased by a developer. We have moved a block closer to the centre of town, left most of the enormous furniture behind and squeezed...

THE BOOKSHOP SPEAKS! I'm all about the books.[1] I've been seeking out the curious, the unexpected, the books that will intrigue the reader for a while now — 7 years to be exact.[2] I'm small and agile. Able to flex with the changing tide and adopt initiatives that...

Hello all, I’m Finn Toebes, proprietor of the new bookstore Finntasy Books, located at the entrance to Newtown, opposite the hospital. As the (clever) name implies, the bookshop specializes in Fantasy and Sci-fi, but I still keep a broad selection of “regular” books....

Books & Co, Ōtaki, the only independent dedicated bookstore on the Kāpiti Coast, celebrates its 4th birthday at the end of April! Having opened in 2021, we expanded to add a children's annexe (Books & Co Kids) in December 2023, and in June 2024, took...

Kia ora! We are Alphabet Book Club! We are an online bookstore in Aotearoa, selling books and products with positive and/or honest LGBTQIA+ representation.  Alphabet Book Club was founded by our Book Master, Chelsea, with the support of their wife and Book Peddler,...

When Jenny Ainge and Sally Battson began a friendship over the back fence, sharing garden produce, cups of sugar and book chat over coffee and wine, little did they imagine that it would result in a business venture. That foundation, however, led Jen to approach Sally...

I started the Kiwi Kids’ Bookstore towards the end of 2020 as an online bookstore devoted to books by New Zealand authors for children and teens. It was one of those ideas that started small and grew long, galloping legs! I’d been wondering if other indie Kiwi authors...

Pae Pukapuka is an independent online bookstore based in Invercargill, New Zealand, dedicated to promoting and celebrating the diverse voices of indie authors. As a Māori, women-owned business, we strive to cultivate an inclusive environment that honours our culture...

We opened Lamplight Books on Parnell Road in June 2021. The day was balmy, and friends and family came out in force. After months of planning and preparation, it seemed incredible that books were leaving the store and money appearing in our bank account. And then,...

We opened Schrödinger's Books four years ago on the 31st of August 2019. Since then we've hosted events, run book groups and become a part of the Petone community. We have amazing customers, and I love the atmosphere in the shop on a busy Saturday and chatting with...

We opened this Onehunga Books & Stationery in November 2018 (we operated Paper Plus Onehunga from 2007 to June 2018, starting with Books & More Onehunga in 2002). Our motto is “Our Local” well before Covid made our local famous. We are a small store serving...

Parallel is Aotearoa's bookstore for everything alternate, imagined, and in-between. Located on the iconic Karangahape Road in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland we’re a community connected by books, beverages, belonging, and big ideas. At Parallel we serve up delicious soft...

University Bookshop Canterbury is a hidden treasure nestled in the Ilam Campus in Christchurch. First time customers walk in and exclaim at the range of stock, expect to find rows of textbooks and nothing else. The one question we get a lot of is are they able to shop...

We took over Book Haven from Don Hollander on April Fool’s Day 2022. Don had been running the shop for 17 years, so Book Haven was already a well established name in Te-Whanganui-A-Tara.It has been an exciting journey – a second-hand bookshop is a magical place,...

We are Mary and Helen Wadsworth, sisters and owners of the Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop. We’ve been here for eight years now - we’re the fourth owners. Dorothy Butler was the original owner and was a strong advocate of reading to children from when they were...

Arty Bees Books is a family-run, independent bookstore nestled in the heart of Wellington City. The business began in 1988 when my father, Bob Burch, (a 60 year old 'redundant' worker and short time flying instructor during WWII) bought a small bookshop in Cuba Street...

Five years ago, I opened Petronella’s Bookstore in Lake Tekapo. My full name is Wilhelmina Petronella Maria van den Bosch, but friends call me Wilma. An immigrant from the Netherlands, I have lived in Lake Tekapo, a holiday resort in the middle of the South Island for...

Bookety Book Books is an online only independent bookstore, based down south in Wānaka. I came to bookselling somewhat naively from the fashion industry, launching BBB in August 2020 and we have now been running for more than 3 years! During this time, we have shifted...

I’m Ry, the manager of Reverie Booksellers. Our little shop was established in 1977 by my grandfather Thady. The shop was nestled in between an old cinema and post office on Edgeware Road, before moving across the street in the late 1980’s to what was the St Alban’s...

It was a big move out of Wellington nearly 40 years ago when my wife Sharon and our 6 week old daughter left the big smoke of Wellington and joined my in-laws in the family bookshop in Levin. They were looking to retire as you did in those days when you got to 60. A...

I’ve been doing it for 35 years & have no intention of retiring. I love it! I’ve done a long stint on the Board of Booksellers NZ and the Auckland Writers Festival and am now happy to stay put in the shop. It's a very special feminist environment in which to spend...

Wardini Books has been a going concern in Havelock North for nearly eleven years and in Napier for nearly six years. We took over the Havvers’ site (affectionately known as The Mother Ship) from Hawke’s Bay’s legendary Janeff Books, knocked down many walls and created...