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Are you looking for a school holiday activity? You've got 24 hours to enter this competition. NZ's #1 film of all time/Taika Waititi's classic Hunt for the Wilderpeople, is re-releasing in cinemas over Easter to celebrate the film's 10th anniversary
It’s that time again! Monday 30th March is our stocktake. Our kids room will be closed for the day and the rest of the store will close at 5.30pm.
You may have seen some new faces in the store recently. Rachel is both a library assistant and a bookseller, the best of both worlds! She has a degree in English Literature. Amelie loves to read literary fiction, classics, and horror. Alongside r
We've got some great staff reviews for you to listen to on our website. Daniyal Mueenuddin’s This is Where the Serpent Lives was reviewed by both Nate (@95bfm_breakfast's Loose Reads) and Jenna (RNZ's Nine to Noon.) Jenna also phoned into the
So lovely to have Booker longlisted and International Booker Judge @wordsbynatasha visit Time Out today. We have signed copies of Universality on the shelf.
Charlotte Glennie's memoir Every Second Counts tells of the adrenaline-fuelled life of a journalist during the heyday of television news, doing whatever it took to uncover the facts. We've got signed copies on the shelf now!
We had our inaugural Booksellers Book Chat meeting last night. What a treat to chat books at @lamplightbooks.akl. πŸ“šπŸ“šπŸ“š
February bestsellers! πŸ†πŸ“š
Time Out’s annual February Christmas dinner. Thank you team @ginasauckland πŸ’•
Congratulations to @elisabeth_easther_author who launched her funny and heartfelt novel, Seed, at Time Out this evening. πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“ Thank you to @penguinbooksnz for having us!
Nate is back up for @95bfm_breakfast's Loose Reads, and today we're getting deep into questions of morality and mortality, with George Saunders' Vigil. Listen to Nate chat with Rosetta and Milly at the link in the bio.
Valentine’s Day is just one week away. πŸ’•πŸ“š We’ve got two sets of picks for you. Some good ol’ romance or something a little different.
Waitangi Day Hours Friday 6.2.26 Pānuitia Δ“tahi pukapuka Māori I tΔ“nei wikini 🌱πŸ’ͺπŸ“š
Time Out's January bestsellers! Arundhati Roy & David Szalay still continue to dominate. πŸ†πŸ“šπŸ†πŸ“šπŸ†πŸ“š
It's a big day for books in Aotearoa! The Ockham longlist has been announced and conveniently this coincided with Nate's review of Tracy Farr's Wonderland on @95bfm_breakfast this morning. Listen at the link in our bio.
Today on @rnznewzealand's Nine to Noon, Jenna chatted with Kathryn about three of her 2025 highlights: Helen Garner’s How to End a Story: Collected Diaries 1978 - 1998, Tony Tulathimutte’s Rejection and The True True Story of Raja the Gul
We’re here for all your book needs this long weekend. πŸŒ§οΈπŸ“š What will you be reading?
A tribute to our @surired, who after over ten years at Time Out is heading off to work in the world of law. Suri has been an incredibly passionate bookseller and delightful, hardworking colleague. She is well loved by our team and customers, but ha