Our ANZAC weekend hours. 🌾

We’re in today’s @nzhviva! You can pick this up in today’s NZ Herald or read online. Thank you to @maddycrutchley for the interview. Photos by @jason_dorday.

Are you up for a bookshop adventure? Join us for the #GlobalBookCrawl 2026! This is the first year Aotearoa has taken part in this exciting globe-spanning event, and we have so many amazing bookshops to explore! Collect a GBC passport from participating bookstores, collect stamps from the stores you visit, then hand in your passport to be in to win awesome bookish prizes! Visit and collect stamps from any 3 participating stores around Auckland from April 20th to April 26th to enter. After you've collected 3 stamps, each additional stamp will give you an extra entry in the prize draw. We've got signed books, book vouchers, stickers, bookmarks, trinkets and more up for grabs! Gather your pals and start planning your @globalbookcrawl.nz now! Participating bookstores are listed below: @anecdotebookshop @bookheronz @thebookloverbookshop @booksonhigh @chaptermteden Dear Reader (Grey Lynn) @dorothybutlerbooks @enamouredbooks @thegreendolphinbookshop @lamplightbooks.akl @matakanavillagebooks @onehungabooksstore @theopenbooknz @paradox_books @poppieshowick @timeoutbookstore @unitybooksauckland @thewomensbookshop

Congratulations to Shana Chandra on her new novel, Banjara. We have signed copies on the shelf and also reviewed this on @95bfm_breakfast’s Loose Reads. Listen at the link in the bio.

It was an absolute treat speaking about our big news with John Campbell and RNZ’s Morning Report team. 💕📚

After 23 years and 8 months of owning Time Out Bookstore, Wendy Tighe-Umbers has sold the business to longtime manager, Jenna Todd. On your end, you shouldn't notice much of a change. Our team and hours of 9am-9pm remain the same and Wendy will still be working a few days a week. We're truly ecstatic that Time Out can continue to bring the best books to the best community, as we have done since 1988. “I would like to thank everyone who has supported me to help to make Time Out the successful bookshop it is today, I know Time Out is in great hands with Jenna. See you in the shop!" - Wendy “I'm so grateful that myself and our amazing team will be continuing both the legacy of Time Out and our longstanding trusted relationships with our customers and the book industry. Long live the book!” - Jenna

Our March bestsellers are here - yippee! It's wonderful to see our New Zealand authors take the top 3 spots. 🎉

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! Two rebels. One million hectares of untamed wilderness. The hunt is on. Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his grumpy foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this hilarious and heart-felt adventure. Comment below to enter, we have x5 double passes to giveaway. Entries close 10am Wednesday 1st April. Tickets MUST be picked up from our Mt. Eden store.

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 reading Amelie also enjoys hiking, painting, and baking.