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Celebrating our bookshops
Celebrating our bookshops

AFTERNOONS, RNZ / 10 October 2025

The best books of 2025 so far
The best books of 2025 so far

RNZ / 18 June 2025

The Best Books Of 2025 (So Far), According To Local Booksellers & Bookish Types
The Best Books Of 2025 (So Far), According To Local Booksellers & Bookish Types

MADELEINE CRUTCHLEY, Viva / 5 June 2025

Who stays up till midnight to buy a book?
Who stays up till midnight to buy a book?

MADELEINE CHAPMAN, The Spinoff / 24 September 2024

‘I am a proud reader of some objectively terrible books’: Time Out’s Abby Irwin-Jones
‘I am a proud reader of some objectively terrible books’: Time Out’s Abby Irwin-Jones

The Spinoff / 18 September 2024

Authors and book lovers share their favourite NZ reads
Authors and book lovers share their favourite NZ reads

RNZ | 29 December 2023

Kiwi booksellers band together to take on Amazon
Kiwi booksellers band together to take on Amazon

RNZ | 22 October 2023

The Best Independent Bookstores in Auckland & Online
The Best Independent Bookstores in Auckland & Online

The Denzien I 9 JUNE 2023

Ten of Auckland's Best Independent Bookshops for 2024
Ten of Auckland's Best Independent Bookshops for 2024

Concrete Playground | 1 April 2023

Bookstores hanging in
Bookstores hanging in

Newsroom | 29 January 2023

Bookie Wonderland: How book club became the new nightclub
Bookie Wonderland: How book club became the new nightclub

BETHANY REITSMA, NZHerald I 16 April 2021

Amazon Australia opens up to NZ customers
Amazon Australia opens up to NZ customers

1 NEWS I 6 July 2021

Booksellers' Favourite Books Of All Time
Booksellers' Favourite Books Of All Time

Viva | 11 May 2021

3 best New Zealand bookshop owners on top reads and tricks of the trade
3 best New Zealand bookshop owners on top reads and tricks of the trade

SARAH CATHERALL, Woman Magazine I January 2021

Covid-19: Aucklanders make history in museum's lockdown collection
Covid-19: Aucklanders make history in museum's lockdown collection

JOSEPHINE FRANKS, Stuff I October 2020

Coronavirus: Readers turn to books on self-care, wellbeing during lockdown 2.0
Coronavirus: Readers turn to books on self-care, wellbeing during lockdown 2.0

Stuff I August 30 2020

Like Christmas: New Zealand's post-Covid books boom
Like Christmas: New Zealand's post-Covid books boom

The Guardian I May 23 2020

How to open a bookstore in Mt Eden
How to open a bookstore in Mt Eden

JENNA TODD, Newsroom I April 23 2020

Auckland's Time Out Bookstore serves customers with pizza paddle.
Auckland's Time Out Bookstore serves customers with pizza paddle.

Stuff I April 28 2020

Pizza peel pickup: Business owners ring changes to meet heavy demand
Pizza peel pickup: Business owners ring changes to meet heavy demand

MATTHEW THEUNISSEN, RNZ I April 28 2020

Meet the 14-year-old who’s worked in Aotearoa’s book industry since he was eight
Meet the 14-year-old who’s worked in Aotearoa’s book industry since he was eight

Seven Sharp I June 7 2019

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Congratulations to the Albert-Eden Business Awards winners
Congratulations to the Albert-Eden Business Awards winners

Our Auckland | 24 May 2018

The Time Out Bookstore
The Time Out Bookstore

RACHEL O’CONNOR, Books Ireland I March/April 2018

Matt Heath: Not everyone's on my positive trip
Matt Heath: Not everyone's on my positive trip

MATT HEATH, NZ Herald | April 30 2018

The Great Kiwi Smoko
The Great Kiwi Smoko

KIM KNIGHT, NZ Herald Lifestyle | October 28 2017

Independent bookshop owners hope new government to make Amazon pay GST
Independent bookshop owners hope new government to make Amazon pay GST

BRITTANY KEOGH, NZ Herald Business | October 28 2017

National bookshop day this weekend
National bookshop day this weekend

WENDYLL NISSEN, RadioLive | October 27 2017

Two in a Row! Time Out Bookstore Win Again!
Two in a Row! Time Out Bookstore Win Again!

Booksellers NZ | August 19 2017

Auckland's Time Out Bookstore up for international Bookstore of the Year award
Auckland's Time Out Bookstore up for international Bookstore of the Year award

KIM CHOE, Newshub | February 10 2017

Time Out Bookstore shortlisted for world's best bookstore at London Book Fair
Time Out Bookstore shortlisted for world's best bookstore at London Book Fair

JAMES PASLEY, Central Leader | February 10 2017