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Kids' Bestsellers Gallery 2026
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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 particip
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 st
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
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. 📚📚📚
February bestsellers! 🏆📚
Time Out’s annual February Christmas dinner. Thank you team @ginasauckland 💕
Congratulations to @elisabeth_easther_author who launched her funny and heartfelt novel, Seed, at Time Out this evening. 💓💓💓 Thank you to @penguinbooksnz for having us!