Mingle with the cool kids at the 2020 Open Book Christmas Party.

BBQ (which is to say baked tofu and delicious ham), readings by artists who have graced our stage in recent years, music, conversation, happiness, sunshine. Probably not Santa.

Saturday 12 December, 5pm to 8pm
Readings from 5:30pm

A new and award-winning novella of music, mental health and secrets by Bryan Walpert. With music by Ludwig Treviranus.

More about the book on Bryan’s RNZ interview.

Monday December 7, 6pm

It’s Market Day on Ponsonby Road. Come take a wander around the shelves, find yourself a beautiful book or three, and enjoy a seat in the sunny backyard out of the bustle.

We will have 14,000 reasonably-priced secondhand books to keep you happy.

More about Market Day here from the Ponsonby Business Association.

Saturday 5 December, 10am to 5pm

Relax and enjoy our beautiful store in the evening

• Friday 27th November

• Late night until 9pm

• Perfect opportunity for early Christmas shopping

• Free gift wrapping (Friday only)

This month, in our literary extravaganza, readings from the fabulous new anthology Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand. Introduced by co-editor, Paula Morris.

Plus snacks and perhaps a glass of wine. Seems pretty great, New Zealand.

We will have copies of the book for sale. More about it here:

https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/books/otago743095.html

Sunday, November 15, 2pm.

It’s Market Day on Ponsonby Road. Come take a wander around the shelves, snag yourself a beautiful book or three, and enjoy a seat in the backyard out of the bustle.

We will have 14,000 reasonably-priced secondhand books to keep you happy.

More about Market Day here from the Ponsonby Business Association.

The quarterly book sale returns.

~1,500 clearance books - all $5 each or five for $15

Plus 14,000 other second-hand books at their normal reasonable prices

So many cheap books! Plus delicious snacks and sparkling counter repartee.

10am to 5pm
Saturday 24 October
(the Saturday of Labour Weekend)

Let’s restart our monthly literary extravaganza with Friday night poetry! Readings by:

* Anne Kennedy (poet)
* Anna Livesey (poet)
* Nick Ascroft (Wellington poet)

Plus snacks and perhaps a glass of wine and many thousands of books to peruse. Hashtag winning!

Friday, October 9, 6pm

Alas, even poetry must wait for a lower Alert Level.

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This month in our literary extravaganza, poetry! Readings by:

* Michael Steven (poet)
* Dan Goodwin (performance poet)
* Nick Ascroft (Wellington poet)

Plus snacks, perhaps a glass of wine and definitely 14,000 delightful books to choose from.

Sunday 23 August, 3pm

It’s Market Day on Ponsonby Road. Come take a wander around the shelves, snag a tome or three, and enjoy a seat in the backyard out of the bustle.

We will have 14,000 reasonably-priced secondhand books to keep you happy.

More about Market Day here from the Ponsonby Business Association.

Saturday August 8, 10am to 5pm

Our monthly literary showcase returns to the world! Readings by:

* Siobhan Harvey (writer and editor)
* Elizabeth Morton (storyteller)
* Elizabeth Welsh (poet and papermaker)

Plus snacks and maybe even a glass of wine. Hashtag winning.

Sunday 26 July, 2pm.

The quarterly book sale is back!

~1,500 clearance books - all $5 each or five for $15

Plus 12,000 other second-hand books at their normal reasonable prices

So many cheap books! Plus delicious coffee and sparkling counter repartee.

10am to 5pm
Saturday 11 July

Sadly, with the deteriorating public health situation, we have now decided not to hold this event. We are looking at how to continue our monthly readings virtually. Culture must prevail!

Balance out your equinoctial weekend with some culture. Readings by:

* Siobhan Harvey (author and lecturer)
* Elizabeth Morton (poet and storyteller)
* Elizabeth Welsh (poet and editor)

Plus snacks and maybe even a glass of wine. Hashtag winning.

We’d love to see you but for public health reasons, please do stay home if you are feeling unwell. We will be collecting contact details at the door in case we need to know who was at the event later on.

Sunday March 22, 2pm

Alas, the Ponsonby Business Association has called off Market Day based on government advice against gatherings of more than 500 people. The bookstore will still be here to delight you on Saturday, should you be able to fit us into your schedule.

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It’s Market Day on Ponsonby Road. Come take a wander around the shelves, snag a tome or three, and enjoy a seat in the backyard out of the bustle with your new paper friends.

We will have delicious filter coffee and 13,000 reasonably-priced secondhand books to keep you happy. Market Day runs up and down the street all day.

More about Market Day here from the Ponsonby Business Association.

Saturday March 21, from 10am

Come visit our wonderful bookstore as part of the second annual Ponsonby Road Festival.

We will have rooms and rooms of secondhand books, coffee, music and a sunny backyard. Plus performance poets on the front lawn at 3pm.

• Leva Kusari

• Joseph McNamara

• Liam Jacobson

The wider festival is all up and down the street from 11am. What more could a person desire?10am to 5pm, Saturday February 29

~1,500 clearance books - all $5 each or five for $15

Plus 12,000 other second-hand books at their normal reasonable prices

So many cheap books! Plus delicious coffee and sparkling counter repartee.

10am to 5pm, Saturday 1 February

Mingle with the cool kids at the 2019 Open Book Christmas Party.

BBQ, readings by artists who have graced our stage this year, music, conversation, happiness, sunshine. Maybe Santa. Maybe not.

Saturday 7 December, 5pm to 7pm
Readings from 5:30pm

It’s Christmas Market Day on Ponsonby Road. Come take a wander around the shelves, snag a tome or three, and enjoy a seat in the backyard out of the bustle.

We will have delicious filter coffee and 13,000 reasonably-priced secondhand books to keep you happy.

More about Market Day here from the Ponsonby Business Association.

This month, five well-known writers talk for seven minutes about a book that makes a perfect Christmas gift. With free wrapping! 

* Witi Ihimaera, Native Son
* Peta Mathias, Eat Your Heart Out
* Courtney Sina Meredith, The Adventures of Tupaia
* Paula Morris, Hauturu
* Peter Simpson, Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction

Plus a silent auction for a beautiful Working Glass pohutukawa plate, snacks and a glass of wine. Pretty great.

Saturday 30 November, 4pm

Michele Powles (writer) and Renee Liang (playwright, poet and paediatrician) talk about their book, When We Remember to Breathe: Mess, magic and mothering. 

Amy Mansfield (piano) and Kirsten Locke (violin) play a magic selection from baroque to tango.

Plus snacks and maybe a glass of wine. Hashtag winning.

Sunday November 17, 2pm.

~1,500 clearance books - all $5 each or five for $15

Plus about 14,000 other second-hand books on the shelves at their normal, very reasonable, prices

So many cheap books! Plus music, delicious coffee and sparkling counter repartee. What a blessed life.

Saturday October 26, 10am to 5pm
(that’s Labour weekend, folks)

This month, we go all Biketober, with Bike Auckland. A 5.8km loop ride with music to start, some readings along the way, and poetry back at the shop to end:

* Gather from 2:15pm. Bike parking around back.
* Auckland SHE choir: 2:30pm at the shop
* Ride starts: 2:45pm
* Readings by Maria Majsa and Tim Heath en route
* David Merritt’s poems: 4:30pm back at the shop

Sunday October 20th, 2:15pm

Come take a wander around the shelves, snag a tome or three, and enjoy a seat in the backyard out of the bustle.

We will have delicious filter coffee, music and 15,000 reasonably-priced secondhand books to keep you happy.

Saturday September 21, 10am to 5pm

This month, readings from soon-to-be-published Masters of Creative Writing graduates at Auckland University.

* Rosetta Allan
* Caroline Barron
* Rose Carlyle
* Amy McDaid
* Heidi North
* Ruby Porter

Free entry. Plus snacks and maybe even a glass of wine. Incredible.

Sunday 15 September, 3pm.

Celebrate National Poetry Day with Geometry and The Open Book.

Come along to hear the winner and the judges’ selection from submissions to our poetry competition. Plus snacks and maybe a glass of wine if you are lucky.

Sunday August 25, 3pm

A bonus event this extra cultural month. Readings from two newly published poets, plus pre-order yourself a copy of AUP New Poets Five:

* Carolyn DeCarlo, poet
* Sophie van Waardenberg, poet

with Anna Jackson, AUP series editor

Sunday, July 28 at the earlier than usual time of 2pm

Mon dieu! Our monthly cultural extravaganza is on Bastille Day. Let us hope some poems include French words.

Les readings by:
* Steven Toussaint, poet
* Anna Livesey, poet

With piano and singing by the amazing Alex Taylor.

Sunday July 14, 3pm

~1,500 clearance books - all $5 each or five for $10

Plus 13,000 other second-hand books on the shelves at their normal reasonable prices

So many cheap books! Plus music, delicious coffee and sitting around. What a joyful world it is.

Saturday July 13, 10am to 5pm

This month our cultural extravaganza coincides with Matariki. Readings by:

* Vana Manasiadis, poet and translator
* Simone Kaho, poet, writer and filmmaker
* Courtney Sina Meredith, author and performer
* Makyla Curtis, poet and letterpress printer

Plus snacks and a glass of wine. Good times.

Sunday June 23, 3pm.