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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
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.
To find out more about the competition and how to enter see below.
Sunday August 25, 3pm
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.
We are looking for another part-time assistant for our fabulous secondhand bookstore in Ponsonby.
If you love books and like the idea of working sole-charge in a quirky and authentic retail environment, read on.
Come discuss satire and the McGillicuddy Serious Party and buy the fabulous and newly published book of party manifestos with:
* Laird McGillicuddy Graeme Cairns (former Leader)
* Metiria Turei (former Auckland candidate)
* Mark Servian (former Party President)
Saturday May 4, 3pm.
Bring all your chocolate-detecting small people for fun times finding Easter eggs in the garden (or inside the store if the weather is less festive).
Saturday April 20, 10am to 11am
This month at our literary extravaganza, readings from:
* Vivienne Plumb, poet, fiction writer, dramatist
* Tim Heath of the Almost Dead Poets’ Society
* Eric Soakai, Performance Artist
* Leva Kusari, Young poet
* Daniel Goodwin, Writer/performer
* Beth Alexander, Actor/Gardener/ sometimes Poet
Sunday April 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.
Saturday April 13, 10am to 5pm
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 April 6, 10am to 5pm
Come along to our monthly cultural extravaganza and find out some secrets.
With talks and performances by:
* Caren Wilton (oral historian, writer, editor and author of My Body, my business
* Deborah Shepard (biographer, latest book The Writing Life)
* Alex Taylor (musician)
Plus Q&A, snacks and even a glass of wine. IKR!
Saturday 9 March, 3pm
What does ambition mean to you?
This amazing new book looks at ambition and what it means to be a New Zealander. It examines the way we formulate and share our dreams and plans with each other, and looks at how ambition might be connected with business, our personal lives, and our national identity.
Pre-order your signed copy here and pick it up on the day or get it shipped to your door:
https://theopenbook.co.nz/products/ambition
Friday March 8, 6pm
Come join us for our first literary extravaganza of 2019!
This month, readings by creative writing students at the University of Auckland.
With readings by Karen Holdom, Anuja Mitra, Danny Lam, Hebe Kearney, Richard Pamatatau, Anna Woods, Tom Romeo, Sarah Ell, Carolyn Cossey, Joshua Hetherington.
Sunday February 24, 3pm.
Come visit this wonderful bookstore as part of the inaugural Ponsonby Road Festival.
We will have fabulous poet and handmade book creator David Merritt making and selling his fabulous creations. Plus secondhand books, coffee, music and good times. What more could a person desire?
Saturday 16 February, 10am to 5pm
~1,500 second-hand books - all $5 each or five for $10
So many cheap books! Plus music, delicious coffee and sitting around.
Saturday 19 January, 10am to 5pm
(rain or shine, but we prefer shine)
Mingle with the cool kids at the 2018 Open Book Christmas Party.
BBQ, readings (from 5:30pm), music, conversation, happiness. Maybe Santa. Maybe not.
Saturday, 8 December, 5pm to 7pm.
Come take a wander around the shelves, snag some Christmas gifts, and enjoy a seat in the backyard out of the bustle.
We will have poet David Merritt making his incredible chap books, candy floss, and the return of the fabulous book tree to keep you company.
Saturday December 8, 10am to 5pm
At our literary extravaganza this month, a visit from award-winning Austrian writer Linda Stift. Plus music and poetry. There is nothing not to love.
* Linda Stift (writer)
* Anna Livesey (poet)
* Gracie Francis (piano)
* Bernice Austin (soprano)
* Alexander James (baritone)
Sunday 25 November, 3pm.
~1,500 second-hand books - all $5 each or five for $10
So many cheap books! Plus music, delicious filter coffee and sitting around.
Saturday 27 October, 10am to 5pm
(rain or shine, but we prefer shine)
Sparkling literary times with recipients of the Sir James Wallace scholarships for Masters of Creative Writing at the University of Auckland.
With readings by Rosetta Allan, Cybonn Ang, Simon Comber, Meagan France, Angelique Kasmara, Rachel O'Connor, Tom Romeo, and Josie Shapiro.
Free entry, plus snacks, chit-chat, and even a glass of wine. Truly we are blessed.
Sunday October 7, 3pm.
Come join us for the launch of the new collection from Bill Direen.
Free entry, performances by Bill, Lisa Samuels and Tru Paraha, and includes a glass of wine (ikr!).
Pre-order yourself a copy.
Monday October 1, 6pm.
This month at our regular artistic extravaganza, performances by:
* Ian Wedde, poet
* David Merritt, self-publishing, copyleft poet
* Gracie Francis, pianist
Free entry. Snacks. Even wine. IKR!
Sunday, September 16, 3pm.
Celebrate National Poetry Day with Geometry and The Open Book.
Come along to hear the winner and the Judge's selection from submissions to our poetry competition.
Includes work by Paula Harris, Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor, Madeleine Ballard, Kim Fulton, Amanda Hunt, Jilly O’Brien, Wes Lee, Isabelle McNeur, and Ruby Porter
Saturday August 25, 3pm
Join us for poetry and prose readers by contributors to the latest issue of Geometry, the new literary magazine.
Readings by:
* Jamie de Jong (prose writer/poet)
* Gina Cole (writer)
* Bryan Walpert (poet)
* Piet Nieuwland (writer)
* Paula Morris (writer)
Sunday 29 July, 3pm.
Come join us for the launch of the new poetry collection from Lisa Samuels.
Free entry, reading by Lisa, and includes a glass of wine (ikr!).
Pre-order yourself a signed copy.
Thursday July 19, 6pm
~2,000 second-hand books - all $5 each or five for $10
So many cheap books, plus music, delicious filter coffee and sitting around
Saturday July 14, 10am to 5pm.
Come join us for poetry and printmaking. At 3pm talks from:
* Jo Giddens (printmaker, wordsmith)
* Ya-Wen Ho 賀雅雯 (poet, publisher)
* Makyla Curtis (poet, compositor)
Join us from 12:30pm for printmaking yourself. Click through to find out how to book.
Plus: come do some letterpress printing yourself from 12:30pm. Book a time here, or just turn up.
Exhibition now in store every day 10am to 5pm until June 20.
Come join us for the debut exhibition by New Zealand based photographer Nick Marsh (UK). Shot in and around Central Auckland, this collection explores the discord between real and imagined narratives that street photography offers.
Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography.
Launch: 5pm, Wednesday 30 May.
Exhibition: Every day, 10am to 5pm from May 30 to June 20
Come talk about censorship and celebrate doing what someone thinks you shouldn't. With talks by writers Ted Dawe (author of a recently banned book) and Graeme Lay, librarian Kim Tairi, and legal scholar Melanie Brebner. Your MC is Megan Nicol Reed.
Presented as part of Book Night 2018.
Tuesday May 22, 6pm.
Two Halves Make a Whole is a piece of participative performance art, a creative investigation into how tech facilitates connection, between people, between ideas, across space and across time.
Come along. You will love it. Bring your favourite book.
Saturday May 19, 1pm
Come join us for our monthly literary extravaganza.
This month, words and music with performances by:
* Stephanie Johnson (novelist)
* Tim Heath (poet)
* Auckland SHE Choir (choir)
Sunday April 22, 3pm.
