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Auckland Bookshop Tour 2024


  • The Open Book 201 Ponsonby Road Auckland, Auckland, 1011 New Zealand (map)

This October celebrate NZ Bookshop Day with us in the best way possible, by bookshop hopping! We've teamed up with 10 other bookstores in Auckland to create this fun Bookshop Tour for all you wonderful readers to explore.

You have 9 days - from Friday 4th October to Sunday 13th October - to visit as many of the participating bookshops as you can. Visit at least two participating bookshops (listed below) and collect a stamp on the map from each store to enter - no minimum spend necessary. Every additional stamp is an additional entry into the grand prize draw where 2 prizes of $300 book tokens are up for grabs!

Pick up and drop off your map at any of the stores below from Oct 4th:
- The Open Book - that's us! (Ponsonby)
- The Women's Bookshop (Ponsonby)
- Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop (Ponsonby)
- Dear Reader (Grey Lynn)
- Unity Books Auckland (CBD)
- Time Out Bookstore (Mt Eden)
- Lamplight Books (Parnell)
- Onehunga Books & Stationery (Onehunga)
- Poppies (Howick)
- Paradox Books (Devonport)
- The Booklover Bookshop (Milford)

Earlier Event: September 1
Starling Issue 18 – Auckland Launch Party
Later Event: October 13
26 Words New Zealand