Bookshops and Bookshop Day
Celebrating the world of the bookshop.
Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day 2026
Bookshop Day 2026 is on Saturday 10 October. Check out events in Ōtautahi Christchurch at:
The first NZ Bookshop Day was in 2015 when Booksellers realised that the narrative around bookshop and book industry health had become negative and needed to change. Local bookshops have become community centres and attract customers back to bricks and mortar retail supporting their neighbourhoods. NZ Bookshop Day celebrates those achievements and welcomes readers back inside their local bookshop.
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Scorpio Books: Canterbury Stories
A collection of photographs of Scorpio Books, an independent bookstore established in Christchurch by David Cameron in 1976.
The Bookshop Detectives are back!
Fee reports back from the Christchurch launch of Gareth and Louise Ward's second Bookshop Detectives instalment, Tea and Cake and Death.
"Everyone has a story to tell": Ruth Shaw at Tūranga
Ariane reports back on an author talk with "Bookseller at the end of the world" Ruth Shaw at Tūranga on Wednesday 7 August 2024.
Smith's Bookshop manager with early rugby books
Ross Humphries, manager of Smith's Bookshop on Manchester Street, with copies of early rugby books, 1991. An image from the Discovery Wall.
Bookshops
A set of images of local bookshops in Canterbury Stories
Books and Reading
A set of images of books and reading in Canterbury Stories