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Book Haven at the Wellington Performance Arcade

Book Haven at the Wellington Performance Arcade

It’s been a busy start to the year for us as we’ve been preparing to bring our books to the Wellington waterfront.

 

For the next 5 days we will be at the Performance Arcade 2024 in the Pop-Up Books container (the shop will still be open as usual).

Books Coming & Going

Childhood books: Amelia Bedelia, Ramona the Pest, The Wombles, Mrs Pepperpot, 'Spy Stories for Boys', & 'A Fish Out of Water.'
The books on the shelves keep changing, matching the ebb and flow of the so many readers and book lovers who wander through the shop or buy online. … Sometimes it's like greeting old friends when new books arrive...Other times it's hard to say goodbye to a book. But then there is the delight in seeing them going off to new homes to be read and cherished and the knowledge that there will always be more coming.

The Election's Looming

The Election's Looming
The election is only a few weeks away so we thought we'd highlight some of our books about past political campaigns.

Mid-Winter News: VicBook Shelves & Craft Events

Mid-Winter News: VicBook Shelves & Craft Events
We've had a busy mid-winter - we bought three of the Vic Books' shelves so there's been some shuffling and re-arranging of the space towards the ba...

Get audiobooks through Book Haven

Get audiobooks through Book Haven
Good news for audiobook lovers.  We have partnered with Libro.fm, an employee-owned Social Purpose Corporation that shares its profits with partner...

Matariki

Matariki
To celebrate Matariki, Book Haven will be closed for the public holiday on Rāmere 14 Hōngongoi, Friday 14 July. We hope you are able to have the da...

Poetry Reading with Renae Williams

Poetry Reading with Renae Williams
June 27 from 6pm - 7pm "The poetry will be popping, the toasters are def popping, and there's plenty of spreads to go around!"

'A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha'

'A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha'
This Friday, 26 May, at Newtown Library, is the special launch of 'A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha' and Book Haven will be there with copies of the book for sale.

A suburb is grieving

It's a sad time in Newtown - the fire that took lives and made almost one hundred people homeless is a horrific tragedy that affects the whole subu...

Across the Cultiverse - A talk with Anke Richter

Across the Cultiverse - A talk with Anke Richter
We're very excited to be hosting Anke Richter, author of 'Cult Trip: Inside the World of Coercion & Control' on Thursday 18 May at 6.30pm.

A year in the shop

A year in the shop
April 1st is our first birthday as owners of Book Haven. It is amazing to think we have been here  for a whole year now! The time has flown quickly...

Producing 'Peacemonger'

Peacemonger
Author, editor and publisher Mark Derby will be in the shop on Tuesday 21 February 6.30pm to talk about 'Peacemonger' - the book about internation...