Bookshops
Long running Auckland book shop on brink of closure
One of Auckland's best loved and long-running bookshops is on the brink of closure now its landlord, the Catholic Church, wants to sell up the historic central city property. Hard to Find books moved… Audio
Nicola Legat on Covid-19's effect on publishing
The lockdown in August and the lockdown dragging on in Auckland has seen people turn to books for an escape This despite bookshops unable to sell books during level 4, and only post them to online… Audio
Ruth Shaw - Manapouri's "Two Wee Bookshops"
Ruth Shaw has lived life on the high seas, worked with sex-workers in Sydney's infamous King's Cross, and spent decades fighting for the environment. She and her husband Lance spent 16 years operating… Audio, Gallery
Meet the bookseller - Renee Rowland, Twizel Bookshop
For today's independent bookseller we're heading to a tiny shop in a tiny town in the Mackenzie District of Canterbury. Audio
Bookshops are still thriving in Melbourne
Leesa Lambert is the Co-owner and Manager of Carlton's The Little Bookroom, rated as one of the city's top indie bookshops. Audio
World authority on crime fiction, Otto Penzler of the Mysterious Bookshop
Otto Penzler has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the world of mystery fiction. He has edited more than 50 anthologies, and his specialist store, The Mysterious Bookshop in New York, is the oldest and… Audio
Sarah Henshaw's book shop with a difference
A book shop with a difference - on a floating barge in the UK The title of the book is: The Bookshop that Floated Away, published by Constable and Robinson. Audio
Spectrum for 6 April 2014
In various forms, Parsons Books and Music has been a cultural landmark on Wellington's Lambton Quay since 1948. Russian composer Igor Stravinsky called it 'the most beautiful bookshop in the world'… Audio
Becky Anderson: US Independent Bookseller
An insight into the American book industry with one of the international guest speakers at this weekend's Booksellers New Zealand conference. Becky Anderson is the fifth generation of an Illinois… Audio
Book stores ban a controversial book about the Kahui twins
Paper Plus and The Warehouse both say they won't sell Breaking Silence: The Kahui Case, written by journalist Ian Wishart with the twins' mother, Macsyna King. Bookstores say the ban comes after… Audio
Hard To Find
Vampires, secrets, and hidden treasures.... Warwick Jordan, owner of the iconic Auckland store Hard to Find, reveals the unusual and unexpected world of dealing in second-hand books. Audio
NZ's first electronic bookstore launched
The country's first electronic bookstore was launched today. Audio
Top shop
A tiny, dusty Dunedin bookstore has been judged one of the 10 best in the world, which has surprised its owner, who didn't even know it was in the running. Audio
Dorothy Butler: bookshops and readers
International authority on children's books and reading, innovative bookseller and author of two volumes of memoirs: There Was a Time, and All This and a Bookshop Too. Audio
NZ's oldest bookstore to close
Budden's Book Shop in Motueka will ring up its final sales at the end of March. Audio
