Q&A with Nick Thomson from Marrow
By Shirl
If you haven't heard about Marrow butchery in Auckland I highly recommend you give Nick and his team a visit. I've been following Marrow's journey closely from opening his initial...
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Kiritapu Allan visits Book Hero
By Shirl
We were lucky enough to have Kiritapu Allan visit the team at Book Hero while in Auckland for a day to sign our stock ahead of the release of Kiri's...
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Dr Paul Wood Visits Book Hero HQ
By Sacha
We absolutely loved having Dr Paul Wood pop into Book Hero HQ this week to celebrate the release of his new book, 'Better Never Stops'.
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Shane Cameron visits Book Hero
By Shirl
We were delighted to welcome New Zealand boxing legend Shane Cameron to Book Hero to chat about his upcoming memoir, Mountain Warrior. Shane shared his inspiring story of overcoming dyslexia...
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Asher Emanuel visits Book Hero
By Lizzy
We were so grateful to have a visit from Asher Emanual and to have the chance to ask him questions about his powerful new book, The Valley - Crime and...
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Michal Dziwulski and Dr Chris Wilson visits Book Hero
By Shirl
We recently had the privilege of welcoming Michal Dziwulski and Dr Chris Wilson to Book Hero to discuss their powerful new book, He Told Us, an in-depth investigation into the...
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Ivy Cliffwater visits Book Hero
By Lizzy
Author Ivy Cliffwater came to visit the team at Book Hero, sign many copies of her brand new book The Storm Weaver, and answer our many questions about her writing...
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R F Kuang visits Book Hero
By Sacha
Rebecca F. Kuang dropped by Book Hero while she was in Auckland for the Auckland Writers Festival, and honestly, it was every bit as exciting, thoughtful, funny, and bookish as...
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Claire Mabey visits Book Hero
By Sacha
There’s something special about meeting the people behind the books we love and this week we were lucky enough to welcome author, reviewer, and literary champion Claire Mabey into Book...
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Pax Assadi visits Book Hero
By Sacha
This week we had the pleasure of welcoming comedian, writer, and all-round funny guy Pax Assadi to Book Hero to celebrate the release of his new book, Mortified.
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Nalini Singh visits Book Hero
By Sacha
We were incredibly excited to welcome internationally bestselling New Zealand author Nalini Singh to Book Hero for a special visit with the team.
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Daniel Devenney visits Book Hero
By Sacha
Last week we had a very special visit at Book Hero. Local author and fellow bookseller Daniel Devenney dropped by to say hello, bringing along his fiancé Ronald for the...
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Ashley Andersen visits Book Hero
By Sacha
Ashley Andersen visited Book Hero to celebrate her debut romantasy novel Malachite, signing copies and chatting with the team about her writing journey, characters, and the world of Valmora. As...
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Andrea Eames visits Book Hero
By Tim
We had a bit of bookshop magic this week when Andrea Eames popped in to sign copies of her beautiful new novel, A Harvest of Hearts.
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Two Years. Three Warehouses. One Wild Ride.
I can’t believe I’m already sitting down to write this blog post. Book Hero isn’t even two years old and we’ve already moved once before, which means we’re now onto...
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The Next Chapter in our Story
Today we’re incredibly excited to share the next chapter in our story. Later this month, we’ll be launching Toy Hero - a brand-new home for toys, imagination and play.
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Little Heroes, and an Easter to Remember
Even though we’re an online business, our physical bookstore feels like the heart of everything we do. There’s something special about stepping away from the screen and being around people...
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Another big year ahead
If we thought 2025 was a busy year, 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger. Before we get started, I’d like to be cheeky and acknowledge a small personal...
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Reflecting on 2025
Looking back on 2025, it has been without doubt the most challenging year of my life — and also the most rewarding. For a long time, I’ve held two competing...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Fresh off the back of our Christmas Bookshop Day (only our second ever in-person event) it’s fair to say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Book...
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One year on - and we’re just getting started
Exactly one year ago today, the Book Hero website went live, and a hopeful but fragile idea transformed into a fully functional business with real people, real shelves, real books...
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What Does a Modern Bookshop Look Like? Celebrating NZ Bookshop Day
Tomorrow is New Zealand Bookshop Day, an event championed by the Booksellers Association of New Zealand to encourage book lovers to celebrate their local bookshop. Having not quite achieved the...
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Welcome to our New Home
We’ve done it — 40,000 books moved across a single weekend to our new home just around the corner at 8/4 Rawiri Place, Hobsonville. If you know Hobsonville, we are...
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Waving goodbye to Workspace Drive
When we signed our lease at 2/6 Workspace Drive we intended to call it home for the next three years — but our growth during our first nine months has...
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Growing Pains
I’m delighted to report that things are not slowing down at Book Hero. We delivered more books to customers in May than we did over the busy Christmas period in...
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Post-Christmas Update
It’s been over four months since my last Book Hero update so I thought it was the right time to celebrate some key milestones and reflect back on the busy Christmas period…...
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