Behind the Scenes - Meet Kevin
Go behind the scenes with Kevin, our Email and Merchandising Hero. Learn about his love for data, his musical background, and how his passion for gaming and snacks helps shape...
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Behind the Scenes - Meet Alastair
Meet Alastair, Book Hero’s co-founder and "Operations Hero." From custom-coding scalable logistics software to managing warehouse infrastructure, Alastair builds the systems ensuring 2,000+ books ship daily. Discover his love for...
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Behind the Scenes – Meet Tim (T1)
Meet Tim, Book Hero’s versatile co-founder and "excitable labrador." From coding custom buying tools to launching the board games category, Tim’s "anything is possible" mindset keeps books moving. Discover his...
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Behind the Scenes – Meet Marnie 🤓 📈
Meet Marnie, a multi-talented new team member at Book Hero who bridges the gap between customer service and bookkeeping. Having worked her way up from the warehouse, Marnie uses her...
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Behind the Scenes with Siobhan
Get to know our Warehouse Sidekick Siobhan in the latest of our Behind the Scenes series, where you’ll meet the Heroes who make sure your books, puzzles and board games...
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Behind the Scenes with Dom
Get the inside scoop with our Book Heroes! Go behind the scenes to learn about their morning routines, lunch break escapes, and the little wins that make Book Hero happen....
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Another big year ahead
By Dylan Bland
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
By Dylan Bland
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
By Dylan Bland
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
By Dylan Bland
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
By Dylan Bland
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
By Dylan Bland
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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