New Releases to add to your TBR this week (29th September)
By Lizzy
From celebrity memoirs to a brand new follow up to The Whale Rider, here is everything you need on your radar this week, and the books Lizzy is excited for!
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Self-Help Advice I Actually Use
By Dylan
My partner Alex says I read too many self-help books, and he’s probably right. To be honest, I’ve slowed down a lot recently. I’ve packed my brain full of so...
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Jon Toogood visits Book Hero
By Shirl
We were so honoured to have Aotearoa's own royal rock legend Jon Toogood visit Book Hero, he was our very first author signing in our new HQ in Hobsonville and...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (22nd September)
By Lizzy
Honestly this week my bank account balance is in so much trouble because the new releases that arrived in our warehouse are all SO GOOD. Best of luck to you.
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Nicky Hager publishers new book on the Tax Payers Union
By Dylan
Update: The first print run has been fully sold out across New Zealand. More books are being printed and Book Hero will have a significant allocation from the second print...
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Review of Home Again by Jon Toogood
By Shirl
When it was revealed that Jon Toogood was to release a memoir I pretty much jumped out of my seat with excitement and it definitely didn’t disappoint! My memories of Shihad began...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (16th September)
By Lizzy
We had some exciting new releases arrive with some huge names in fiction, a highly anticipated health guide, and possibly the biggest children's book of 2026.
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Self-Help for People Pleasers (Yes you!)
By Lizzy
People pleasing something you struggle with? Whether I can or can't relate is absolutely beside the point, but I have some books that might be a helpful resource!
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (9th September)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is rounding up the newest arrivals across fiction, non-fiction, and children's books! Check out all the titles you need to add to your TBR!
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Pick up a Microhistory (and become a very niche expert)
By Lizzy
If you've seen people talking about a book about Salt and wondered what was happening - we're here to help. Welcome to the niche world of microhistories.
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NZ’s Biggest Range of Penguin Classics
By Shirl
We’ve been noticing our customers really loving our Penguin Classics range so Dylan thought why don’t we just offer our customers the biggest and best range in NZ? Then HUZZAH!...
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Screen Time for Tamariki - the books you need!
By Lizzy
Finding the task of navigating screen time and the digital world for children incredibly complex, terrifying, and overwhelming? We have some books to help!
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Shirl's Road Trip Reads and Board Game Picks
By Shirl
I recently spent a couple of weeks road-tripping with whānau visiting Aotearoa from overseas showing them around and doing tourist activities that I don't normally get to do. I forget...
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Books about Bookshops (across almost every genre)
By Lizzy
Books about books, bookshops, and booksellers - it's my favourite thing. Here's a small selection across most genres for those who loving reading about bookshops as well as shopping at...
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New Releases to add to your TBR (11th August)
By Lizzy
There's a new release for everyone this week - here's your TBR roundup! Lizzy shares her picks from the newest in fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks and children's books!
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New Releases to add to your TBR (5th August)
By Lizzy
Check out this week's new release round up with loads of local new non-fiction, some amazing new fantasy reads, and books for the tamariki too!
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Book Hero's Favourite Biographies!
By Lizzy
The Book Hero team are sharing their favourite biography or memoir - some are recent releases, others ones that are a bit older but just as impactful and important.
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (29th July)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is here with everything you need to know about the new releases this week - featuring local non-fiction, spectacular picture books, and a whole range of fiction!
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Sir Richard Branson's most recommended books!
By Dylan
I've always admired Richard Branson for bringing a genuine sense of fun to business, celebrating his team, and never being afraid to be himself. Those are qualities I've tried to...
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Don't Let These Books Pass You By
By Lizzy
Lizzy rounds up 10 books that have been published this year that she feels are deserving of more hype!
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (21st July)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is here with the weekly round up of all the brand new releases you need on your radar! This week there's a lot of amazing new fiction to get...
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The Book Hero perk that's changing our team 📖
By Dylan
Whenever I see or hear about a book that interests me, I buy it straight away.The $20–$40 investment is almost always worth it, whether I finish the book or not....
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Home Again by Jon Toogood Pre-order Offer
By Shirl
Thanks to Hachette Aotearoa NZ, we are super excited to let you know of this awesome pre-order for Jon Toogood's memoir 'Home Again' Anyone who pre-orders the Home Again will...
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The Perfect Winter Reads
By Lizzy
Lizzy is here sharing the books she thinks you should pick up this Winter - with everything from fiction novels to get lost in, non-fiction books to help you thrive...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week
By Lizzy
The new week brings a new load of amazing stories to get lost in! Lizzy has rounded up the new releases this week and the titles she is adding to...
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Books for Kids Who Love the Planet
By Lizzy
Whether you have a small child who loves traveling to new places, or a homebody who loves reading books with lots of maps and facts in them - I've rounded...
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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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New Releases to add to your TBR this week
By Lizzy
The new week brings a new load of amazing stories to get lost in! Here are the new releases this week and the titles we are adding to our own...
Book Hero Origin Stories...
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We Did It! Book Hero Has Officially Moved 🎉
We did it! 🎉 After a huge weekend moving more than 100,000 books, Book Hero is officially settled into our brand-new HQ in Hobsonville. Take a look behind the scenes...
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Book Hero is moving! Here’s what you need to know.
Book Hero is moving! This weekend, we’re relocating 120,000 books, puzzles, board games and toys to our brand-new warehouse and bookstore at 112B Hobsonville Road. Find out what the move...
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Book Hero has won the 2026 Spark People’s Choice Award
Book Hero has won the Spark People’s Choice Award at the 2026 Retail NZ Awards! Book Hero is not even two years old, so hearing our name called as the...
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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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