The KidLit Pod Interview with Lizzy
By Lizzy Lockhart
Are bookshops dead? Hardly! Book Hero in Auckland has experienced quite the opposite, achieving exponential growth over the two years they’ve been open, warranting the need to open a bricks...
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What's New This Wednesday At Book Hero
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
There are so many exciting and intriguing books that are New this Wednesday at Book Hero New Releases Featured in image above (left to right): Seven Brides For Beau Mcbride The Tradwife's...
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Dramatic Thrillers and Fantastic Fantasy in New Release Books at Book Hero New Zealand
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
We've got two distinct categories in this week's New Release title selection. The dramatic, and the wholesome. Titles featured in image above (left to right): The Chemist The Spy in...
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Book Hero New Releases: Get Caught Up...
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
Your mid-June new release books are shipping now at Book Hero! Get Caught Up on the latest fiction titles so you can read With A Vengeance... Books featured in photo...
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A Different Kind of Power is out today!
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
Jacinda Ardern's highly anticipated memoir is out now! We have plenty of stock ready to ship to you overnight from our warehouse...
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FANGtastic Pre-order EXCLUSIVE From Kiwi Author Steffanie Holmes!
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
On Monday we had the lovely and talented Steffanie Holmes come into our warehouse to sign our stock of Fangs For Nothing, a cozy romance between a grumpy vampire and...
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Thank you! 1,000 5-Star Google Reviews
By Dylan Bland
Today we celebrated (with cake!) a milestone on our Book Hero journey that means so much to us - 1,000 5-Star reviews on Google. When we started Book Hero we...
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Send us your cozy Sunday reading spot to WIN!
By Dylan Bland
With the weather getting colder it’s time to curl up inside with your favourite book. Take a quick photo of your favourite comfy reading spot with all your books and...
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Meet The Marvellous Marnie! | Our Newest Hero
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
We recently held our search for a new superhero for our growing team and were lucky enough to find Marnie! A Few Fun Facts About Me... I'm a Beekeeper and...
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Congratulations Young Heroes! 🦸
By Dylan Bland
During the school holidays we ran the Book Hero's Apprentice short story and colouring competition. We were absolutely blown away by the entries we received over the holidays and want...
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We're hiring at Book Hero! 🦸♀️
By Dylan Bland
Love books? Enjoy solving problems and getting hands-on in a fast-paced warehouse? Come join us at Book Hero!We're looking for a new team member to help us keep growing! The...
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10,000 customer orders - thank you!
By Dylan Bland
Book Hero celebrated the milestone of 10,000 customer orders back in February, and last night Shopify sent us this cool little statue to mark the occasion! Helping Kiwis rediscover a...
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Thrilling Conclusions and New Beginnings | Hot New April Releases
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
The April New Releases continue to deliver! 🔥 From long-awaited sequels to fresh debuts, this week you'll find all the latest titles ready to ship from Book Hero 🚀 The...
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Cover Reveal - The Impossible Fortune
By Dylan Bland
We can finally reveal the cover art of the latest instalment in Richard Osman's best selling The Thursday Murder Club series - The Impossible Fortune. Set to release in New...
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What's New Wednesday? | April New Releases
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
What's New this Wednesday? The easier question might be what's NOT new! April is an awesome month for brand new releases across all genres of the bookish world, and there's...
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New Releases | Shipping Now!
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
My favourite thing on a Monday morning is opening up the boxes from our suppliers, it's like Christmas every week! This morning's haul contained the hottest new releases across a...
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Volunteer as Tribute | Sunrise on the Reaping is out now!
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
Get ready to re-enter the arena with the latest instalment of The Hunger Games saga...
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Auckland Writers Festival 2025: Full Programme Highlights!
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
On Wednesday, the Auckland Writers Festival released the highly-anticipated programme for this year's festival events. The 2025 Auckland Writers Festival runs from 13-18 May in Aotea Centre, Auckland. And the...
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Pre-order | Ken Follett's latest historical fiction
By Dylan Bland
Ken Follett, perhaps best known for his 1989 best-seller The Pillars Of The Earth, has written another epic story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. ...
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Pre-order | Dame Jacinda Ardern's Cheerful Children's Book
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
Former prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern has written a very special children's book, Mum's Busy Work, which is available now for pre-order on BookHero! 🥳 Based on real conversations Jacinda Ardern...
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Welcome Jordan, our newest Book Hero team member!
By Jordan Whyte
Say hello to our newest Warehouse Hero, Jordan!
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Kiwi Author Graci Kim Presents: Dreamslinger | Pre-order Your Signed Copy Now!
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
If you're looking for the next magical adventure story that will entertain your young teen readers (or yourself!), Dreamslinger is the first in an exciting new series by local author Graci...
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New Release Titles Available to Ship Now!
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
We opened up some exciting packages yesterday containing the hottest new releases for March! Check out the amazing range of new titles, in stock and ready to ship.
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Welcome our newest Book Hero team member, Nicola!
By Nicola Moody-Turnwald
Our team is growing! Meet Nicola, a social media-savvy bookworm...
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Rowan Simpson's How to be Wrong - out Monday!
By Dylan Bland
Rowan Simpson has spent two decades at the heart of some of New Zealand's most successful technology companies - including Trade Me, Xero, Vend and Timely. He's shared a number...
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This week's New Release round-up
By Dylan Bland
We've had dozens of new releases arrive into stock this week - too many to list - and we encourage you to check out our New Release Collection to browse what's...
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Back In Stock - The Let Them Theory
By Dylan Bland
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins has been flying out the door since it released earlier this year - and has been one of our best selling books of...
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This week's New Release round-up
By Dylan Bland
We've had some great new releases arrive into stock this week - here's a quick round up! And remember, we ship all orders placed before 4pm on an overnight courier...
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Waitangi Day - Closed for Pick Ups
By Dylan Bland
Our team will be enjoying some time off for Waitangi Day, and we will be closed for Pick Ups. Thursday 6 February - CLOSED Our regular hours of 9am until...
Book Hero Origin Stories...
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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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So, how are things going?
As I reflect back on the first four weeks of Book Hero, I’m proud of what we’ve achieved as a team and I’m super optimistic for the future. Book Hero...
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