The Book Briefing
Welcome to The Book Briefing, your weekly catch-up on all the biggest moments from the literary world. From headline-making author news and award winners to viral bookish trends and exciting...
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The Story to Screen Report
The world of book-to-screen adaptations is busier than ever, with major casting announcements, exciting new projects, and long-awaited adaptations finally moving forward. Here’s a round-up of everything happening right now.
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10 Books Lizzy Wants After Auckland Writer's Festival
After 17 events and countless conversations at the incredible Auckland Writer's Festival, I now have a TBR pile as big as my lifetime with not only back catalogue titles for...
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Inside Book Hero’s Weekend at the Writers Festival
There is only one afternoon left of the Writer’s Festival and our brains are already bursting at the seams with inspiration and information. Lizzy, Shirl, Alex and Dylan have all...
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R F Kuang visits Book Hero
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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New Moana Road Toys, Books and Puzzles for Kids!
We are super excited to announce that we now stock a range of toys, books and puzzles from Aotearoa brand Moana Road! Buy Now Buy Now Buy Now Buy Now Moana...
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Claire Mabey visits Book Hero
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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2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Winner Announced
I was a little worried that going to an awards night for literature might feel like a school assembly that drags on a little too long and leaves you counting...
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Book Hero's Library
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Predicting Bookish Trends for 2026
From vegetarian cooking to Dystopian Fiction, we're sharing our predictions for 2026 bookish trends!
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Exclusive Q & A with Callie Hart on Writing Quicksilver
Book Hero Nicola was fortunate to be invited to an exclusive Q & A session with Dark Romance and Fantasy author Callie Hart, ahead of her New Zealand tour for...
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Inspiring Reads to Revisit
Book Hero Dylan shares quotes and extracts from inspirational books that carried him through his teen years to his business ventures
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Books To Beat The Monday Blues
If the start of a new week brings you dread, check out our tips and titles that will help you beat the Monday Blues
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Top Business Books from the Book Hero team
Dylan, Alastair and Tim have each picked their their top three Business books that have served as inspiration for their careers, including how they operate Book Hero today! Check out...
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Book Hero Bestsellers June 2025
In this post, we show you the Top Three Bestsellers for each of our top book genres and categories for the month of June.
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Top Five Cozy Crime Books
In this Book Hero Library blog, we show you our top five favourite Cozy Crime novels
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20 Books With Dragons
Book Hero's Dragon Hoard Dragons are so hot right now! With a live-action film remake of the beloved Children's classic How To Train Your Dragon, and the explosion of hot...
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Book Hero's Journey
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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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