New Hero Alert! Meet Theresa – our new Warehouse Sidekick
By Dylan
We’re thrilled to welcome Theresa to the Book Hero team! Whenever we bring a new Hero onto the team, we’re always looking for people who share our love of reading...
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Auckland Writer's Festival Wrap-Up 2026
By Lizzy
Lizzy is sharing the things she learned from this year's amazing Auckland Writer's Festival and her tips for what to do next year to make the most of such a...
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Book Hero's Book Rescue Sale!
By Lizzy
Book Hero is holding their first ever Book Rescue Sale, and it's a great chance to get a slightly damaged book for a discounted price! Come along to the event...
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The Book Briefing
By Sacha
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
By Sacha
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
By Lizzy
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
By Dylan
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
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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New Moana Road Toys, Books and Puzzles for Kids!
By Shirl
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
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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2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Winner Announced
By Lizzy
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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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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Board Games on the Go: The Best Travel Games for Every Adventure
By Amelia
Whether you’re road-tripping around New Zealand, heading off on a trip overseas or just trying to survive a trip with the kids, travel games are the perfect solution to keeping...
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AWF Night 1 - Maggie O'Farrell and Patrick Radden Keefe
By Lizzy
There are 171 different events across the Auckland Writer’s festival and I managed to get to 2 of the first ones last night! I had been excited to see Maggie O’Farrell (even...
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Lizzy is excited for AWF
By Lizzy
The Auckland Writer’s festival is just around the corner (May 15th-17th) and it’s one of my favourite times of the year, a chance to celebrate our storytellers and fact finders,...
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The Story to Screen Report
By Sacha
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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The Book Briefing
By Sacha
Welcome to The Book Briefing, your weekly roundup of the biggest, buzziest, and most exciting news from the book world. From blockbuster authors to surprise releases, here is what is...
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New Rolife DIY Miniatures & Book Nooks Have Arrived!
By Amelia
If you’re new to Rolife, it’s a DIY creative brand that focuses on beautifully detailed handmade 3D puzzles and miniature kits. From enchanting book nooks that transform your bookshelf into...
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Catching Up with Local MP and Minister, Cameron Brewer
By Dylan
We recently welcomed local MP and new Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Cameron Brewer, to Book Hero for a conversation about the future of retail and bookselling in New...
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New Releases this week that you need to add to your TBR
By Sacha
From sweeping fantasy epics and addictive romances to gripping thrillers, heartfelt literary fiction, and exciting new reads for kids, this week’s new releases have something for every kind of reader....
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New Hero Alert! Meet Philip - our new Customer Experience Hero
By Dylan
Philip is here to make sure every Book Hero customer has a great experience, from the moment you place an online order, to the moment it arrives. Together with Lizzy...
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The Story to Screen Report
By Sacha
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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🎁 Free Gift Wrap In-Store and Online for Mother's Day
By Kevin
Make Mother’s Day effortless with our free gift wrapping service available for all online and in-store purchases. Visit us in Hobsonville or order by 4pm tomorrow to get your thoughtful...
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The Book Briefing
By Sacha
Welcome to The Book Briefing, your weekly roundup of the biggest, buzziest, and most exciting news from the book world. From blockbuster authors to surprise releases, here is what is...
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Shirl's Corner: April Reads
By Shirl
Long weekends in April provided plenty of time to finish six different books. This collection features a dark horror debut becoming a film, a fresh take on romance, and a...
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Speed Puzzling in NZ
By Amelia
Jigsaws are no longer just a quiet Sunday activity. From solo sprints to team relays, speed puzzling is growing across New Zealand. This guide breaks down how competitions work, where...
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Met Gala 2026 but make it bookish 📚✨
By Sacha
The Met Gala is always a spectacle, but this year’s looks felt especially narrative, like each outfit belonged to a story waiting to be told. Just for fun, it is...
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🧸 Toy Giveaway - Win a $500 Prize Pack!
By Dylan
To encourage you to check out our growing range of toys, buy any toy between now and 31 May and you’ll automatically go in the draw to win an incredible...
Book Hero Origin Stories...
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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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