This Saturday, October
29th 2016,
is New Zealand Bookshop Day
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| Image: Matt Bialostocki |
Please Google to
find the positive wealth of
activities (for children AND adults) that will be mounted.
From South to North
here is a very very small sample. Each place seems to
have nearly all their
bookshops involved (sourced from Booksellers NZ):
DUNEDIN - in the
University Bookshop
Love letters, fairies and red velvet cupcakes
CHRISTCHURCH - Scorpio Bookshop Riccarton
Children’s illustration workshop (booking essential)
BLENHEIM– Paper Plus
Author Brett Avison will be in store for a book signing/chat - his books
include Bigger Digger, Stuck in the
Muck
WELLINGTON- Unity Books
Terra
Incognita A handful of savvy
explorers will strike gold on Saturday!
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| The Children's Bookshop Kilbirnie |
WELLINGTON- The
Children’s Bookshop Kilbirnie
Tiger Who Came
to Tea party from 2pm until 3pm
for age 8 and under, with stories first. Juliette MacIver will read some of her
new books including Gwendolyn! and That’s Not a
Hippopotamus
Local authors Ned Barraud and Gillian Candler ( In the
Bush, At the Beach )will run a quiz, talk
bout their books and give out goody-bags. Adults will receive a blind-date
book!
LOWER HUTT- Paper Plus
Local children’s authors
Juliette MacIver and Robyn Cooper will read from their books and Dr Seuss will
be celebrated in a BIG way
PALMERSTON NORTH – Bruce McKenzie
Booksellers
All day printing demonstrations from Printmaker Heather Partell
backgrounded by folk music and a classical trio.
NAPIER– Wardini Books
Book coconut shy/ self recording videos/ Hook a Book
TAURANGA – Books-a-Plenty
Stacey Gregg will talk and sign books
HAMILTON– Penny’s Bookstore
A pirate treasure hunt through the store and mall collecting golden
letters.
AUCKLAND–The Dorothy Butler
Children’s Bookshop
Non-stop Stories. Local authors including Melinda Syzmanik, Paula Green
and Joy Davidson reading books and telling stories all morning.
But this is only a small selection and for the full progamme go to:
http://booksellers.co.nz/bkshop-day/participatingshops/whatson
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