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Time Out Bookstore An award-winning independent bookstore with an independent spirit - since 1988. Your local, independent bookstore. NZ’s Bookseller of the Year 2016 & 2017.

London Book Fair Best International Bookstore Finalist 2017.

We’re celebrating the release of Lloyd Jones’ The Beaded Curtain today, after a wonderful event earlier this week. Part ...
22/10/2026

We’re celebrating the release of Lloyd Jones’ The Beaded Curtain today, after a wonderful event earlier this week.

Part autobiography, part memoir, part quest, lauded writer Lloyd Jones’ The Beaded Curtain is a trenchant exploration of the artist as witness.

We have signed copies on the shelf now.

You’re invited to Catherine Chidgey’s 2026 Auckland event to mark the publication of The Starving Bride - a fierce gothi...
20/10/2026

You’re invited to Catherine Chidgey’s 2026 Auckland event to mark the publication of The Starving Bride - a fierce gothic exploration of beauty, shame and the dangerous attraction of spectacle.

Catherine will be in conversation with Jenna Todd.

Hosted by Time Out Bookstore in the hall at the Mount Eden Village Centre. Books will be available for purchase, with Catherine signing afterwards.

TICKETS:
$25

DATE & TIME:
Thursday 19th November
5.30pm - Doors open
6 - 7pm - Event
7pm - Signing

LOCATION:
Mt Eden Village Centre Hall
449 Mt Eden Road

Purchase tickets at the link below or timeout.co.nz 💫

19/10/2026

This morning on 95bFM Breakfast with Rosetta’s Loose Reads, Nate chatted about Naomi Alderman’s The Strangers.

Tender and beautiful ‘The Strangers’ is a unique elegy to grief, love and a search for something beyond ourselves.

Whakarongo mai! 📚

Happy happy birthday to our Wendy! We love you! 🎈🍋 🎂
16/10/2026

Happy happy birthday to our Wendy! We love you!

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Save the Date! We have an incredible New Zealand author joining us in conversation at the Mt Eden Village Centre in Nove...
15/10/2026

Save the Date!

We have an incredible New Zealand author joining us in conversation at the Mt Eden Village Centre in November.

Announcement and tickets on sale from Wednesday 21st October.

Stay tuned!

12/10/2026

On this morning’s Loose Reads, Jenna reviewed Barbara Kingsolver’s Partita - a music-filled coming of age tale that deserves a spot on your summer reading pile.


Bookshop Day | Aotearoa NZ - what a huge day! Thank you to all who came out to celebrate with us. 1. An afternoon Readin...
10/10/2026

Bookshop Day | Aotearoa NZ - what a huge day! Thank you to all who came out to celebrate with us.

1. An afternoon Reading Rave with sun streaming in. Thank you Griffin's New Zealand!
2. Bonnie were flyyyying out the door!
3. The Libro.fm Audiobooks Golden Ticket was found!
4. The shop was bustling alllll day.
5. We had a visit from Coco herself! We still have some totes back, but get in quick!
6. Our morning Reading Rave!
7. So wonderful to have Sam Smith & Cesar Lador visit and see some original Miles & Jones artworks.

Also lots of Auckland tour map stamping, treasure hunting, purchasing of Penguin Books NZ books for a Book Nook, finding Wally HarperCollins NZ. We still have a Allen & Unwin Aotearoa NZ piano clip to be found for a copy of Partita.

Isn’t this all so great? Thank you for your support, we couldn’t do this without you.

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If you can't keep up with all of our  activities at Time Out, here's a handy guide!- Find the hidden  Golden Ticket to w...
07/10/2026

If you can't keep up with all of our activities at Time Out, here's a handy guide!

- Find the hidden Golden Ticket to win a year's worth of audiobooks.
- Pick up a limited edition Coco Solid tote bag.
- Get a stamp with purchase on the Auckland Bookshop Tour.
- Find Wally! with .
- Pick up your Penguin Book Nook with the purchase in anticipation of the 2026 Personal Penguin figurine.
- Go on a treasure hunt with .
- Find the hidden piano clip to win a copy of Barbara Kingsolver's Partita with .
- Get a .doodles mini print!
- Our two Reading Raves are all booked, but get in touch to go on the waitlist.

See you on Saturday 10th October!

Address

432 Mount Eden Road, Mt Eden
Auckland
1024

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 9pm
Sunday 9am - 9pm

Telephone

+6496303331

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