Rotorua's Book Shops, ongoing during March

Idle Hour Book Inn

Ailsa and Neal Hawes operate a secondhand book shop and book exchange. They invite the public to bring in any books by Rotorua writers or about Rotorua that they’d like to sell so that the bookstore can mount a window display promoting Rotorua writers.

The Hawes would like to include in the display independently and/or privately published memoirs, wartime tales and family stories.
If you’ve got anything suitable, call in to discuss it with Neal and Ailsa.
We know there are dozens of family stories out there

Take Note                 

i           Window display featuring New Zealand writers and books about New Zealand and if  there are books by local authors in stock Heather will feature those authors,  including self- published. Authors who’d like to be part of the display need to contact Heather asap regarding supplying some copies (on S/R basis) to sell.

ii          Event, Saturday 16: Festival of Children’s Books*****! (Details to follow)

Books Alive

Greg will feature his small selection of secondhand and new books by New Zealand authors and several by Rotorua authors, such as Rotorua 1880 – 1980, considered a rare and historical book, edited by Don Stafford, Roger Steele and Joan Boyd. This is a limited edition and one copy is signed.

McLeods Booksellers

Will display, in-store, Rotorua authors’ books which are there for sale. The manager suggests the display includes authors’ bios plus pics, and asks authors to supply both their books and their bio-pics. Authors, please discuss with manager Fraser Newman. Fraser may refer to this programme in his weekly Weekender opinion column.

Sonshine BookShop

Will feature what few NZ authors it has and display the Rotorua’s WriteUp Here in 2013 posters in thewindow.

Ngongotaha Books

Will display the Rotorua’s WriteUp Here in 2013 poster in window and sell books about Rotorua by Rotorua authors on a S/R basis.

 

Paper Plus     
Will be concentrating on literacy.