The Devonport Vintage Bookshop is everything a used book store should be. It’s crammed full of beautiful old books, and beautiful new ones too. There are rare books, and a dedicated poetry section. There’s hilariously misplaced signs.
It’s also closing down.
Readers, take yourself out on the town and visit the book stores in your area. Supporting local businesses puts money back into your community. Small business owners will love you for it and you might find a gem. I’m guilty of big-box-book-shopping myself but it’s one of my new year’s resolutions to change that. Today, for example, I picked up a book on embroidery and The Encyclopaedia Of Basic Craft Techniques (1973) in case I want to take up leatherwork, learn to weave, or rub-dye plastic. Okay, so I bought it for the pictures. But it’s brilliant, and they don’t have it at the Big Box Book Store.
Aucklanders, while it’s still open, you can get 50% off everything at the Devonport Vintage Bookshop – but the time to go to your local book store is while it’s still open, to help it thrive.
Question time – do you have a favourite book store? Tell us about it in the comments.
This is terrible news! I visited the store only a month or so ago, and fell in love with it. I’m so sorry to hear they haven’t been able to stay afloat.
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Now that is spooky been planning on popping on the Ferry to visit for a few weeks …..
Perhaps we should create a list & promo them to other readers …. often its a case of not knowing the options
I concur! Let’s do that! What’s your favourite book stores?
While we have our own second hand bookshop in Newtown, Wellington (Book Haven), my favorite book shop in NZ is probably McKenzies in Palmerston North. Very small indeed, they have a great selection – and while we have no shortage of books at our shop, we fail to leave theirs without at least a handful, and often an armful of books.
As far as second hand book shops, I quite like Pegasus on the left bank of Cuba Mall in Wellington – and with their new rooms it is much less congested.
So, Alex suggested we band together and make a list of the independent book stores we BookieMonsters like to visit. Who’s with me?
Leave comments about your favourite bookstores – we’ll get on to compiling that list.
Sad news. My favourites, in no particular order;
2nd hand;
Jasons – moving or moved to O’Connell street.
New;
Baci – Rialto Cinemas building. Books and coffee.
Time Out – Mt Eden
Unity – High Street
These three I have loyalty cards in, as an indication.
One in the middle on Newtown Wellington, the name of which I can’t remember.
In no particular order, the aforementioned McKenzies in Palmerston North, Unity Books in Willis St, Wellington, Poppy’s in Feilding and Books A Plenty in Tauranga.
I can’t say enough good things about arty bees in wellington.
Keep the comments coming, everyone! The list is go as soon as we sort a couple of things out backstage – we’re going to make it its own page for the benefit of the internet as a whole.
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Parsons yet – all art books all the time! I <3 art books