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@bookhavennz.bsky.social
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Book Haven is an independent second-hand bookshop (with some new books) in Newtown, Te-Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington. We co-share the space with the Freedom Shop, a local info-shop. If you're in town, drop by & browse bookhaven.co.nz

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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s the start of daylight savings so supposedly there’s a bit more light (in the evening). So the window theme this week is ‘light’. Books include: ‘Daylight Second’ by Kelly Ana Morey, ‘Clear Light of the Day’ by Anita Desai, ‘Splinters of Light’ by Rachael Herron, & ‘Skylight’ by Jose Saramago.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To match the bumblebee statues around the city, we’ve got bees in the BookHaven window: novels with bees on the cover, non-fiction & also some oldies about beekeeping. To find out more about the 30 bumblebee statues check out beeinthecity.org.nz. #bumblebees #2ndhandbookshop
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today - 24 September at 6.30 at Book Haven - Bryce Galloway talks about 'Zines NZ - Punk to Present'. Bryce's book is a story of Aotearoa's zine history; it's a tribute to zines & zinemakers #zines
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When searching "Dirty Work Nicky Hager" we got this image of Meghan Markle (I didn't recognise Meghan Markle)...& we don't normally use Microsoft Edge... But we've got 4 copies of 'Dirty Work' left in the shop, so if you're in Newtown, drop into Book Haven & get a copy #NickyHager #DirtyWork
An image of Meghan Markle under the headline 'Nicky Hager, Dirty Work', above an article titled ''No claims': Taxpayers' Union 'categorically denies' sexual harassment payout claim in Nicky...'
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sunday 20 September 4-6pm Tusiata Avia & Cristian Hadad are both at the Office Bar in Newtown! Exciting stuff! We have brand new copies of Tusiata’s ‘Fale Aitu / Spirit House’ & ‘Giving Birth To My Father’ in the shop. Tusiata’s poetry is fabulous!
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - ‘Ake, Ake, Ake – A Forever Language’ - we’ve got books in the window & out on display celebrating not only te Reo Māori but also books by Māori authors & books about this land. For te Reo to be a forever language, we need to know the stories & histories of this land.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Aotearoa has a vibrant zine history and Bryce Galloway's book 'Zines NZ - Punk to Present' tells that story. It's a tribute to zines & zinemakers & the often underground, self-publishing scene. Come along and join us at Book Haven Thursday 25 Sept at 6.30pm for a conversation with Bryce. #zines
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A shoutout for Audition: shortlisted this year for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction - check out the awards & pip’s video. pip says about Audition, it’s “…fuelled and powered by the energy and hope I feel for the abolition of prisons everywhere..." congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We’ve put it on the Book Haven blackboard: ‘Books are way better than AI slop!’ Please, with huge AI companies buying & destructively scanning secondhand books to feed their large language learning models, please do support your local bookshops and libraries!
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Friday 28 August is National Poetry Day - it’s a day to celebrate poets & poetry. On our blackboard we’ve a sample of poets to delight… And we have 20% off our secondhand poetry (excluding those in the expensive catalogue) from today and all weekend! #nationalpoetryday
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We got emailed a link to an article by Hana Lee Goldin substack.com/home/post/p-... Three eras of destruction: 1st era of annihilation left ashes & knowledge of the devastation, 2nd era of spectacle left photographs of the fires & the threat those fires were meant to carry, 3rd era is disappearance
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Books Have Always Been Destroyed. But Never Like This.
We’ve entered the third era of libricide.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"There’s an ethical & moral argument to be made against the destruction of books...No doubt second-hand booksellers, receiving bulk orders are finding themselves having to weigh up difficult decisions." For us, also the issue is do we want to be involved in offshoring of knowledge for AI companies?
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Today: a kōrero about ‘The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a NZ City’. Speakers: Asher Emanuel Lawyer & author of The Valley Harry Walker Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’ Oliver Neas Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A load of books ordered by an AI company was tracked to an Amazon warehouse by @404media.co They took a photo of the logo on the door, it really is unbelievable! It all adds weight to Anthropic's chilling statement: “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world”
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
On 1News last night a story about AI companies purchasing books from Aotearoa NZ to train AI. We're against the practice, as is Renee Rowland from BookSellersNZ. Patent lawyer Zoe Dewhurst said if this were it happen here, it would not be allowed. Full story here: www.1news.co.nz/2026/08/17/n...
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NZ bookstores receive bulk orders suspected of being used to train AI
One seller said the orders were for non-fiction books published before the 1990s.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This Thursday 20 August at 6.30pm we have: Asher Emanuel Lawyer & author of ‘The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City’ Harry Walker Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’ Oliver Neas Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Which cover will you choose? There's 4 styles of kluge, designed by @toddatticus.com And that's just the cover, inside is another world (or is it?) - it's a world of AI companies. @pipadam.bsky.social says kluge is a scream in a dark room. It's a workplace satire about AI and the value of a body...
Four piles of the book kluge: purple, orange, red & blue.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's today! It's time for us to welcome kluge to the world - Happy Launch Day @pipadam.bsky.social 👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm 👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington @thwupbooks.bsky.social will be there, with readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging, Brannavan Gnanalingam - & pip adam!
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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Happy publication day pip adam! kluge is here, and it's making a massive splash. And there are four covers to choose from (or collect!) thanks to the genius of Todd Atticus. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/klu...
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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
6.15pm Hot chips and deep-fried vegan treats. 6.45pm Talking from the awesome @thwupbooks.bsky.social folk and readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Tomorrow, 14 August 6pm at Aro Valley Community Centre is the launch! We'll be there with kluge - so looking forward to it.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The official launch of pip adam's new book 'kluge' is Friday 14 August, 6pm at Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington It's such a timely release! We need a book like kluge. We all need to think more about where AI & all those big companies are taking us. Thank you @pipadam.bsky.social !
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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New episode of Better off Read. My new book kluge comes out on Thursday. i'm doing four events to celebrate the four colours the cover comes in. You can read about them and listen to a short excerpt here better-read.com/2026/08/11/k...
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kluge: four covers four events
My new novel kluge is released in Aotearoa this week. Read about kluge Thanks to the amazing work of Te Herenga Waka University Press and Todd Atticus it has a beautiful cover which comes in four c…
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
pip adam reads from Audition - the book nominated for this year's Ursula K Le Guin prize for fiction. Congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We just got interviewed today on RNZ about the bulk buying of books for AI training. In April we got several large orders and then just last week more: 180 books in 10 orders in one day, all going to a US warehouse. It really must be another version of #ProjectPanama www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/w...
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Wellington second-hand bookstore’s mysterious orders
Book Haven in Wellington's Newtown started to receive more orders than it could possibly handle.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We're excited to be the bookseller at the launch of 'kluge' by @pipadam.bsky.social It's a satire about artificial intelligence - about the end days of a tech company & its all-powerful owner, told in the style of a stand-up comedy. DETAILS Friday 14 August, 6PM Aro Community Centre #pipadam
A poster for the launch: Friday 14 August, 6pm at Aro Community Centre. Also features the publisher's logo Te Herenga Waka University Press.na opened box of the books showing the four different colours that the cover comes in: red, blue orange and purple.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Remember The Armenians is a night of Armenian poetry & music today 6.30pm L4/99 Willis Street, Te Aro. You can find them on Instagram @Rememberthearmenians Armenian books we have in shop are Razmik Davoyan & Diana Der-Hovanessian, & 'The 40 Days' by Franz Werfel. #RememberTheArmenians
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
When Jesse Mulligan over @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy asked what critters we'd like featured on merch, we gathered novels with critters on the covers: butterflies, flies, ants, bugs & more. Plus, some nonfiction & a copy of the wonderful 'Scratching for a Living' by Ruud Kleinpaste. #Critteroftheweek
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It's Bastille Day, & here's some books about that time: non-fiction books are by Mark Traugott, Leo Gershoy, Archibald Robertson, Edmund Burke, J. H. Shennan, & John Paxton. Fiction are by Victor Hugo, Dickens, Marge Piercy, Jonathan Grimwood, & 'Juliet Grey #BastilleDay #FrenchRevolution #Bastille
A selection of the non-fiction books: Armies Of The Poor by Mark Traugott, The Era of the French Revolution, 1789-1799 by Leo Gershoy, The French Revolution by Archibald Robertson, Reflections On The French Revolution And Other Essays by Edmund Burke, France Before the Revolution by J. H. Shennan, Companion To The French Revolution by John PaxtonA selection of the fiction books: 'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo, an old Whitcombe's Story Books edition of Dicken's 'A Tale Of Two Cities', City Of Darkness, City Of Light: A Novel by Marge Piercy, The Last Banquet by Jonathan Grimwood, Confessions Of Marie Antoinette: A Novel by Juliet Grey.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We're delighted by the location of these two articles on RNZ website - well done @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy #nzpols #trump
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Highly recommend the NZ Wars Collection podcast on @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy Also read Vincent O'Malley's 'The New Zealand Wars Ngā Pakanga O Aotearoa', 'A History Of Queen's Redoubt And The Invasion Of The Waikato' by Ian Barton & Neville Ritchie, & BWB book 'Fragments From a Contested Past' #NZWars
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mānawatia a Matariki We‘re closed Rāmere Friday 10 July to celebrate Matariki.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It’s world chocolate day, so here’s a few chocolatey books we have in the shop. If you want to know about chocolate politics though, some good books are: ‘Cocoa’ by Kristy Leissle, ‘Chocolate on Trial’ by Lowell J. Satre. Sadly, neither are in stock at the moment #WorldChocolateDay #secondhandbooks
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Yippee! Pip Adam’s novel ‘Audition’ is shortlisted for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize. www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
On Thursday 25 June at 6.30pm, Stacey Teague, Becs Tetley, Mary McCallum, & Janis Freegard will be at Book Haven to tell us what “feeling at home” means to them. The event runs for about an hour but we’ll keep the doors open late so you can squeeze some book browsing in afterwards. Do come along.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
20 June is World Refugee Day. The theme is ‘Until Everyone is Safe’, but just days ago the EU Pact on Migration & Asylum came into force stopping the right to asylum if arriving by sea in Europe, then on Wednesday the EU Parliament passed an anti-migrant bill & right-wingers chanted ‘send them back’
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Are you interested in the Horn of Africa? We happen to have a range of books about Eritrea and Tigray. And with Ethiopia having their first election since the formal end of the Tigray War, we think it’s timely to highlight them. They’re books from the ‘80s, including the journal ‘Horn of Africa’
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Join us today Thursday 21/5 at 6.30pm at BookHaven for the launch of Paul Maunder’s novel ‘The Sculptor from Rūnanga’ - Mike Garvey is an ordinary man living on the West Coast - but as the images from Gaza become impossible to ignore, he makes a decision that change’s everything.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Is Project Panama back? Over the last 2 weeks, we've had a flood of book orders from ZoomBooks. We did some research & worldwide many second-hand booksellers are experiencing the same thing. There's significant parallels to Project Panama. Read our blog bookhaven.co.nz/blogs/blogs/... #projectpanama
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Is AI sucking up all knowledge? Including here?
Anthropic Project Panama ZoomBooks
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
One of my all time favourite books ‘Woman On The Edge Of Time’ by Marge Piercy is fresh on our shelves. Last year someone came into the shop asking if you knew you were dying, what would you read? (We’re close to Wellington Hospital) After thinking it over, my answer was ‘Woman On The Edge Of Time’.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It’s May Day - if you can’t get out & join the revolution, at least read a book about it! On the blackboard we’ve got books we highly recommend & in the window a sample incl. Rebel Cities, Armies Of The Poor, Workers' Holidays in NZ, Art And Organised Labour, & Wobblies of the World. Happy May Day!
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Book Haven is closed all ANZAC Day - rather than opening in the afternoon we’ll be at the Hikoi for Peace, which gathers at Waitangi Park then at 2pm walk to Pukeahu where there’s a peace concert. For more info check out Peace Action Wellington - they have a facepuke page and also Instagram
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The message on the blackboard this week: ‘Books take you places - local & afar - & without petrol’ and if you want to make your own electric car, have a look at the 1980 book ‘Electric Vehicles: Design And Build Your Own’ by Michael A. Hackleman #secondhandbookshop
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We’re looking forward to Elizabeth Cox talking about her book Mr Ward's Map in BookHaven 26/3 6.30pm. The book really is a stunning portrayal of Wellington at the end of the 1800s - lots of detail. The talk will be perfect for those interested in local histories, cartography & the study of history.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Interesting: Germany’s culture commissioner, Wolfram Weimer, consults domestic intel agency before approving funds to bookshops. This year 3 bookshops lose out on funding, what they had in common is they're left-wing, anti-fascist & host community discussions www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir
First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
It’s International Women's Day today, 8 March - not just a day to celebrate but also a day to make visible struggles of women & remind everyone that we need collective action for gender parity - it’s beyond time to change the patriarchy! #internationalwomensday
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
There’s a peace vigil today for all people who oppose war: Monday, 2 March 5:30pm meeting at the Cenotaph on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street. Called by @peacewellington.bsky.social It seems timely that we happen to have Raymond Briggs’ The Tin-Pot General in the shop. #NoWar
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Decentring Polynesia tonight 23/2 7pm at @twofiftyseven.co A critical conversation & reading led by Emelihter Kihleng & Tagi Qolouvaki, focused on writing from the borderlands of Oceania, challenging Polynesian hegemony, sharing perspectives on being seen, heard, and read on their own terms.
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Today 21 /2 at 2/57 Willis St is Indigenous Futurisms - a talanoa with Tīhema Baker, Gina Cole & Emele Ugavule #TadraVata #TadraVataAotearoa #nzFringeFestival
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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Tonight, 20 Feb. 7-8.30om, at 2/57 Willis St Tadra Vata Aotearoa begins with a celebration of poetry & spoken word. Hana Buchanan, Makanaka Tuwe & Kris Girven share new & recent work in an intimate evening of poetry & pose.  Tickets from @studiokiin #TadraVata #TadraVataAotearoa #nzFringeFestival
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