Join us for your chance to win a share of $1000 in book vouchers!

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Join us for your chance to win a share of $1000 in book vouchers! 〰️

Wairarapa Bookshop Hop

Saturday 12 October 2024

The best booksellers in Wairarapa have come together to give you the ultimate book-lovers day out!

This year, you can collect stamps from 12 new and used Wairarapa Bookshops and enjoy a range of other bookish events all day long.

One of the (many) great things about Wairarapa is we have 12 fantastic bookshops all within an easy 30 minute drive of one another, so it's entirely possible for you to hop around all 12 bookshops in a single day - here’s how!

RSVP for an extra chance to win a share of $1,000 in book vouchers!

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RSVP for an extra chance to win a share of $1,000 in book vouchers! 〰️

Celebrate NZ Bookshop Day with a Wairarapa wide Bookshop Hop.

STEP 1:

Pick up an official passport from any of the participating bookshops - this year they will only be available on the morning of the event!


STEP 2:

Collect a stamp from each store you visit and make a purchase. Each stamp is an entry into the prize draws.


STEP 3:

Leave your stamped entry with the last bookshop you visit.

Share Your Day & Win!

Enter the Bookshop Hop Photo Competition

A $200 voucher to be won.

Share your photos from the day - your book haul, you and your fellow Hoppers, or something delicious you ate or drank along the way!

Use the hashtags #nzbookshopday AND #wairarapabookshophop on Instagram and Facebook.

RSVP for an extra chance to win a share of $1,000 in book vouchers!

Participating Bookshops & Store Hours


Almo's Books

42 High Street South, Carterton

Saturday: 9am - 5pm (cafe until 3pm)



Featherston Ferret

40 Fitzherbert Street, Featherston

Saturday: 10:30am - 4:30pm


For The Love of BOOKS

89 Fitzherbert Street, Featherston

Saturday: 9:30am - 6:30pm


Hedleys Books

150 Queen Street, Masterton

Saturday: 10am - 3pm



Mr Feather's Den

19 Fitzherbert Street, Featherston

Saturday: 10am - 5pm


Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop

93 Main Street, Greytown

Saturday: 9am - 5pm


PaperPlus Masterton

181/183 Queen Street, Masterton

Saturday: 8:30am - 5pm


PaperPlus Carterton

80 High Street, Carterton

Saturday: 9am - 3pm


Hospice Wairarapa Bookshop

68a Main Street, Greytown

Saturday: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Messines Bookshop

76 Fox Street, Featherston

Saturday: 10am - 4pm

The Dickensian Bookshop

78 Fox Street, Featherston

Saturday: 10am - 4:30pm


The Martinborough Bookshop

6 Kitchener Street, Martinborough

Saturday: 10am - 4pm

Meet the Booksellers

Bought to you by Featherston Booktown, the Booklover's Trail is a self guided audio tour for booklovers to meet our Wairarapa booksellers, and hear their stories.

Note: not all booksellers represented in the Booklovers Trail app are participating in Bookshop Hop. Confusing?! Yeah, we know.

Our Food & Beverage Partners

The White Swan

109 Main Street, Greytown
11am - 10pm

Hop on in and see the team at The White Swan for lunch or dinner!

C’est Cheese

19 Fitzherbert Street,
Featherston
8:30am - 6pm

Start your day at C’est Cheese, or stop in and refuel for your afternoon Bookshop Hopping!

C’est Cheese has consistently been awarded NZ’s Top Cheese store every year since 2019. Along with cheese you’ll find a fully stocked gourmet deli, coffee and the most delicious cheese scones!

Image: NZ Herald.

Our Supporters ❤️

New Zealand Bookshop Day is a very special day that takes place all across Aotearoa and is an initiative created by the good people at Booksellers NZ. Founded in 1921, Booksellers NZ is the membership association open to all bookshops in New Zealand. A national not-for-profit trade organisation, their work helps bookstores like us grow and succeed.

Photography by
Pete Monk Photography, Featherston Booktown and Alice Flaws.

Prize Draw: Terms & Conditions