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Find out what we have been reading in OUR FAVOURITES if you are intereseted in our receiving our Newsletter click here and you can also follow us on Facebook
The best of upcoming events and news about books
Bookclubs at Beattie & Forbes
ADULTS -Our regular bookclub meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm and we have just added a second meeting on the second Thursday of each month for coffee and cake at 10 am, new members are always welcome particularly to the morning group.
The next meeting is at 7.30 on Wednesday 14th March or Thursday 15th March at 10 am
March is NZ Book Month - so everyone is reading a book by a New Zealand author - looking forward to some great discussion.
TWEENS This is aimed at 9-12's, boys and girls who love reading and want to talk about books and meet authors. It is run by Adele Broadbent, herself an international children's author and has proved a very popular club with a growing number of keen readers - there is still space if you would like to join. The club meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Click here to go straight to our Tween's page.
Writer's Group
We have started a group for writer's to get together on a regular basis for support, critique, fresh ideas or what ever.. We provide the venue and you provide the structure - get together with others who share similar insterests or needs and go from there. And when your book is published we look forward to launching it with you! Meetings are the last Thursday in the month - February 23rd is the next meeting - all welcome.
Order on line with us
You can find all of our books on our website. We show our on-hand quantities.We show actual quantities so you can be sure that the book you choose is here either for you to purchase online or to pop in and collect.If the stock figure is '0' please email or call us and we will let you know how long it will take to obtain the out of stock title for you. If you are looking for a particular book you can search by category, by title, author or ISBN.
We are happy to ship overseas, if you need help or advice on what to buy send us an email, give us a ring - or come in if you are close!
Our information pages are updated regularly with all the latest events and occasional reviews.
INSPIRATION FOR WHAT TO READ
We don't make recommendations based on books solely reviewed in Wellington or Auckland - we make personal recommendations based on what we have read and chosen to stock. Often there is hot competition between our staff to get to read a particular book next. Between us all we read a wide range and if you check out Our Favourites you will see it lists some of the great books we have been enjoying, some new and some not.
Other sources of book related interest
We like to check out reviews and find out what is happening in the book world - so we are putting together some of our favourite sites for you to enjoy.
New Zealand
National Radio Book Reviews Can't remember the name of a book you heard reviewed last Tuesday? this has the answers and you can listen to the reviews again.
Beattie's Book Blog Updated every day - Graham finds all the best of book related information from NZ and around the world. We have a soft spot for this site as Graham Beattie along with Barry Forbes gave their name to our bookshop back in 1968.
International
The Guardian Newspaper Book Pages