And the winner is: Time Out Bookstore, Mt Eden!
This lovely city/village bookshop inspired a poem by Kate Rassie
(see below), that wins her a full set of BWB Texts, on one of the special BWB
Texts stands. And there were so many great entries for Time Out that Simon Day
has been awarded runner-up, and will receive 4 Texts of his choice!
The people at Time Out will receive a Winter Hamper, full of
tasty New Zealand treats chosen by the BWB team, and Tangata Whenua authors
Atholl Anderson and Aroha Harris –plus a fabulous fruitcake from a BWB
Anon. And it seems important to add that Time Out was Judith Binney’s
local and much-loved bookshop – she would be pleased.
Congratulations, Time Out and the team (not forgetting the cat),
Kate Rassie and Simon Day.
BWB had a record number of entries for many wonderful bookshops,
notably Atlantis Books in Rotorua, Books-A-Plenty in Tauranga, Paige’s Book
Gallery in Whanganui and Unity Books, Wellington. Congratulations to all – it’s
clear that New Zealanders love their local bookshops!
Check out www.bwb.co.nz/competition2015 for more heart-warming words about
what is great about New Zealand bookshops.
Congratulations – Time Out, Kate and Simon!
From the BWB Team (info@bwb.co.nz, www.bwb.co.nz).
Kate Rassie on Time Out Bookstore:
Time Out bookshop, in Mt Eden
Is a treasure to behold!
A bastion-of-area
With elements of old:
Is a treasure to behold!
A bastion-of-area
With elements of old:
For, in these days of Amazon:
Of eBooks and of Kindles;
Of FedEx, and Depository;
And other online-swindles –
Of eBooks and of Kindles;
Of FedEx, and Depository;
And other online-swindles –
One lusts, you see, for people!
For page, and warmth, and chat:
For slightly-dusty shelving
For advice, and tabby-cat!
For page, and warmth, and chat:
For slightly-dusty shelving
For advice, and tabby-cat!
For folk who know their literature
For waitlists writ on paper
For banter, warmth, and knowledge
For literary caper!
For waitlists writ on paper
For banter, warmth, and knowledge
For literary caper!
For staff who know their Atwood
Their McEwan, and their Barnes
Their Zadie Smith, their Enright
Who spin warming, bookish yarns!
Their McEwan, and their Barnes
Their Zadie Smith, their Enright
Who spin warming, bookish yarns!
I’ll go there for a nosy
In a dreary winter spell
And be lost for several hours
In warmth, and paper-smell
In a dreary winter spell
And be lost for several hours
In warmth, and paper-smell
With fingers on the book-spines
And words upon the tongue
For this place, it shares the passion
And its praises must be sung!
And words upon the tongue
For this place, it shares the passion
And its praises must be sung!
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