Booksellers &
Self-publishers
Stallholders in the Bookseller Marquee in front of Anzac Hall over the Karukatea Festival Weekend
Hedley's Books
hedleysbooks.co.nz
Hedley's Books is New Zealand's oldest family owned bookselling business and is based in Masterton. They will have a range of books from all the authors attending Featherston Booktown plus a range of interesting local Wairarapa titles and great books for children to redeem their vouchers with.
Fraser Books Publishing
fraserbookspublishing.nz
Fraser Books Publishing, established in 1984, is one of New Zealand's enduring small independent publishers. Specialising in New Zealand history and politics, biography and autobiography – with occasional fiction and children's books, our primary focus is facilitating the publication of small-run books by authors who have produced manuscripts of real historical or literary value that are not considered commercially viable by larger publishers. In that capacity we have been the publishers of over 30 books for the Wairarapa Archive.
Tinakori Books
tinakoribooks.com
We are a bookshop that specializes in rare and hard to find books on history, art, anthropology, Maoritanga, geography, languages. We stock books on New Zealand, Australia, Antarctic exploration, voyages and expeditions to the Pacific and other parts of the world.
Almo Books
www.almobooks.co.nz
Almo Books has been Carterton’s independent bookstore for eleven years. From our large new shop in Carterton’s High Street, we offer books about everything – with an emphasis on children’s titles, quality fiction and New Zealand non-fiction.
For the Love of Books
www.welovebooks.nz
Open six days a week (Monday to Saturday) offering a huge selection of quality second-hand books and a small selection of new books and some publications by local authors. Come browse at your leisure in a spacious, well laid-out store just 450m from the ANZAC Hall – the event hub of the Booktown Karukatea Festival. We will also have a stall in the Booksellers marquee on Friday evening and Saturday during the festival. Our stall will feature an eclectic selection of our books. Both our stall and our store are a great place to redeem Booktown vouchers for both new and second-hand books!
Fraser Books/Wairarapa Archive
Fraser Books was established in 1984 and is one of New Zealand's enduring independent publishers, specialising in New Zealand history and politics, biography and autobiography – with occasional fiction and children's books.
The Copy Press
www.copypress.co.nz
The CopyPress designs prints and sells NZ Books for Small publishing houses and independent authors. Providing NZ's most comprehensive independent authors design and distribution package backed up with 30 years of book design and print. Written a book? Contact CopyPress We will bring it into print.
Nikau Books
nikaubooks.co.nz
Nikau Books is focused on Aotearoa with our selection of quality second-hand books. Pae Tū Mōkai / Featherston - New Zealand’s Booktown - is our base. Visit our new page on Instagram and follow us.
Self-Publishers in the BNZ Bank Building over the Karukatea Festival weekend
Dr Maja Zonjić
majazonjic.com
Maja Zonjic is a researcher-practitioner and a documentary storyteller, working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington. She holds a PhD in Film with Human Geography (Dean’s List) from THW-VUW, where she produced a written thesis as well as a feature-length documentary film as her final research output. She was awarded a 3-year Marsden Fast-Start grant as a Principal Investigator at the end of 2022 for the Aotearoa Big Things research project.
Emma Hinton
www.thelightlibrary.com
Emma grew up flying on the wind, collecting treasures on her family farm in the Waikato. Becoming a mother, she wanted to share this with her daughter and connect with their whakapapa by learning Te Reo. Finding Grace | Kimihia a Grace is her first picture book. She lives in Waitākere, Auckland.
Rachel Goodman
www.facebook.com/justamumbook
Rachel published her first book at the end of December 2019, a hard-worked-on goal since 2017. She always loved writing long, colourful stories at school and had an urge to someday publish a book. It wasn’t until 2017 when she walked the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain, that she re-discovered her desire to put pen to paper and Just a mum-On the Camino de Santiago was born.
Rachel also completed a Diploma in Creative Writing from Te Auaha Polytechnic, Wellington, in 2018. She hopes that Just a mum becomes a series of books, meaning her adventures continue!
Her writing style is chatty and friendly. A mate sitting down with you, with a cuppa, having a natter. Honest, funny and self-deprecating is the tone of her writing.
Vincent Woods of Vincent's Bookshop in Eketahuna
Tucked away in Eketahuna, this quirky little bookshop is a hidden gem. Cozy up by the log burner and browse shelves of vintage treasures, rare finds, and timeless reads—all at fair prices. A welcoming space for curious travelers and true book lovers alike
Dave Wood
Dave Wood has lived here in Featherston since 1987 and last year published his first book. A Few Words on Pictures features Dave's photography spanning over 50 years with all the photos containing one or more written words.
Richard Whyte
Rare books including first editions.