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!
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 & booksellers in the BNZ Bank Building at 65 Fox Street over the Karukatea Festival Weekend
Maja Zonjić - A Tiny Book of 100 Big Things in Aotearoa New Zeland
Website
Part tiny travel companion and part photobook, this is the first book of its kind to focus on Big Things – or large roadside structures – in Aotearoa New Zealand. Featuring the latest practical information, an illustrated fold-out map, and vibrant visuals throughout, this small booklet also packs a big punch: 100% of the profits go towards creating scholarships for students in the social sciences and humanities!
Wonderful World Ltd
Rosy Fenwicke is an Amazon Number one Best Selling Author of Crime Fiction, set in New Zealand and overseas. She lives in Martinborough.
David 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.
Town Belt Press publishes the Lauren Fraser mysteries by Jennifer Palgrave (aka Lois Cox and Hilary Lapsley), with titles in the series so far 'The One That Got Away', 'Rising Tide' and 'Where the River Goes'). We have also published Lois Cox's 'That's What I Am: Oral Histories of Older Lesbians'.
Vincent's Bookshop
Vincents is a second hand bookshop from Eketahuna with a broad range of books.
Campbell Anderson is the author of the contemporary romance novel The Chasm Between Us.
In 2022, Campbell was a finalist in the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award for his bloody dark romance story, 'Star-Crossed Murderers'
From a young age, he has enjoyed reading and being creativity, and believes there's a story inside everyone worth telling!