The Women's Bookshop

AN AWARD WINNING, FRIENDLY INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP famous for book knowledge and excellent service. Special orders, secure website, books posted out daily, author events, specialising in quality fiction, therapy and counseling, lesbian and gay books.

Our purpose has always been to promote women's writing and to provide books reflecting women's diverse lives and interests. We also have lots of men customers and we welcome them. In recent years we have become one of New Zealand's leading specialists in therapy and counselling books.

THE WOMEN'S BOOKSHOP opened in April 1989 in Mt. Eden, Auckland. A decade later, in 1999, we moved to a larger space in Ponsonby Road, a vibrant area with a thriving bar and cafe scene as well as many specialty shops.

As a quality, independent New Zealand bookstore, we are renowned for our passion for books and for our personal service. This includes fast, efficient MAIL-ORDER all over the country, and a commitment to sourcing SPECIAL ORDERS - if it's available we'll get it for you.

We have been awarded NZ Bookseller of the Year for Promotional Activities three times (2000,2001,2002) and the Business Citizenship Award in the 2003 HerBusiness Businesswoman of the Year Awards.
In 2005 we won NZ Independent Bookseller of the Year.

We host frequent author events and publish BOOKCHOICE, a bimonthly printed newsletter that gives readers an informed guide to good books. Books in the latest newsletter appear on this website under NEW BOOKCHOICE.

We are also much more than a bookshop. We are a community resource providing such services as a noticeboard; information about events, courses and community happenings; selling tickets and providing a friendly inviting space where women can meet.