Bookshops across Aotearoa New Zealand will be doing all sorts of fun stuff: spot prizes, lucky dips, author events, read-a-thons, mini Penguin figurines, silent reading raves, biscuits, bookshop crawls, window displays, kids’ activities, and who knows what else.

Some of my favourite bookshops are getting involved:

• Bruce McKenzie Booksellers in Palmerston North
• Wardini Books in Napier and Havelock North
• XO Book Co in Wellington
• Time Out Bookstore in Mt Eden
• Chapter Book & Tea Shop in Mt Eden
• The Women’s Bookshop in Ponsonby
• Unity Books in central Auckland

I’m sure there are many more bookshops getting involved too. So, what’s your local? And will we see you there?