Wanaka’s independent bookshop

 

Carrying a wide range of titles from your favourite New Zealand and international authors The Next Chapter bookshop is a haven for lovers of literature and Wanaka’s home of books.

Our comprehensive selection covers everything from Penguin classics to modern best-sellers, children’s books, graphic novels and glossy hardbacks.

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Upcoming Next Chapter Book Club Reads:

If you would like to attend the next Fiction Book Club we are meeting Wednesday, 30th April, 5.30pm at The Next Chapter Bookshop.
The books for discussion are Delirious by Damien Wilkins and Three Days in June by Anne Tyler.

The Classics Book Club will meet every second month, on the last Thursday of the month. The next meeting is Thursday 29th May, 5.30pm at The Next Chapter Bookshop. The books for discussion are A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and The Red and The Black by Stendhal.

Our Non Fiction Book Club meets every second month. The next meeting will be Thursday 3rd April, 5.30pm at The Next Chapter Bookshop. We will be discussing The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid I. Khalidi and The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

The Poetry Book Club will meet quarterly, on the last Thursday of the month. The first meeting is April 24th April, 5.30pm at the bookshop, where we ask you to bring a poem you love to share with the group.

The books in our shop Book Clubs are all offered at a special price. Don't forget to mention you are buying to read for the Book Club meetings.  

RSVP is encouraged so that the group size allows participation and discussion.

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