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 Releases
Pre-purchase your copy early to ensure you won’t miss out.
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Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World
$40
1st April
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The Book of Guilt
$38
6th May
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Air
$35
6th May
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A Different Kind of Power
$60 HB
3rd June
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
$38
10th June
Featured Titles & Latest Arrivals
Browse the latest titles that have landed on our shelves along with some of our staff and customers’ current favourites.
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The Healing Season of Pottery
$35
A heart warming and irresistible Korean novel about the rejuvenating power of pottery. -
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Theft
$37
A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa. -
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Counter Attacks at Thirty
$33
The Devil Wears Prada meets The Office in this witty, humane, and ultimately transformative story of a group of young workers who rebel against the status quo. -
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Raising Hare
$48
The magical true story of a woman and an injured hare who taught her how to live again. -
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Wind and Truth
$40
The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. -
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A Wilding Year
$35
This fascinating account of a year in rural England brings to life the beauty and power of nature in every season.
Upcoming Next Chapter Book Club Reads:
If you would like to attend the next Fiction Book Club we are meeting Wednesday, 26th March, 5.30pm at The Next Chapter Bookshop.
The books for discussion are The Wedding People by Alison Espach, The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden and Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively.
The Classics Book Club will meet every second month. The first meeting will beThursday 27th March, 5.30pm at The Next Chapter Bookshop. The book for discussion is The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
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 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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