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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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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Black Woods Blue Sky
$38
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Three Days in June
$36
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The Anthropologists
$35
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They Dream in Gold
$38
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The Artist
$38
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The Three Lives of Cate Kay
$37
Upcoming Next Chapter Book Club Reads:
If you would like to attend the next Fiction Book Club we are meeting Wednesday, 26th February, 2025, 5.30pm at Next Chapter Bookshop.
The books for discussion are Butter by Asako Yuzuki and The Vegetarian by Han Kang.
Our Non Fiction Book Club meets every second month. The next meeting will be Thursday 3rd April, 5.30pm at Next Chapter Bookshop.
We will be discussing The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid I. Khalidi and The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coats
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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