Episodes
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Olivia chats with Rachel and Laura about her new book The Songbirds of Florence. Find out about her research, the editing process, why the title changed and plenty more...
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Liv, Rach and Laura talk about books, books and more books: what they've read, what they are excited to read, book covers, book embargoes. Plus hear about what they've been watching, superstitions, pick-up lines and so much more...
Books mentioned in this podcast:
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd
James by Percival Everett
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
The Sanatorium, The Retreat and The Wilds by Sarah Pearse
Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jonasson
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
Precipice by Robert Harris
Marry Me in Italy by Nicky Pellegrino
A Very French Affair by Maria Hoyle
Entitlement and Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Juice by Tim Winton
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
Time of the Child by Niall Williams
The Alaska Sanders Affair by Joel Dicker
The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Runt and Honeybee by Craig Silvey
The Age of Enchantment: The Chronicles of Whetherwhy by Anna James
Holmes and Moriarty by Gareth Rubin
Films/TV series mentioned in this episode:
Emily in Paris
Maxton Hall
The Wild Robot
Runt
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In this deeply personal and emotion-filled chat, Olivia talks with Ruth Shaw live on stage during the recent NZ Booksellers Conference held at the Crown Plaza in Auckland. They discuss what life is like being both an author and a bookseller and Ruth reveals what she is writing next plus plenty more.
Books by Ruth Shaw mentioned in this episode:
The Bookseller at the End of the World
Bookshop Dogs
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Join us at the Booksellers Conference, the biggest event of the year for us booksellers. Come behind the scenes, meet some amazing people, and share in our joy as we chat about what it means to win NZ Bookshop of the Year 2024.
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Rachel experiences a fan-girl moment as she sits down to interview one of her favourite authors, J.P. Pomare! Discover the ins and outs of writing crime fiction, including how to write the perfect twist, plus hear his fascinating insights into the state of bookselling in Australia and New Zealand, and so much more...this episode is PACKED with good stuff.
Books and authors mentioned in this podcast:
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Benjamin Stevenson (Fool Me Twice: Two Twisty Mysteries)
Tana French (The Searcher and The Hunter)
Michael Robotham
Val McDermid
Rachel Cusk
Denis Johnson (Train Dreams)
Robbie Arnott (Limberlost)
Diana Reid
Tim Winton (Juice)
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The team are back! It's been a while but we are together again to talk about the day in the life of a bookseller. It's fair to say we do a bit of rambling, and laughing, and well, we have a good old banter. It is Booklover Banter after all!
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Laura sits down to chat with Suzanne Heywood, author of the bestselling memoir, Wavewalker - one of Laura's favourite books! Hear about Suzanne's incredible childhood spent sailing with her family on a yacht - the highs, the lows and everything in between!
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In this episode Olivia talks with Renee Rowland, Association Manager of Booksellers NZ. Find out what this important association is, what it does, and get a behind the scenes view of bookselling in Aotearoa. Renee also reveals her favourite books and she tells listeners about something she has done in her life which we believe you will find extraordinary. This episode has it all.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
Matrix by Lauren Groff
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Rachel sits down to chat with Freddie Gillies, author of Because All Fades and The Big Bike Trip to discuss his writing process, his journey to publication and the real life inspirations that spark his works.
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The team get wildly excited about some crackingly good books they've just read and highlight the ones to get excited about over the next few months. In the nicest possible way (no name and shame) they also share a couple of duds.
Books mentioned in this podcast:
You are Here by David Nicholls
Moon Road by Sarah Leipciger
Table for Two by Amor Towles
You Like it Darker by Stephen King
Long Island by Colm Toibin
Skandar series by A F Steadman
Crookhaven series by J J Arcanjo
Dragon Rider by Taran Matharau
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Groosham Grange by Anthony Horowitz
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
(We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker)
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
Juice by Tim Winton
The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
Playground by Richard Powers
Entitlement by Rumaan Alam
(Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam)
Everest Inc by Will Cockrill
The Last Secret Agent by Pippa Latour and Jude Dobson
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
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There is a lot of talk in the bookselling world at the moment about book covers so Liv, Rach and Laura thought it was time to jump in and share their thoughts. Plenty to discuss and, well, just a heads up it gets a little heated...
Books mentioned in this podcast:
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev
The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw
The Crookhaven series by A A Arcanjo
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
What I Would Do to You by Georgia Harper
Queen, King, Ace by Olivia Hayfield
Earth and Water by John Boyne
Piglet by Lottie Hazelwood
Because All Fades by Freddie Giles
Honeybee by Craig Silvey
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes
The Women by Kristen Hannah
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Moon Road by Sarah Leipciger
Jennifer Saints books
Others mentioned in this podcast:
@posiesandpages
@ez.bookdesign
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This is a fascinating episode you won't want to miss! Liv is excited and honoured to sit down with Lyndsey Fineran, Artistic Director of the Auckland Writers Festival to talk about her role. Listen in to hear what is involved in creating the programme for the festival and how Lyndsey convinces authors, the likes of Ann Patchett, to travel half way around the world to appear on our stage.
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Rachel starts us off by talking about new books she's excited to see on our shelves, then we get stuck into discussing the amazing programme for The Auckland Writer's Festival. We make bold predictions about the Ockham Book Awards and chat about which authors we can't wait to see at the festival, the pros and cons of Q&A's with authors, and plenty more...
Rachel talks about the following books:
The Whisperwicks by Jordan Lees
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Small Hours by Bobby Palmer
The Hunter by Tana French
What I Would Do to You by Georgia Harper
We also discuss these fiction finalists in the Ockham Book Awards:
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Lioness by Emily Perkins
A Better Place by Stephen Daisley
Audition by Pip Adam
Other Authors we mention who are coming to the Auckland Writer's Festival:
Ann Patchett
Trent Dalton
Bonnie Garmus
Suzanne Heywood
Freddie Gillies
Airana Ngarewa
Paul Lynch
Olivia Spooner :)
Lauren Keenan
Barbara Sumner
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In this fascinating episode Olivia sits down to chat with the legendary Ross Lorimer, a household name in the book industry. We're not even going to tell you what he does and how he got to where he is today because it's so much better for you to hear it from the man himself. If you decide to listen to this episode on your way to work, be warned there's a high chance you might be late as you're not going to want to hit pause on this one.
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
The Lord of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
What colour is your parachute? by Richard Bolles
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Umberto Eco
Mattieu Ricard
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Today booksellers Olivia, Rachel and Laura discuss the ones that got away. Prepare to be shocked when we reveal the books we know we should have read, the books our customers assume we have read, the books we really really want to read one day. These are the books we have on our metaphorical (and literal) retirement shelves waiting for the day they can be savoured and enjoyed. Or maybe we'll have to get to them earlier...
Books mentioned in this episode:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
All the Light we Cannot See and Clou Cuckoo Land by Antony Doerr
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Cutting for Stone and A Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
The Seven Sister series by Lucinda Riley
The Overstory and Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
I am, I am, I am by Maggie O'Farrell
The Disposed and Earth Sea trilogy by Ursula Le Guin
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Road Ends by Mary Lawson
The Searcher and The Hunter by Tana French
The Secret History and The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Tom Lake, Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
All books by JP Pomare
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Anna Karenina and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Middlemarch by George Elliot
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Phew!
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It's Valentine's Day!! So what better time to release an episode all about romance. Olivia and Rachel sit down with Bayleigh Gibson, marketing assistant at Harper Collins NZ to talk about the Romance Isn't Dead influencer event held at The Booklover Bookshop last weekend, as well as romance tropes and sex ratings and so much more. We pose so many questions, with very few answers! Love is in the ear (get the pun!).
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
Wildfire by Hannah Grace
Too Late by Colleen Hoover
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry
Tackle by Jilly Cooper
Romance authors Emily Henry and Beth O' Leary
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Booksellers Olivia, Rachel and Laura talk about what they've been reading over the summer, including some awesome books that are coming out over the next couple of months. Some titles are alreading vying for their favourite book of 2024 and the year has only just begun!
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
Anna O by Matthew Blake
Because All Fades by Freddie Gillies
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
What You are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Feijoa by Kate Evans
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Women by Kristen Hannah
Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
The Girl Who Fell by Eileen Merriman
The Search Party by Hannah Richell
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
Come And Get It by Kiley Reid
Whenever You're Ready by Trish Bolton
Days of Innocence and Wonder by Lucy Treloar
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Olivia interviews fabulous NZ author Fiona Sussman. This episode is so interesting you won't want to miss it. Fiona talks about growing up in South Africa, moving to NZ, the importance of writing about what matters to you, and so much more!
You can find out more about Fiona and her books by visiting her website:
www.fionasussman.co.nz
Books Fiona Sussman mentions:
Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Small Things like These by Claire Keegan
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In Part 2 of 2023 wrapped we talk about all the things that happened in the Bookshop world this year, including Rachel's trip to Ireland, we chat about exciting plans for next year, plus we have a long and heated discussion about getting a bookstore pet. Prepare to laugh along with us!
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Liv, Rach and Laura get together to wrap up the year and have SO much to chat about that the episode has to be split into two!
In this episode (Part 1) we talk about the books of the year, our favourites, our customers' favourites, and our top recommendations for Christmas. This is PACKED full of books! Check out the HUGE list of books we mention:
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Axeman's Carnival and Pet by Catherine Chidgey
The Girl from London by Olivia Spooner
Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro
The Deck by Fiona Farrell
The Bone Tree by Airana Ngarewa
The Last Days of Joy by Anne Tiernan
Home before Night by JP Pomare
Adventures with Emilie by Victoria Bruce
Bookshop Dogs by Ruth Shaw
Kawai by Monty Soutar
Laughing in the Dark by Barbara Else
PS Come to Italy by Nicky Pellegrino
Golden Days by Caroline Barron
Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes
Tom Lake by Anne Patchett
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Darling by India Knight
Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club Series
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Water by John Boyne
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by AF Steadman
Crookhaven by JJ Arcanjo
Hedgewich by Skye McKenna
The Observologist by Giselle Clarkson
At The Bach by Joy Cowley
Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
PHEW!!
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