Dear booklovers - As winter strikes, BWB is once again running a special competition to celebrate New Zealand’s wonderful bookshops!
As readers, authors, publishers, we all need and love them. The
BWB midwinter competition is our way of celebrating booksellers, reading and
writing.
Write some words about
your favourite bookshop – why you like them, what you find there. Simply email competitions@bwb.co.nz with:
- Bookshop
name and place
- A
sentence saying what you value about your local bookshop
For the winners:
The writer of the ‘best bookshop words’ receives a selection of eight
BWB Texts (winner’s choice), and a charming BWB Texts bookshelf!
The bookshop earning the best entry wins a BWB Midwinter
Hamper! The hamper includes
heart-warming treats for bookshop people: a fabulous fruitcake baked by Anon
(one of BWB’s many good friends) and local treats chosen by Tangata Whenua authors
Atholl Anderson (Jules Taylor wine from Marlborough) and Aroha Harris (fiery
chilli sauce from Kaitaia Fire, and delicious mānuka honey from Tai Tokerau
Honey).
Entries close end of day on Friday 31 July. The
winning entry will be chosen by two BWB Friends.
Our last year’s winner was McLeods Booksellers, Rotorua,
nominated by Shelly Fitness, who wrote:
Buying
books at McLeods is like sampling fine wine – they know exactly what to
recommend to suit your palette, they are able to talk knowledgeably about a
book’s flavours, hues and undertones, they don’t mind you sampling a chapter or
two in the shop and they understand that books, like wine, can be special and
magical things.
Shelly’s words represented exactly what is special about
bookshops – specialist knowledge, a welcoming environment and an inherent love
of books and reading.
So do spread the word! Share on Facebook, twitter… and good
old-fashioned conversation…
With good wishes from the BWB team,
Bridget Williams Books
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