Chapter Book & Tea Shop

31/10/2026

🎃 Happy Halloween from Chapter Book and Tea Shop! 🎃

30/10/2026

🎃 Halloween Fun at Chapter Book and Tea Shop 🎃
📅 Saturday 31 October
⏰ 10am–4pm
📍 442 Mt Eden Rd

We’ve got some special Halloween treats for our customers:
📚 Book customers — a free bookish pin
🍪 Café customers — a free bat or pumpkin cookie
🫖 Tea customers — a free Pumpkin Spice tea sachet
Giveaways available while stocks last!

☕ Enjoy our Wicked Chai Latte for just $5 throughout the day.

Come along for books, tea and a little Halloween fun! 🎃

30/10/2026

🎃 Halloween Fun at Chapter Book and Tea Shop 🎃
📅 Saturday 31 October
⏰ 10am–4pm
📍 442 Mt Eden Rd

We’ve got some special Halloween treats for our customers:
📚 Book customers — a free bookish pin
🍪 Café customers — a free bat or pumpkin cookie
🫖 Tea customers — a free Pumpkin Spice tea sachet

Giveaways available while stocks last!

☕ Enjoy our Wicked Chai Latte for just $5 throughout the day.

Come along for books, tea and a little Halloween fun! 🎃

29/10/2026

💐❤️ Gorgeous Flowers ❤️💐
My sister Glennis at K.C. Loo Fruit Centre, just three doors along from Chapter Book & Tea Shop, has been treating me to beautiful flowers each week.

Aren't these gorgeous? Thank you so much, Glennis! ❤️

29/10/2026

📚❤️ Introducing Local Indie Author Amy Hart 📚❤️
Amy Hart is an Auckland-born author of young adult paranormal fiction featuring vampires, witches and other magical beings.

A lifelong book lover, Amy returned to writing fiction after completing degrees in arts, music and art history. When she’s not writing, Amy enjoys singing, cookies and collecting far too many journals.

✨ Her Mistwood Academy series is available to order through our website:

📖 #1 The Sapphire Eclipse
📖 #2 The Hidden Spell
📖 #3 The Midnight Veil

Visit the Chapter Book and Tea Shop website to shop online or contact us to order or ask a question:

✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 09-6232319
📱 021-635027

Support a local author and discover a little magic! ✨

28/10/2026

📚❤️ Introducing Indie Author Jill Darragh 📚❤️
Jill Darragh brings a lifelong love of storytelling to her tales of romance, intrigue and adventure. Originally from England and now at home in New Zealand, she has worked at the BBC, mentored young writers, championed authors as a publisher and had two plays produced.

Growing up in a Regency-era home in Brighton sparked her fascination with the past, particularly the Regency and Victorian periods. Today, both British and New Zealand history inspire her writing.

Away from her desk, Jill enjoys reading, exploring local history and the quiet pleasures of country life.

Titles available to order through our web site:

The Dukes for Hire Series
#1 The Duke Who Took the Bet
#2 The Duke Who Met his Match

The Carlyon Sisters Series
#1 Georgiana and the Destitute Duke
#2 Venetia and the Despondent Duke
#3 Portia and the Decadent Duke
#4 Chloe and the Dangerous Duke

The Aphrodite Club Series
#1 Vote for Love

The History Mysteries Series
#1 The Girl in the Tower

The Iversleigh Chronicles
#1 The Independent Woman

The Sweet Bitter Series
#1 Sweet Bitter Waters

Other titles by Jill may also be available by special order. Please Contact Us to enquire:
✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 09-6232319
📱 021-635027

Or visit the Chapter Book and Tea Shop website to shop online.

28/10/2026

📚❤️ A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY | Sarah J. Maas ❤️📚
Hooray! A Court of Splintered Harmony (ACOTAR6) has finally arrived instore! We apologise for the delay, which was outside our control, and sadly was experienced by most NZ indie booksellers.

The Royal Trade Paperback is $34, plus shipping if required. Each copy comes with a bookmark and key ring while stocks of the bookmark and key ring last.

For enquiries and orders:
✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 09 623 2319
📱 021 635 027

You can also order through our website.

We’re open Tuesday–Sunday, 10am–4pm. You’re also welcome to purchase or collect after hours. We’re very flexible this week, and the boss is often here late in the evening! Just contact us to arrange a time.

20/10/2026

📚❤️ HOW TO FIND A NAMELESS FAE │By A.J. Lancaster │Coming Soon 📚❤️
The trade paperback of AJLancaster’s HOW TO FIND A NAMELESS FAE, a cosy-spicy retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, releases in New Zealand in November. This is book 1 in the Fae and Firstborn Bargains series of standalone fantasy romance retellings of fairytales.

To celebrate the release, A.J. Lancaster has partnered with a number of indie bookstores, including us, to offer physical swag packs with print pre-orders. So, pre-order your copy and get a swag pack (while stocks last) containing:

🐈 Signed bookplate
🐈 Zingiber sticker
🐈 Bookmark
🐈 Postcard art print

Order your book today!
✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 09-6232319
📱 021-635027

Or visit the Chapter Book and Tea Shop website to shop online.

09/10/2026

Visit Us for Bookshop Day and then Browse the Mt Eden Village Craft Market
Also on today in Mt Eden Village
🧶 Mt Eden Village Craft Market 🧵🎨
📅 Saturday 10 October
⏰ 9.30am-3.00pm
🌦️ Rain or shine
📍 Mt Eden Village Centre, 449 Mt Eden Rd

Mt Eden Village Craft Market │ Saturday 10 October
🧶 Mt Eden Village Craft Market 🧵🎨
📅 Saturday 10 October
⏰ 9.30am-3.00pm
🌦️ Rain or shine
📍 Mt Eden Village Centre, 449 Mt Eden Rd
🆓 Free entry

The Mt Eden Village Craft Market is back this Saturday!

October is a great time to start browsing for Christmas gifts, and with 50+ local makers bringing their 100% handmade creations, there’s plenty to discover.

Grab your morning coffee and step inside the Village Centre to explore four different market areas. Make sure you head all the way to the back lounge – there are some exclusive makers tucked away there too!

To see some of this month’s stallholders, visit:
Mt Eden Village Craft Market

Head along, take your time, browse, chat to the makers and find something a little bit special.

✉️ All enquiries: [email protected]

☕ Afterwards, enjoy refreshments at one of Mt Eden Village’s cafés. There are lots of great places to choose from!

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Held on the second Saturday of each month, except January, the Mt Eden Village Craft Market is one of Auckland’s longest-established craft markets.

It showcases a carefully curated selection of quality handmade products, all created by the stallholders themselves. Spread across four halls in the Mt Eden Village Centre, the market offers homewares, artwork, baby items, jewellery, ceramics, toys, candles, skincare, confectionery, clothing and more.

Meet the friendly community of talented local crafters and discover something special.

07/10/2026

📚❤️ YOU'RE SO VEIN │By STEFFANIE HOLMES │Available Now 📚❤️
Book 3 in the Nevermore Murder Club and Smutty Book Coven series by USA Today bestselling New Zealand author Steffanie Holmes is here!

$36 + shipping, with character art and a signed bookplate included while stocks last.

We also now stock the Nevermore Bookshop Mystery and Grimdale Graveyard Mystery series in hardcover with sprayed edges. To celebrate, we’re offering promotional pricing!

Order your book(s) today!
✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 09-6232319
📱 021-635027

Or visit the Chapter Book and Tea Shop website to shop online.

06/10/2026

☕📚 A little spice for your next chapter!

Enjoy our $5 Dirty Chai Latte special—spiced chai with a shot of espresso, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon.

Available during the Auckland Bookshop Tour and on NZ Bookshop Day at Chapter Book and Tea Shop, Mt Eden Village. 💗

06/10/2026

📚 Come and See Us on Your Auckland Bookshop Tour!
Auckland Bookshop Tour Dates: 7—18 October
NZ Bookshop Day: Saturday 10 October

There are 17* participating Auckland bookshops this year and you have 12 days to complete your tour. Do you think you can visit them all?

Pick up an Auckland Bookshop Tour map from any of the participating bookshops. Make a purchase—there is no minimum spend—and collect a stamp. Once you have at least two stamps, you are eligible to enter the draw to win $425 in bookshop tokens. Each additional stamp gives you another entry into the prize draw. Leave your map at the last bookshop you visit and they will submit your entry.

Check individual shop opening days and opening hours, which may vary, eg, we are open Tue-Sun 10am-4pm (we are closed on Mondays). Get your friends together and plan your tour wisely, dear reader!








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*Please follow and keep an eye on Milford’s The Booklover Bookshop’s social media for updates as they are temporarily closed due to flood damage, but hope to have a Pop Up organised soon.

*There are a lot more bookshops in Auckland than we can possibly fit on the map. Therefore, please make the use of the BONUS BOOKSHOP square!

Many thanks to Coco for the NZ Bookshop Day artwork this year. And many thanks to Rachel and Jenna for their hard work in organising the Auckland Bookshop Tour!

06/10/2026

📚 SEP-OCT 2026 BOOK CATALOGUE 📚
There are some great new arrivals. These include Penn Cole’s BURN OF THE EVERFLAME (Kindred’s Curse Saga), Christine Feehan’s FROST AND VENOM, Mila Finch’s RUNEBREAKER (Dragon Heirs Series), Steffanie Holmes’ YOU’RE SO VEIN (Nevermore Murder Club and Smutty Book Coven Series), T. Kingfisher’s DAGGERBOUND (Swordheart Series), J.D. Robb’s FURY IN DEATH (In Death Series), J.R. Ward’s LOVER ENTHRONED (Black Dagger Brotherhood Series), Rebecca Yarros’s THRESHING DAY (Empyrean Series) and more. Enjoy your reading!
NB. Due to IT issues, Hachette reorders were suspended but have now resumed.

Click here to view the Sep-Oct 2026 Book Catalogue
https://chapter.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/Sep-Oct-2026.pdf

For Orders, Enquiries or to check Instore Dates:
✉️ [email protected] ☎️ 09-6232319 📱 021-635027

Trading Hours: OPEN Tue-Sun 10am-4pm. CLOSED on Mondays.
We will also be closed from 25 Dec and will reopen on 12 Jan 2027.
After-hours pickups are possible, but need to be pre-arranged.

26/09/2026

🐉📚 THRESHING DAY by Rebecca Yarros 📚🐉 │ANZ Deluxe First Edition Hardcover

It’s almost here! Threshing Day releases Wednesday 30 September.

Pre-order for pickup from Chapter Book and Tea Shop. Collection shortly after midnight in the early hours of release day, or after hours on Wednesday, can be arranged.

$50 (+ shipping if required). To order:
Contact ✉️ [email protected] ☎️ 09 623 2319 📱 021 635 027

THRESHING DAY IS COMING…

Thirteen unforgettable short stories. One legendary day. The bond that changes everything.

Welcome to Conscription Day, cadets! Return to Basgiath for thirteen stories featuring favourite characters and their dragons, including Xaden’s story. The ANZ deluxe first edition hardcover features silver gilded edges and sixteen original full-colour illustrations by Joe Requeza.

Grab your leathers… the dragons are waiting!