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24/01/2025
We are so excited for Jojo Moyes' newest book to come out next month, we NEED everyone to have read her last novel! So, you can be in to win one of 25(!) copies of Someone Else's Shoes.
To be in to win:
💟 Let us know what your favourite Jojo book is or if this will be your first
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💟 Go to our Instagram page for an extra chance to win
Winners will be selected and contacted on the 29th of January. We will never ask you for click a link in order to claim your book, we will direct message you from this account. T&Cs apply, you must have an NZ mailing address.
21/01/2025
21/01/2025
Sometimes it can be hard to figure out what to read next, especially if you’re in a bit of a book slump. A book bingo is a fun way to find new books that you wouldn't otherwise try.
Play the new Penguin Bingo with us. How long will it take you to get bingo?
20/01/2025
We so proud that the fantastic Laurence Fearnley's 'At The Grand Glacier Hotel' has been longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award!
Next up on the 2025 Dublin Literary Award shortlist is At the Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley, nominated by Dunedin Public Libraries and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand.
After a disastrous holiday, Libby and Curtis vow to visit the Grand Glacier Hotel. Twenty years later, Libby, recovering from cancer, returns alone after a storm. Exploring the isolated hotel, she wonders if it holds the key to rediscovering herself.
Laurence Fearnley is an award-winning novelist. Her novel The Hut Builder won the 2011 NZ Post Book Awards, and Reach was longlisted for the 2014 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. She has received the Artists to Antarctica Fellowship and the Robert Burns Fellowship.
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18/01/2025
Looking for a cosy mystery to curl up with in the sun? Combining the heart and humour of The Thursday Murder Club with a puzzling international mystery, We Solve Murders is the perfect book for just that! https://bit.ly/3uCuFvN
17/01/2025
Have you read the bestselling true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey not of escape but salvation that this is based on? While you wait for the movie to come out, why not check it out? https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/the-salt-path-9781405972147
16/01/2025
Are you looking to make a change this year? Are you passionate about pukapuka?
Start your career in publishing in 2025 with the Whitireia Publishing Graduate Diploma in Publishing!
Applications are also open for the 2025 Penguin Random House Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship.
Applications are open for the 2025 Penguin Random House Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship.
15/01/2025
Did you hear this RNZ interview with Robert Long? If you're curious to know more about how someone lives a two day walk from the nearest town, for over 40 years, check out his best-selling book A Life On Gorge River
Robert and his wife Catherine live at Gorge River in Westland, a two day walk from the town of Haast.
14/01/2025
A reimagining of the tempestuous romance of Wuthering Heights set in the cut-throat world of professional ice skating… what do readers really think about The Favourites?
13/01/2025
Got 'read more books' on your resolution list? We've some hacks to help with that.
11/01/2025
Dr Julie is back with the book that will carry you through life's difficult moments.
Showing you how to re-frame life’s complex problems, Open When . . . will help you navigate any crisis or tough moment and return to a place of calmness, strength and positivity.
Robert Harris's thriller Conclave is now a major motion picture, which took home the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture this week! The film was released in NZ yesterday (make sure you go get a ticket) and the film tie-in edition of the book is out now.
08/01/2025
From engrossing thrillers to brilliant literary fiction, find all the best books to sink your teeth into this summer, right here
Merry Christmas from our whole PRH team! 🎄We hope you have some lovely holiday reading.
We'll be back in the new year ready to share some amazing new books.
22/12/2024
Need a last minute Christmas gift for your forgotten secret santa? Find them the perfect book with our present picker 🎁
Having trouble finding the perfect bookish gift? Our state-of-the-art Present Picker is here to help!
21/12/2024
Heading away for Christmas this weekend? Make an audiobook the soundtrack to your drive!
Looking for some summer audiobook inspiration? Here are our top picks of great reads to listen to on your summer adventures!
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The New Reacher: In Too Deep
Jack Reacher returns in a brand new, pulse-pounding read from Lee and Andrew Child
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Lean into the unhinged world of The Alternative Commentary Collective
A beyond-the-boundaries guide to an outstanding decade of New Zealand sporting conquest, catastrophe and commentary as seen through the eyes of the Alternative Commentary Collective.
https://bit.ly/4cUqLiC
Odyssey is out now
The epic final chapter to Stephen Fry's outstanding retellings of the Greek Myths, Odyssey is on shelves now
https://bit.ly/3ZPEX8S
A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
From renowned historian and bestselling author, Yuval Noah Harari, comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.
Coming soon from Jojo Moyes
Coming February a brand new book from Jojo Moyes, pre order your copy today!
From the international Number One bestselling author of Someone Else's Shoes - thirty years after Lila's father ran away to Hollywood, he's back to wreck – or save – her life.
There are Rivers in the Sky
The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World.
Remember that raindrop, inconsequential though it may be compared to the magnitude of the universe. Inside, it holds a miniature world, a story of its own...
The Bookshop Detectives is #1 in NZ
#1 in NZ for the second week running! We adore when our local authors get this spot.
If you haven't got your copy yet - what are you waiting for?
https://bit.ly/46pRp0w
Coming Soon From Jo Nesbo
From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author Jo Nesbo comes an explosive stand-alone thriller about family, loyalty, and the lengths people will go to cling on to power.
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/3Li55AQ
Pre-order your copy of The Blue Hour
The global No.1 bestselling author of The Girl on the Train invites you into her most suspenseful and powerful thriller yet...
Pre-order your copy now: https://bit.ly/4f65pAu
Jane we've got your signed copy!
Hello Jane? We've got your personalised copy of Patricia Grace's From the Centre waiting for you.
If you're a Jane drop a comment, or tag a Jane you know, to be in to win!
Jane will be contacted on Friday the 21st and must have an NZ postal address.
Pre-order The City and Its Uncertain Walls
The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals from Murakami is coming this November. Pre-order your copy today!
https://bit.ly/4bV3cpA
How can a man who’s already dead be wanted for murder?
There's no such thing as the perfect murder. From the global No. 1 bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once comes the unputdownable new Myron Bolitar thriller.
How can a man who’s already dead be wanted for murder?
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We’re the home of award-winning local authors such as Fiona Kidman, David Hill, Gavin Bishop, Lynley Dodd, and Witi Ihimaera, Kiwi non-fiction stars like Chelsea Winter and Nadia Lim, plus blockbuster international bestsellers like Marian Keyes, James Patterson, Jeff Kinney, Lee Child, Jamie Oliver, and JoJo Moyes, to name just a few.
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