Book Haven
@bookhavennz.bsky.social
Book Haven is an independent second-hand bookshop (with some new books) in Newtown, Te-Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington. We co-share the space with the Freedom Shop, a local info-shop. If you're in town, drop by & browse https://bookhaven.co.nz
It’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - ‘Ake, Ake, Ake – A Forever Language’ - we’ve got books in the window & out on display celebrating not only te Reo Māori but also books by Māori authors & books about this land. For te Reo to be a forever language, we need to know the stories & histories of this land.
September 18, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - ‘Ake, Ake, Ake – A Forever Language’ - we’ve got books in the window & out on display celebrating not only te Reo Māori but also books by Māori authors & books about this land. For te Reo to be a forever language, we need to know the stories & histories of this land.
Aotearoa has a vibrant zine history and Bryce Galloway's book 'Zines NZ - Punk to Present' tells that story. It's a tribute to zines & zinemakers & the often underground, self-publishing scene. Come along and join us at Book Haven Thursday 25 Sept at 6.30pm for a conversation with Bryce. #zines
September 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Aotearoa has a vibrant zine history and Bryce Galloway's book 'Zines NZ - Punk to Present' tells that story. It's a tribute to zines & zinemakers & the often underground, self-publishing scene. Come along and join us at Book Haven Thursday 25 Sept at 6.30pm for a conversation with Bryce. #zines
A shoutout for Audition: shortlisted this year for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction - check out the awards & pip’s video.
pip says about Audition, it’s “…fuelled and powered by the energy and hope I feel for the abolition of prisons everywhere..." congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social
pip says about Audition, it’s “…fuelled and powered by the energy and hope I feel for the abolition of prisons everywhere..." congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social
September 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
A shoutout for Audition: shortlisted this year for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction - check out the awards & pip’s video.
pip says about Audition, it’s “…fuelled and powered by the energy and hope I feel for the abolition of prisons everywhere..." congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social
pip says about Audition, it’s “…fuelled and powered by the energy and hope I feel for the abolition of prisons everywhere..." congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social
We’ve put it on the Book Haven blackboard: ‘Books are way better than AI slop!’ Please, with huge AI companies buying & destructively scanning secondhand books to feed their large language learning models, please do support your local bookshops and libraries!
September 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
We’ve put it on the Book Haven blackboard: ‘Books are way better than AI slop!’ Please, with huge AI companies buying & destructively scanning secondhand books to feed their large language learning models, please do support your local bookshops and libraries!
Friday 28 August is National Poetry Day - it’s a day to celebrate poets & poetry. On our blackboard we’ve a sample of poets to delight…
And we have 20% off our secondhand poetry (excluding those in the expensive catalogue) from today and all weekend!
#nationalpoetryday
And we have 20% off our secondhand poetry (excluding those in the expensive catalogue) from today and all weekend!
#nationalpoetryday
August 27, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Friday 28 August is National Poetry Day - it’s a day to celebrate poets & poetry. On our blackboard we’ve a sample of poets to delight…
And we have 20% off our secondhand poetry (excluding those in the expensive catalogue) from today and all weekend!
#nationalpoetryday
And we have 20% off our secondhand poetry (excluding those in the expensive catalogue) from today and all weekend!
#nationalpoetryday
We got emailed a link to an article by Hana Lee Goldin substack.com/home/post/p-...
Three eras of destruction: 1st era of annihilation left ashes & knowledge of the devastation, 2nd era of spectacle left photographs of the fires & the threat those fires were meant to carry, 3rd era is disappearance
Three eras of destruction: 1st era of annihilation left ashes & knowledge of the devastation, 2nd era of spectacle left photographs of the fires & the threat those fires were meant to carry, 3rd era is disappearance
Books Have Always Been Destroyed. But Never Like This.
We’ve entered the third era of libricide.
substack.com
August 26, 2026 at 2:56 AM
We got emailed a link to an article by Hana Lee Goldin substack.com/home/post/p-...
Three eras of destruction: 1st era of annihilation left ashes & knowledge of the devastation, 2nd era of spectacle left photographs of the fires & the threat those fires were meant to carry, 3rd era is disappearance
Three eras of destruction: 1st era of annihilation left ashes & knowledge of the devastation, 2nd era of spectacle left photographs of the fires & the threat those fires were meant to carry, 3rd era is disappearance
"There’s an ethical & moral argument to be made against the destruction of books...No doubt second-hand booksellers, receiving bulk orders are finding themselves having to weigh up difficult decisions." For us, also the issue is do we want to be involved in offshoring of knowledge for AI companies?
How AI is coming for second-hand books
How AI is coming for second-hand books
Hydraulic powered cutting machines are ravaging books to train AI....
thespinoff.co.nz
August 21, 2026 at 3:52 AM
"There’s an ethical & moral argument to be made against the destruction of books...No doubt second-hand booksellers, receiving bulk orders are finding themselves having to weigh up difficult decisions." For us, also the issue is do we want to be involved in offshoring of knowledge for AI companies?
Today: a kōrero about ‘The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a NZ City’.
Speakers:
Asher Emanuel
Lawyer & author of The Valley
Harry Walker
Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’
Oliver Neas
Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
Speakers:
Asher Emanuel
Lawyer & author of The Valley
Harry Walker
Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’
Oliver Neas
Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
August 19, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Today: a kōrero about ‘The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a NZ City’.
Speakers:
Asher Emanuel
Lawyer & author of The Valley
Harry Walker
Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’
Oliver Neas
Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
Speakers:
Asher Emanuel
Lawyer & author of The Valley
Harry Walker
Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’
Oliver Neas
Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
A load of books ordered by an AI company was tracked to an Amazon warehouse by @404media.co They took a photo of the logo on the door, it really is unbelievable! It all adds weight to Anthropic's chilling statement: “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world”
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
www.404media.co
August 18, 2026 at 8:33 AM
A load of books ordered by an AI company was tracked to an Amazon warehouse by @404media.co They took a photo of the logo on the door, it really is unbelievable! It all adds weight to Anthropic's chilling statement: “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world”
On 1News last night a story about AI companies purchasing books from Aotearoa NZ to train AI. We're against the practice, as is Renee Rowland from BookSellersNZ. Patent lawyer Zoe Dewhurst said if this were it happen here, it would not be allowed. Full story here: www.1news.co.nz/2026/08/17/n...
NZ bookstores receive bulk orders suspected of being used to train AI
One seller said the orders were for non-fiction books published before the 1990s.
www.1news.co.nz
August 18, 2026 at 3:23 AM
On 1News last night a story about AI companies purchasing books from Aotearoa NZ to train AI. We're against the practice, as is Renee Rowland from BookSellersNZ. Patent lawyer Zoe Dewhurst said if this were it happen here, it would not be allowed. Full story here: www.1news.co.nz/2026/08/17/n...
This Thursday 20 August at 6.30pm we have:
Asher Emanuel
Lawyer & author of ‘The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City’
Harry Walker
Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’
Oliver Neas
Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
Asher Emanuel
Lawyer & author of ‘The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City’
Harry Walker
Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’
Oliver Neas
Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
August 16, 2026 at 3:27 AM
This Thursday 20 August at 6.30pm we have:
Asher Emanuel
Lawyer & author of ‘The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City’
Harry Walker
Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’
Oliver Neas
Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
Asher Emanuel
Lawyer & author of ‘The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City’
Harry Walker
Former Māori Welfare Officer & Cultural Report writer, author of ‘A Voice For The Silenced’
Oliver Neas
Lawyer & producer of the podcast Undercurrents
Which cover will you choose? There's 4 styles of kluge, designed by @toddatticus.com And that's just the cover, inside is another world (or is it?) - it's a world of AI companies. @pipadam.bsky.social says kluge is a scream in a dark room. It's a workplace satire about AI and the value of a body...
August 14, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Which cover will you choose? There's 4 styles of kluge, designed by @toddatticus.com And that's just the cover, inside is another world (or is it?) - it's a world of AI companies. @pipadam.bsky.social says kluge is a scream in a dark room. It's a workplace satire about AI and the value of a body...
It's today! It's time for us to welcome kluge to the world - Happy Launch Day @pipadam.bsky.social
👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm
👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington
@thwupbooks.bsky.social will be there, with readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging, Brannavan Gnanalingam - & pip adam!
👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm
👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington
@thwupbooks.bsky.social will be there, with readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging, Brannavan Gnanalingam - & pip adam!
August 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM
It's today! It's time for us to welcome kluge to the world - Happy Launch Day @pipadam.bsky.social
👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm
👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington
@thwupbooks.bsky.social will be there, with readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging, Brannavan Gnanalingam - & pip adam!
👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm
👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington
@thwupbooks.bsky.social will be there, with readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging, Brannavan Gnanalingam - & pip adam!
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Happy publication day pip adam! kluge is here, and it's making a massive splash.
And there are four covers to choose from (or collect!) thanks to the genius of Todd Atticus.
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/klu...
And there are four covers to choose from (or collect!) thanks to the genius of Todd Atticus.
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/klu...
August 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Happy publication day pip adam! kluge is here, and it's making a massive splash.
And there are four covers to choose from (or collect!) thanks to the genius of Todd Atticus.
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/klu...
And there are four covers to choose from (or collect!) thanks to the genius of Todd Atticus.
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/klu...
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6.15pm Hot chips and deep-fried vegan treats.
6.45pm Talking from the awesome @thwupbooks.bsky.social folk and readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam
6.45pm Talking from the awesome @thwupbooks.bsky.social folk and readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam
Come to the launch of kluge:
👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm
👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington
The event will include readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam - and, of course, pip adam @pipadam.bsky.social
👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm
👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington
The event will include readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam - and, of course, pip adam @pipadam.bsky.social
August 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
6.15pm Hot chips and deep-fried vegan treats.
6.45pm Talking from the awesome @thwupbooks.bsky.social folk and readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam
6.45pm Talking from the awesome @thwupbooks.bsky.social folk and readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam
Tomorrow, 14 August 6pm at Aro Valley Community Centre is the launch! We'll be there with kluge - so looking forward to it.
August 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Tomorrow, 14 August 6pm at Aro Valley Community Centre is the launch! We'll be there with kluge - so looking forward to it.
The official launch of pip adam's new book 'kluge' is Friday 14 August, 6pm at Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington
It's such a timely release! We need a book like kluge. We all need to think more about where AI & all those big companies are taking us. Thank you @pipadam.bsky.social !
It's such a timely release! We need a book like kluge. We all need to think more about where AI & all those big companies are taking us. Thank you @pipadam.bsky.social !
August 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The official launch of pip adam's new book 'kluge' is Friday 14 August, 6pm at Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington
It's such a timely release! We need a book like kluge. We all need to think more about where AI & all those big companies are taking us. Thank you @pipadam.bsky.social !
It's such a timely release! We need a book like kluge. We all need to think more about where AI & all those big companies are taking us. Thank you @pipadam.bsky.social !
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New episode of Better off Read. My new book kluge comes out on Thursday. i'm doing four events to celebrate the four colours the cover comes in. You can read about them and listen to a short excerpt here better-read.com/2026/08/11/k...
kluge: four covers four events
My new novel kluge is released in Aotearoa this week. Read about kluge Thanks to the amazing work of Te Herenga Waka University Press and Todd Atticus it has a beautiful cover which comes in four c…
better-read.com
August 11, 2026 at 2:40 AM
New episode of Better off Read. My new book kluge comes out on Thursday. i'm doing four events to celebrate the four colours the cover comes in. You can read about them and listen to a short excerpt here better-read.com/2026/08/11/k...
pip adam reads from Audition - the book nominated for this year's Ursula K Le Guin prize for fiction. Congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social
Pip Adam's novel Audition is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Here, Pip (@pipadam.bsky.social) introduces the book, then reads from the novel's opening pages.
More about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26
More about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26
Pip Adam reads from "Audition"
YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2026 at 1:24 AM
pip adam reads from Audition - the book nominated for this year's Ursula K Le Guin prize for fiction. Congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social
We just got interviewed today on RNZ about the bulk buying of books for AI training. In April we got several large orders and then just last week more: 180 books in 10 orders in one day, all going to a US warehouse. It really must be another version of #ProjectPanama www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/w...
Wellington second-hand bookstore’s mysterious orders
Book Haven in Wellington's Newtown started to receive more orders than it could possibly handle.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 10, 2026 at 4:23 AM
We just got interviewed today on RNZ about the bulk buying of books for AI training. In April we got several large orders and then just last week more: 180 books in 10 orders in one day, all going to a US warehouse. It really must be another version of #ProjectPanama www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/w...
We're excited to be the bookseller at the launch of 'kluge' by @pipadam.bsky.social It's a satire about artificial intelligence - about the end days of a tech company & its all-powerful owner, told in the style of a stand-up comedy.
DETAILS Friday 14 August, 6PM
Aro Community Centre #pipadam
DETAILS Friday 14 August, 6PM
Aro Community Centre #pipadam
August 8, 2026 at 4:09 AM
We're excited to be the bookseller at the launch of 'kluge' by @pipadam.bsky.social It's a satire about artificial intelligence - about the end days of a tech company & its all-powerful owner, told in the style of a stand-up comedy.
DETAILS Friday 14 August, 6PM
Aro Community Centre #pipadam
DETAILS Friday 14 August, 6PM
Aro Community Centre #pipadam
Remember The Armenians is a night of Armenian poetry & music today 6.30pm L4/99 Willis Street, Te Aro. You can find them on Instagram @Rememberthearmenians
Armenian books we have in shop are Razmik Davoyan & Diana Der-Hovanessian, & 'The 40 Days' by Franz Werfel. #RememberTheArmenians
Armenian books we have in shop are Razmik Davoyan & Diana Der-Hovanessian, & 'The 40 Days' by Franz Werfel. #RememberTheArmenians
July 24, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Remember The Armenians is a night of Armenian poetry & music today 6.30pm L4/99 Willis Street, Te Aro. You can find them on Instagram @Rememberthearmenians
Armenian books we have in shop are Razmik Davoyan & Diana Der-Hovanessian, & 'The 40 Days' by Franz Werfel. #RememberTheArmenians
Armenian books we have in shop are Razmik Davoyan & Diana Der-Hovanessian, & 'The 40 Days' by Franz Werfel. #RememberTheArmenians
When Jesse Mulligan over @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy asked what critters we'd like featured on merch, we gathered novels with critters on the covers: butterflies, flies, ants, bugs & more. Plus, some nonfiction & a copy of the wonderful 'Scratching for a Living' by Ruud Kleinpaste. #Critteroftheweek
July 23, 2026 at 12:33 AM
When Jesse Mulligan over @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy asked what critters we'd like featured on merch, we gathered novels with critters on the covers: butterflies, flies, ants, bugs & more. Plus, some nonfiction & a copy of the wonderful 'Scratching for a Living' by Ruud Kleinpaste. #Critteroftheweek
It's Bastille Day, & here's some books about that time: non-fiction books are by Mark Traugott, Leo Gershoy, Archibald Robertson, Edmund Burke, J. H. Shennan, & John Paxton. Fiction are by Victor Hugo, Dickens, Marge Piercy, Jonathan Grimwood, & 'Juliet Grey
#BastilleDay #FrenchRevolution #Bastille
#BastilleDay #FrenchRevolution #Bastille
July 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
It's Bastille Day, & here's some books about that time: non-fiction books are by Mark Traugott, Leo Gershoy, Archibald Robertson, Edmund Burke, J. H. Shennan, & John Paxton. Fiction are by Victor Hugo, Dickens, Marge Piercy, Jonathan Grimwood, & 'Juliet Grey
#BastilleDay #FrenchRevolution #Bastille
#BastilleDay #FrenchRevolution #Bastille
We're delighted by the location of these two articles on RNZ website - well done @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy #nzpols #trump
July 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
We're delighted by the location of these two articles on RNZ website - well done @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy #nzpols #trump