Mother’s Day must-haves: Piccadilly Bookshop

From cookbooks to memoirs, this round-up features a bit of everything. All of which can be found at Piccadilly Bookshop in Avonhead. When you can’t find the words to show you care – find a book.     The Missing Sister – Lucinda Riley From the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author comes the latest instalment […]

Paws on that page: The Clocks Bookshop

Meet Vanna! After being rescued as a kitten from a street in rural Thailand, spending six years in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and nearly a year in Malaysia, Vanna has had a lot of life experience. Now he oversees operations at The Clocks Bookshop in Strowan.   From his preferred spot in a sunny window, Vanna […]

Make a booking! – The Clocks Bookshop

“Oooh, It’s lovely to be in a real bookshop,” customers often say as they wander around The Clocks Bookshop. “No toys, games and stationery, just wonderful books.” The Clocks Bookshop, Christchurch’s newest bookstore, opened in December 2019. The Clocks specialises in children’s books, cookbooks and crime and mystery books, but has a terrific range of […]

Book-tacular 2020

With the Christmas hurly-burly done and dusted, Piccadilly Bookshop’s Neville Templeton takes time out to share a bit about what’s up for 2020.   What’s your New Year looking like so far, Neville? Both staff and customers are enjoying the oasis of calm post-Christmas, but we’re still busy finding books for our avid readers, and […]

Book Now! Piccadilly Bookshop

Some may say that books are going out of fashion, but a visit to Piccadilly Bookshop in Avonhead Mall tells quite a different story, as publishers and authors vie for your attention throughout the store. With Christmas just around the corner, and all those leisure hours of summer holidays beckoning for relaxation, here is where […]

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Bursting With Books: Piccadilly Bookshop

For 25 years, Piccadilly Bookshop has made sure quality bestsellers fill the stockings of Canterbury book lovers each Christmas.     No matter who you’re buying for this year, there’s something in stock for everyone. The shelves are packed full of new releases, young adult novels, paperbacks, biographies, magazines, and cover a wide range of […]

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A bookworm bonanza: Piccadilly Bookshop

There is nothing more satisfying than having your feet up while turning the pages of a spellbinding book. Piccadilly Bookshop Owner fweqNeville Templeton gets that. With links to the major publishing houses and distributors, he and Manager Robyn Joplin ensure customers always have access to the cream-of-the-crop in titles and authors.   Situated at the […]