Happy Auckland Pride Month!

We've reached out to some incredible Auckland bookshops to get the inside scoop on their best Pride recommendations and what 'Pride bookselling' means to them. Hear from the teams below!

The Women’s Bookshop:

“Pride bookselling means connecting with our wider communities and sharing their voices, passions, lives and loves - we love going to Big Gay Out with a bookstall every year, and having the Rainbow Parade pass by our door!”

Time Out Bookstore:

“It's always uplifting to bring joy to another queer person's life by recommending queer books to them! This feels particularly special. I also love recommending queer books to any customer, to help normalise LGBTQIA+ stories and show that they're for everyone.”

The Dorothy Butler Bookshop:

“I think Pride Bookselling is all about inclusion, acceptance and creating a safe space for everyone who enters our shop. For children, reading is a way of discovering themselves and helps them to answer questions about how they feel about themselves and others. It is fantastic that there are now so many children's books that reflect the diversity of the world that we all live in.”