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Rediscover the Magic of Childhood

Our Children’s Room helps booklovers old and new discover the magic of reading.
Dunedin’s Finest Book Shop

We are a booklover’s paradise, opposite the Otago Museum Reserve and just along from the famous Captain Cook Hotel
With proud beginnings as a student bookshop

Supplying students and academics for over seventy years
We turn bookselling into an art

Curating and collecting the best range of books in one place for your enjoyment.

University Book Shop - your literary sanctuary in the heart of Dunedin
Books for Adults, Academics, Students, Young Adults and Children

Welcome to the University Book Shop ... YOUR UBS. We've been spreading the magic of reading since 1945. And, since April 2019, we're available for NZ Post Postal & Billpay Services. We're thrilled to be keeping this service in the Great King/Albany Street area where there has been a Post Office in one form or other for over 140 years.

2020 Emerging Writer in Residence: Otago graduate and UK-based lawyer, John Forde, is returning in January 2020 to take up the University Book Shop Summer Writer in Residence, in association with the Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust.

BOOKSHOP & POST/BILLPAY OPENING HOURS

Bookshop: Open Monday-Friday 8.30-5.30 | Sat & Sun 10-4 | Closed Public Holidays | NZ Postal & Billpay Services Monday-Friday 8.30-5.00 | Courier & PO Box Parcel Collect available during bookshop opening hours (Please note: for your convenience we have courier bags and stamps available to purchase during standard bookshop opening hours)

Ignition Kids Book Festival, Dunedin 7-10 November

Ignition Blast Off Festival Launch

Ignition Blast Off Festival Launch
Ignition Children's Festival

$NZ 5.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 5.00

Breakfast with Kate De Goldi

Breakfast with Kate De Goldi
Ignition Children's Festival

$NZ 15.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 15.00

Kate De Goldi Writing Workshop @ Port Chalmers

Kate De Goldi Writing Workshop @ Port Chalmers
Ignition Children's Festival

$NZ 30.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 30.00

Kate De Goldi Writing Workshop @ Athenaeum Library

Kate De Goldi Writing Workshop @ Athenaeum Library
Ignition Children's Festival

$NZ 30.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 30.00

Books we love

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Testaments, The

Testaments, The
Atwood, Margaret

$NZ 39.99 $NZ 47.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Shafak, Elif

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Big Sky
Atkinson, Kate

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Lost and Somewhere Else

Lost and Somewhere Else
Bornholdt, Jenny

$NZ 24.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 24.99

Body, The : A Guide for Occupants

Body, The : A Guide for Occupants
Bryson, Bill

$NZ 54.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 54.99

Perform Under Pressure

Perform Under Pressure
Evans, Ceri

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

How To
Munroe, Randall

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Legacy
Kerr, James

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi

Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi
Morris, Toby

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Adventures of Tupaia, The

Adventures of Tupaia, The
Meredith, Courtney Sina

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Kind
Green, Alison

$NZ 27.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 27.99

Brilliance of Birds, The

Brilliance of Birds, The
Wishart, Skye

$NZ 54.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 54.99

Audeamus! We dare! Otago University Students' Association 1980-2015

Audeamus! We dare! Otago University Students' Association 1980-2015
Keaney, Philippa

$NZ 24.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 24.99

Salt Path, The
Winn, Raynor

$NZ 27.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 27.99

Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times: Book 3, The

Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times: Book 3, The
Cowell, Cressida

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

My Van, My Castle

My Van, My Castle
Norman, Jackie

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Year of the Monkey

Year of the Monkey
Smith, Patti

$NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.99

Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction.Volume 1. 1919-1959

Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction.Volume 1. 1919-1959

$NZ 74.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 74.99

2020 Perpetual Disappointments Diary

2020 Perpetual Disappointments Diary
Asbury, Nick

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Our Dogs, Ourselves

Our Dogs, Ourselves
Horowitz, Alexandra

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

New Releases

Tales from a Financial Hot Mess

Tales from a Financial Hot Mess
Cook, Frances

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction.Volume 1. 1919-1959

Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction.Volume 1. 1919-1959

$NZ 74.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 74.99

Snow, Glass, Apples

Snow, Glass, Apples
Gaiman, Neil

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Sharp Left Turn: Notes on a Life in Music, from Split Enz to Play to Strange, A

Sharp Left Turn: Notes on a Life in Music, from Split Enz to Play to Strange, A
Chunn, Mike

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

Scientifica Historica: How the world's great science books chart the history of knowledge

Scientifica Historica: How the world's great science books chart the history of knowledge
Clegg, Brian

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
Dikotter, Frank

$NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.99

Mid-Century Living: The Butterfly House Collection

Mid-Century Living: The Butterfly House Collection
Fernyhough, Christine

$NZ 59.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 59.99

Imaginary Friend

Imaginary Friend
Chbosky, Stephen

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

How To
Munroe, Randall

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

I Go Quiet
Ouimet, David

$NZ 27.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 27.99

Night for Day
Flanery, Patrick

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Te Hei Tiki: An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum

Te Hei Tiki: An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum
Austin, Dougal

$NZ 59.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 59.99

Fresh Ink 2019: A Collection of Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand

Fresh Ink 2019: A Collection of Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand
Various

$NZ 29.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.99

Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943

Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943
Hastings, Max

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Art of Looking Up, The

Art of Looking Up, The
McCormack, Catherine

$NZ 54.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 54.99

Bestsellers

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Testaments, The

Testaments, The
Atwood, Margaret

$NZ 39.99 $NZ 47.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Listening In
Edmeades, Lynley

$NZ 27.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 27.99

Absolute Book, The

Absolute Book, The
Knox, Elizabeth

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Thunberg, Greta

$NZ 7.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 7.99

Secret Commonwealth, The: The Book of Dust Volume Two

Secret Commonwealth, The: The Book of Dust Volume Two
Pullman, Philip

$NZ 47.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 47.99

How the Dead Speak

How the Dead Speak
McDermid, Val

$NZ 29.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.99

Scented
Fearnley, Laurence

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Wildlife of Aotearoa

Wildlife of Aotearoa
Bishop, Gavin

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

This Mortal Boy

This Mortal Boy
Kidman, Fiona

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Fresh Ink 2019: A Collection of Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand

Fresh Ink 2019: A Collection of Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand
Various

$NZ 29.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.99

Chain, The
McKinty, Adrian

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Otago: 150 Years of New Zealand's First University

Otago: 150 Years of New Zealand's First University
Clarke, Alison

$NZ 49.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 49.99

My First Words in Maori

My First Words in Maori
Morrison, Stacey

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Skin Deep
Nugent, Liz

$NZ 25.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 25.99

Richard Emerson: The Hopfather

Richard Emerson: The Hopfather
Donaldson, Michael

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

$25 UBS Gift Voucher - BookToken

$25 UBS Gift Voucher - BookToken
University Book Shop Otago Voucher

$NZ 25.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 25.00

$50 UBS Gift Voucher - BookToken

$50 UBS Gift Voucher - BookToken
University Book Shop Otago Voucher

$NZ 50.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 50.00

$100 UBS Gift Voucher - BookToken

$100 UBS Gift Voucher - BookToken
University Book Shop Voucher

$NZ 100.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 100.00

$200 UBS Gift Voucher - BookToken

$200 UBS Gift Voucher - BookToken
University Book Shop Otago Voucher

$NZ 200.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 200.00

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