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  • Rediscover the Magic of Childhood

    Our Children’s Room helps booklovers old and new discover the magic of reading.
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  • 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
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  • With proud beginnings as a student bookshop

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

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

SEMESTER 2: Welcome back everyone for the next Semester of hitting the books. We've got all your Essential Textbooks sorted, and some great stationery deals starting at $1 so stop by and stock up.

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)

UBS... Making Winter Sparkle

Nancys, The
Nancys, The
McDonald, R.W.R. (Robert)

$NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.99

Fall, Or Dodge in Hell
Fall, Or Dodge in Hell
Stephenson, Neal

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Big Sky
Big Sky
Atkinson, Kate

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Quaker, The
Quaker, The
McIlvanney, Liam

$NZ 22.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 22.99

Necessary Secrets
Necessary Secrets
McGee, Greg

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

This Mortal Boy
This Mortal Boy
Kidman, Fiona

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

To the Occupant
To the Occupant
Neale, Emma

$NZ 27.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 27.99

Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilisation
Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilisation
Browne, John

$NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.99

How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
Mezrich, Joshua (Author)

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Magnolia Kitchen: Inspired Baking with Personality
Magnolia Kitchen: Inspired Baking with Personality
Gee, Bernadette

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

Extraordinary Insects
Extraordinary Insects
Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change
Diamond, Jared

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys
Hammond, Catherine

$NZ 74.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 74.99

Finding Frances Hodgkins
Finding Frances Hodgkins
Kisler, Mary

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

Science of Fate, The
Science of Fate, The
Critchlow, Hannah

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa: 100 Amazing Objects from the Te Papa Natural History Collection
100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa: 100 Amazing Objects from the Te Papa Natural History Collection
Waugh, Susan

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

How to Do Things
How to Do Things
Campbell, William

$NZ 49.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 49.99

Cat and Mouse
Cat and Mouse
Teckentrup, Britta

$NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.99

Place of Stone and Darkness, A
Place of Stone and Darkness, A
Mousdale, Chris

$NZ 29.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.99

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

Love Your Body
Love Your Body
Sanders, Jessica

$NZ 27.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 27.99

Song of the River
Song of the River
Cowley, Joy

$NZ 29.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.99

Slice of Heaven
Slice of Heaven
O'Leary, D

$NZ 24.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 24.99

Toffee
Toffee
Crossan, Sarah

$NZ 17.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 17.99

Faber & Faber: The Untold Story
Faber & Faber: The Untold Story
Faber, Toby

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

You Will Be Safe Here
You Will Be Safe Here
Barr, Damian

$NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.99

Fast 800 Recipe Book: Australian and New Zealand edition
Fast 800 Recipe Book: Australian and New Zealand edition
Bailey, Dr Claire

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Leading The Way 100 Years Of Tararua Tramping Club
Leading The Way 100 Years Of Tararua Tramping Club
Barnett, S, Maclean C.

$NZ 59.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 59.99

Books we love

Clockill and the Thief, The
Clockill and the Thief, The
Ward, Gareth

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Meaning Of Trees, The
Meaning Of Trees, The
Vennell, Robert

$NZ 54.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 54.99

Shearers, The
Shearers, The
Low, Ruth Entwistle

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

Three Women
Three Women
Taddeo, Lisa

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
Owens, Delia

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Health of the People, The
Health of the People, The
Skegg, David

$NZ 14.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 14.99

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
Clear, James

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Book of Why, The
Book of Why, The
Pearl, Judea

$NZ 54.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 54.99

Who Stole the Rainbow?
Who Stole the Rainbow?
Unka, Vasanti

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Puffin the Architect
Puffin the Architect
Andrews, Kimberly

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Stolen Stars of Matariki
Stolen Stars of Matariki
Kamo, Miriama

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Ottolenghi SIMPLE
Ottolenghi SIMPLE
Ottolenghi, Yotam

$NZ 59.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 59.99

Knife: (Harry Hole 12)
Knife: (Harry Hole 12)
Nesbo, Jo

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Invisibly Breathing
Invisibly Breathing
Merriman, Eileen

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood
Murakami, Haruki

$NZ 27.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 27.99

Wild Honey: Reading New Zealand women's poetry
Wild Honey: Reading New Zealand women's poetry
Green, Paula

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

New Releases

Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley
Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley
Sandys, Elspeth

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others
Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others
Gottlieb, Robert

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Borgias: Power and Fortune, The
Borgias: Power and Fortune, The
Strathern, Paul

$NZ 54.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 54.99

Shadows of the Short Days
Shadows of the Short Days
Vilhjalmsson, Alexander Dan

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Remarkable Life of the Skin, The
Remarkable Life of the Skin, The
Lyman, Monty

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

50 Ways To Draw Your Beautiful, Ordinary Life: Practical Lessons in Pencil and Paper
50 Ways To Draw Your Beautiful, Ordinary Life: Practical Lessons in Pencil and Paper
Flow Magazine

$NZ 59.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 59.99

Taking Tom Murray Home
Taking Tom Murray Home
Slee, Tim

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

A Good Joke: The Life and Crimes of Notorious New Zealand Art Forger Karl Sim
A Good Joke: The Life and Crimes of Notorious New Zealand Art Forger Karl Sim
Dougherty, Ian

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

On Eating Meat: The Truth About its Production and the Ethics of Eating it
On Eating Meat: The Truth About its Production and the Ethics of Eating it
Evans, Matthew

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Beggar's Kingdom, A
Beggar's Kingdom, A
Simons, Paullina

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Veranda: A Room of One's Own: Personal Sanctuaries & Retreats
Veranda: A Room of One's Own: Personal Sanctuaries & Retreats
O'Shea-Evans, Kathryn

$NZ 114.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 114.99

Collage: Make the Impossible Possible
Collage: Make the Impossible Possible
Sendpoints

$NZ 89.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 89.99

My Past Is a Foreign Country: A Muslim feminist finds herself
My Past Is a Foreign Country: A Muslim feminist finds herself
Talkhani, Zeba

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Bunny
Bunny
Awad, Mona

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Bestsellers

117-Storey Treehouse, The
117-Storey Treehouse, The
Griffiths, Andy

$NZ 17.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 17.99

Richard Emerson: The Hopfather
Richard Emerson: The Hopfather
Donaldson, Michael

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

World's Worst Teachers
World's Worst Teachers
Walliams, David

$NZ 26.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 26.99

Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Pilkey, Dav

$NZ 19.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 19.99

Boy Swallows Universe
Boy Swallows Universe
Dalton, Trent

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa, The
New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa, The
O'Malley, Vincent

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley
Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley
Sandys, Elspeth

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Brain Connections
Brain Connections
Kanji, Giresh

$NZ 34.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.99

Perform Under Pressure
Perform Under Pressure
Evans, Ceri

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Faber & Faber: The Untold Story
Faber & Faber: The Untold Story
Faber, Toby

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

Big Sky
Big Sky
Atkinson, Kate

$NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.99

Dead People I Have Known
Dead People I Have Known
Carter, Shayne P

$NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.99

Truthteller
Truthteller
Davis, Stephen

$NZ 29.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.99

Normal People
Normal People
Rooney, Sally

$NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.99

$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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