Saturday Book sale by Friends of the Rotorua Library

15/05/2026

Here comes another Saturday book sale.

These are some of the goodies you can expect to find on the sales tables if you’re nice and early:

Craft books including quilting, knitting, felt and jewellery making

- A fabulous collection of garden and gardening books

- Interiors including coffee table interior design books

- Modern art and fashion plus a small serving of food books
- And creatures - dogs, cats, horses, beetles, bumble bees and the octopus, the most mysterious creature in the sea

It’s going to be perfect weather for a little stroll around the market and browse among the books.

01/05/2026

Rotorua Library have shared their exciting Winter Author Series.

Nine authors are participating in this series - including eight from around New Zealand and Pulitzer Prize winning author Louise Erdrich who will be in New Zealand for the Auckland Writers Festival.

Every time you buy a book from our Saturday Book Sales at Kuirau Park Saturday Market - Rotary Rotorua North, the money raised is available for special programmes and projects at Rotorua Library.

The weather tomorrow looks perfect for browsing the treasures on our sales tables and inside our little bookstore. We'll be open from 9am-1pm.

📣 Breaking news! Rotorua Library is excited to announce their winter series of author talks, headlined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Louise Erdrich!! 📖

Check out the full media release about the series here 👇
https://rlc.net.nz/cmg7vv

📖 Murder in the Library
Wednesday 6 May 2026, 6pm
Registration required, koha welcomed

📖 Louise Erdrich – Land, Legacy and the Python’s Kiss
Tuesday 19 May 2026, 7pm
Tickets $10

📖 Beyond the Headline: What happens when journalists write the whole story
Saturday 20 June 2026, 2pm
Registration required, koha welcomed

👉 Tickets and registrations for all non-ticketed events are via the Rotorua Library website 🔗 https://www.rotorualibrary.govt.nz/whats-on/events

Books will be available to purchase at each event. These events would not be possible without the support of , U3A and Friends of the Rotorua Library 🙌

30/04/2026

📣 Breaking news! Rotorua Library is excited to announce their winter series of author talks, headlined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Louise Erdrich!! 📖

Check out the full media release about the series here 👇
https://rlc.net.nz/cmg7vv

📖 Murder in the Library
Wednesday 6 May 2026, 6pm
Registration required, koha welcomed

📖 Louise Erdrich – Land, Legacy and the Python’s Kiss
Tuesday 19 May 2026, 7pm
Tickets $10

📖 Beyond the Headline: What happens when journalists write the whole story
Saturday 20 June 2026, 2pm
Registration required, koha welcomed

👉 Tickets and registrations for all non-ticketed events are via the Rotorua Library website 🔗 https://www.rotorualibrary.govt.nz/whats-on/events

Books will be available to purchase at each event. These events would not be possible without the support of , U3A and Friends of the Rotorua Library 🙌

02/04/2026

All good Easter baskets need great reads and the place to get some good condition children's books at even better prices this Saturday is the Kuirau Park Saturday Market - Rotary Rotorua North next to the playground.

Follow the signs to the Book Sale and get your young readers some popular children's books from the Friends of Rotorua Library volunteers. The sale is from 9am-1pm.

The Easter Bunny also wishes to advise there are books for grownups too...including recent donations of books about Te Ao Māori, World War Two and the American Civil War.