The best booksellers in Wairarapa come together to give you the ultimate book-lovers day out!

Join us for NZ Bookshop Day, on Saturday, October 12 2024.

Join Mr Matthews and Mr Stevens for a Booklovers Breakfast to kick off your 2024 Bookshop Hop. Your coffee is on us and you'll receive a special goodie bag and early access to Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop - kick your Hop off right!

Hey introverts! Let’s be alone together!

Join Mrs Blackwell at The White Swan for our first Reading Party: unlike a book group which often involves awkward chat, this is an evening quietly reading in a bar with others.

Bring your book, buy a beverage and enjoy an hour of uninterrupted reading time with like-minded souls.

Featherston Booktown is bringing Bariz to Greytown as part of the 2024 Greytown Festival of Christmas and his story is very fitting to this year's Festival theme of 'Fire & Ice!'.

He'll join Ron Mark at The Offering on Friday July 5th, from 6 - 7pm to share his story.

After a sold out January class, professional artist Elena Brambilla (The Sewing Sailor) returns to teach a Christmas-themed Nutcracker class as part of our Greytown Festival of Christmas.

The abundant and the beautiful: making good food and fibre that won’t break the planet.

Over the now famous spread that is our Mother's Day afternoon tea, Yotam Kay and Justine Ross will talk with Helen Lehndorf about the future of food and agriculture, and the planet we want to leave our grandchildren.

Tally ho tweeders! Spiffing news. The National Tweed Ride is back – bigger, jollier and simply more marvellous than ever – and you’re invited! You there, with the rambunctious personality and slightly snorty laugh…

Crop Up is Greytown's very own ultra-fresh, ultra-sustainable and ultra-tasty Saturday morning pop-up place to get your fresh food. It's all about crops, coffee and community.

On Friday March 1st you can stroll Greytown Village until 7pm. Many stores - including Mrs Blackwell’s Village Bookshop - will be open for business.

Crop Up is Greytown's very own ultra-fresh, ultra-sustainable and ultra-tasty Saturday morning pop-up place to get your fresh food. It's all about crops, coffee and community.

Crop Up is Greytown's very own ultra-fresh, ultra-sustainable and ultra-tasty Saturday morning pop-up place to get your fresh food. It's all about crops, coffee and community.

Crop Up is Greytown's very own ultra-fresh, ultra-sustainable and ultra-tasty Saturday morning pop-up place to get your fresh food. It's all about crops, coffee and community.

The first TRAVELER’S COMPANY notebook was released in 2006. Since then, it has gone on to become an iconic notebook system for travellers, businesses professionals and artistic journallers alike.

Join Mrs Blackwell in this small group format for an introduction to the TRAVELER'S COMPANY notebooks. Oh, you don’t need to be a global jetsetter to benefit from this; even a trip around the villages of the South Wairarapa counts as travel!

Enjoy 30% off all TRAVELER'S COMPANY products purchased during the workshop.

Grab a coffee and browse the sunny (fingers-crossed!) streets of Greytown during our annual Sidewalk Sale. You won't find anyone brawling over a discounted TV, but you will find some sweet deals on one-offs, samples, and overstocked merchandise from a great range of locally-owned small businesses.

Regulars at Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop will know ‘The Sewing Sailor’ from her popular greeting cards and bookmarks.

In this workshop Elena will teach us how to get started with watercolour paint, and she'll teach us some techniques to paint seasonal leaves.

Suitable for both beginners and experienced artists. Everything is provided.

When was the last time you wrote a letter? Or received one in the mail?

Letter-writing is now considered a lost art. It’s so much easier — and quicker — to fire off a text or email. But that’s precisely what makes writing and receiving letters so special. They require effort and thought; it’s hard not to feel special when you receive a handwritten letter or postcard in the mail.

Every participant will have at least one card, one postcard and one short letter ready for the mailbox at the end of our session.

On the first Friday in November, December and January you can stroll Greytown Village until 7pm. At least 25 stores - including Mrs Blackwell’s Village Bookshop - will be open for business.

Launching for a summer and autumn season on 9 December, Crop Up is Greytown's very own ultra-fresh, ultra-sustainable and ultra-tasty Saturday morning pop-up place to get your fresh food. It's all about crops, coffee and community.

The best booksellers in Wairarapa come together to give you the ultimate book-lovers day out!

Join us for NZ Bookshop Day, on Saturday, October 7 2023.

More details will be announced in April. Join our mailing list to be the first to know (link provided).

Following her popular appearance at Featherston Booktown in 2021, Helen Lehndorf returns to the South Wairarapa to discuss her new book, A Forager’s Life, in conversation with Mary Biggs.

Tally ho tweeders! Spiffing news. The National Tweed Ride is back – bigger, jollier and simply more marvellous than ever – and you’re invited! You there, with the rambunctious personality and slightly snorty laugh…

Grab a coffee and browse the sunny (fingers-crossed!) streets of Greytown during our annual Sidewalk Sale. You won't find anyone brawling over a discounted TV, but you will find some sweet deals on one-offs, samples, and overstocked merchandise from a great range of locally-owned small businesses.

Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop turns 2 years old! Join us on Saturday, December 10th for prizes, giveaways, festivity and free mini Bookies!

We are delighted to announce that Sandra Kaminski will be in store prior to Christmas! This is her only book launch event outside of Auckland, and is a rare chance to have her new book signed for you or a loved one.