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“Christchurch really needs more quality second-hand book stores.” ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Paul Edwards wants Book Barn to become part of a book destination in east Christchurch. Ling had long wanted to open a bookstore and eventually found an empty shop on Ferry Rd. The neighbouring shop was also empty, so he asked his friend Paul Edwards, who runs the Chertsey Book Barn south of Rakaia, if he wanted to open next door. “The opportunity was there. He thought it would be a good mix. We are trying to complement each other and not compete.’’ ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Edwards said the two b...

Second-hand bookstores defeat Covid © Provided by Newsroom Back from the lockdown brink, many Kiwi second hand bookshops are flourishing — at least while the domestic tourist boom continues. Matteo Di Maio reports Lockdown. An almost total absence of overseas tourists. A fragile industry at the best of times. And yet, Kiwi second-hand bookstore owners say, business is booming. Sales are currently above pre-Covid levels, said Rachel Pope, the owner of   books in central Hamilton. “It’s been really good — great books coming in, great books going out.” Further North, Chloe Clennell...