The Page and Prose Booksellers

28/03/2026

Our next bookclub pick is a NZ debut from an Indy press, and an Ockham’s shortlister. Grab a copy now and join us in a couple of weeks for a glass of wine and a chat in the bookshop!

09/03/2026

The date is set and your are cordially invited to join us for high tea in the bookshop on Sunday 29th March, 2pm, to discuss the first of our Jane Austen bookclub reads: Sense & Sensibility. The event is free but please RSVP!

23/02/2026

The Page and Prose and Timaru Booksellers are excited to celebrate Jane Austen with you ALL YEAR LONG. Join us once a month for an Austen fest as we deep dive each of her novels - and a few contemporary Austen adjacent novels in our famously awesome bookclub setting. The bookclubs can be joined virtually if you can’t make it to South Canterbury, and will be hosted in the bookshops, with joining instructions issued by email. Email [email protected] to find out more.

09/02/2026

A wee exciting development in the bookshop, the great chaps at Paul Autridge Joinery have made and installed our new picture book display unit. Modelled here by Cherry - books back in situ by the end of the day!

07/02/2026

Join us for our next bookclub and let’s discuss, among other things, if this deserves the title of best book ever… wine an nibbles provided by the bookshop, congenial interrogation of the book provided by book lovers. Free to those who buy the book from us ❤️

31/01/2026

It’s bookclub week! Come and join us for our first ever Bookshop Bookclub - a free event for those who have purchased the book from us. Look forward to seeing you, 6pm on Wednesday.

23/01/2026

It’s been out of print for 5 years but DIESEL, DUST, MEN & MACHINE is back! The pictorial history of the hydro dam scheme and the men and machines who built it. Come in and grab a copy now

05/01/2026

The Page & Prose is looking for a full time bookseller to begin mid February.

The successful candidate will be an advocate for reading, will have a deep and diverse knowledge of books, will have excellent customer service skills and be adept at managing multiple projects on the go. Alongside retail expertise, the ideal candidate will be technologically proficient, curious and a quick learner. Experience with Shopify or Circlesoft will be a strong advantage.

The role is 40 hours a week, Geraldine based and remuneration relevant to experience.

Applications must include a cover letter and a CV and contact details for three referees.

Applications are not accepted via Facebook. For all enquiries to to apply, please visit the bookshop or email [email protected].

03/01/2026

Thinking about joining the Bookshop Book club but want to know more? We’ve got some answers to your questions, but ama in the comments!

31/12/2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR READERS! Here are our bookclubs and book events for the first three months of the year, and a refresher on our bookclubs: they’re open to anyone, they’re held at the bookshop and we all read the same book and then discuss the book, and then discuss other books and bookish things. The bookshop puts on a spread and it’s free to attend, we just ask that you buy the book from us, or via Libro.fm (our audible book provider) with us as your chosen bookshop. Any questions, just pop into the bookshop.

Film club! A special addition to our Bookshop Bookclub scheduling because of the three amazing movie lineups of beloved books. The dates here may change, but the bookclub involves a trip to the movies! We’ll meet in the bookshop before hand to discuss the book and how it might play out on screen.

The Timaru Bookclubs are held in Timaru Booksellers, 331 Stafford Street, Timaru and the Geraldine Bookclubs are held in The Page & Prose, 26 Talbot Street, Geraldine.

18/12/2025