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By Amelia
Meet Piece House, a New Zealand-owned puzzle company creating stunning jigsaw puzzles featuring beautiful artwork by Kiwi artists. Discover why these premium puzzles are quickly becoming one of my favourite...
By Amelia
For many people, the idea of pulling out a puzzle on their lunch break or at a café while waiting for a friend seems a little ambitious. But what if...
By Amelia
Now, anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for a book with sprayed edges. If it has a sprayed edge, I’m buying it immediately and it’s joining the rest...
By Amelia
Theresa joined our team this week and quickly dominated the lunch table with her scrabble skills, taking on Hannah and Amy in a couple of rounds of Bananagrams. It was...
By Amelia
I'm so excited about the new Rolife kits we have arriving soon. They're perfect for adding a little cosy charm to your space, whether that's a magical book nook that...
By Amelia
Growing up, school holidays were always filled with excitement, but eventually we'd run out of things to do, especially during winter when it was too cold to spend much time...
By Lizzy
Here's a round up of what the Book Hero team are loving in our range of puzzles at the moment! The perfect cozy winter activity to get lost in.
By Amelia
Anyone who knows me and my siblings knows just how competitive we are. In fact, there are some board games that are completely banned whenever we're together because things get...
By Amelia
When Siobhan and I first started our puzzling journey, we very quickly ran into one major problem - we didn’t have enough space for all the boxes. We had puzzles...
By Amelia
Amelia shares the way her family has been taken over by Rolife kits and some of their current faves.
By Amelia
If you’re new to Rolife, it’s a DIY creative brand that focuses on beautifully detailed handmade 3D puzzles and miniature kits. From enchanting book nooks that transform your bookshelf into...
By Amelia
Jigsaws are no longer just a quiet Sunday activity. From solo sprints to team relays, speed puzzling is growing across New Zealand. This guide breaks down how competitions work, where...
By Amelia
We just refreshed our collection with 150 premium Ravensburger arrivals. Whether you want a relaxing 500 piece landscape, a massive 5,000 piece masterpiece, or a strategic board game like Disney...
By Amelia
Bring home a quiet moment of calm with our latest eeBoo arrivals. Each puzzle pairs gorgeous artwork with a curated music playlist for total relaxation. These stunning sets make thoughtful...
I can’t believe I’m already sitting down to write this blog post. Book Hero isn’t even two years old and we’ve already moved once before, which means we’re now onto...
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Today we’re incredibly excited to share the next chapter in our story. Later this month, we’ll be launching Toy Hero - a brand-new home for toys, imagination and play.
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Even though we’re an online business, our physical bookstore feels like the heart of everything we do. There’s something special about stepping away from the screen and being around people...
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If we thought 2025 was a busy year, 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger. Before we get started, I’d like to be cheeky and acknowledge a small personal...
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Looking back on 2025, it has been without doubt the most challenging year of my life — and also the most rewarding. For a long time, I’ve held two competing...
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Fresh off the back of our Christmas Bookshop Day (only our second ever in-person event) it’s fair to say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Book...
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Exactly one year ago today, the Book Hero website went live, and a hopeful but fragile idea transformed into a fully functional business with real people, real shelves, real books...
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Tomorrow is New Zealand Bookshop Day, an event championed by the Booksellers Association of New Zealand to encourage book lovers to celebrate their local bookshop. Having not quite achieved the...
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We’ve done it — 40,000 books moved across a single weekend to our new home just around the corner at 8/4 Rawiri Place, Hobsonville. If you know Hobsonville, we are...
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When we signed our lease at 2/6 Workspace Drive we intended to call it home for the next three years — but our growth during our first nine months has...
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I’m delighted to report that things are not slowing down at Book Hero. We delivered more books to customers in May than we did over the busy Christmas period in...
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It’s been over four months since my last Book Hero update so I thought it was the right time to celebrate some key milestones and reflect back on the busy Christmas period…...
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