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View of Booklovers Villa and garden from the front
CULTURE AND NATURE:
THE CAPITAL CITY
...AND BUSH WALKS
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  • Full breakfast & free parking

  • Next to a park & the city’s green belt

  • Bus from the airport (No 2 Karori)

  • Walk to dozens of cafes/restaurants

  • And to Te Papa, the waterfront and central city

ONLINE BOOKING CALENDAR
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Check your dates on our booking calendar, confirm availability and make an online booking. 

SUMMER 2024/25
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Over summer 2024-2025 we have two rooms that are not bookable through the website. One has a queen bed – but is further from the private bathroom that goes with the room. The other has a double bed and is next to that bathroom.
These rooms can suit two friends who are happy to share a bathroom with each other; couples travelling with a friend; families with one child (or two who are prepared to share a double bed) or individuals who have the bathroom to themselves.
Please contact Jane if you would like to reserve one or both rooms. 

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CONVENT GIRLS WRITING
WORKSHOPS
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Come and stay at Booklovers B&B and produce your own account of your schooldays.

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​Weekends in August 2025​ - includes Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and dinner, and presentations sharing work after a late breakfast on Sunday.

THEY CAME TO STAY

John from Kent came to Booklovers in November – and left Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful ‘to add to the library’ following a conversation about War Horse. He wrote:  ‘Many thanks for an excellent week’s stay. The conversations around the table will remain a true souvenir of an excellent trip.’

SAID AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE

Do you know the word “smoko”? Is it only Kiwi or is it a general English word? I learnt it today in the workshop when a man said “We are going on smoko.”

I said, “What’s smoko?”  

He said it was a break, for a cup of tea.

Later I asked the manager if it was okay to say “no” when the men wanted to go on smoko.

He said, “Definitely not!” – but that the break should only be ten minutes.

Theodore, from Austria, who was working as the supervisor in a mechanical workshop
WHAT A BOOK COLLECTION!
 

"Thank you, Jane. We have loved our stay at Booklovers. The house and rooms are beautiful, and you are a wonderful, warm hostess. And what a book collection!"

 

/ Suzanne Faigan
Waiheke Island

WARM FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE, AND GREAT COFFEE!
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“We absolutely love staying at Booklovers. The location is so perfect for walking into the city, and there's always an easy, warm and friendly atmosphere - as well as great coffee! Many thanks Jane!”

 

/ Kristy, Rio & Ihaka
Rotorua

AS IF I WAS IN MY OWN HOUSE - AND MUCH MORE
 

“I came to Wellington for Katherine Mansfield, the early twentieth-century writer, and I found Jane, another writer. So nice and friendly, she made my stay as if I was in my own house - and much more.”

 

/ Christiane Bosq
Librarian from Paris

LIEBEVOLL VORBEREITET
 

"Liebe Jane
so liebevoll wie Du alles vorbereitet hast - das haben wir auf unserer Reise durch Neuseeland nirgends angetroffen"

 

/ Herzlich Ruth

Switzerland

WITHOUT HESITATION THE BEST IN TOWN!
 

"Beautiful building, lovingly decorated and convenient to all activities in Wellington. You will remember fondly the friendliness, kindness, helpfulness and honesty of the award-winning writer and journalist who is the owner/manager and of the woman who is in charge of cleaning. On the basis of long experience with Wellington B&Bs, I'd say without hesitation that this is the best in town!"

 

/ ‘Bill’ Williams
New York

THE FOOD IS AMAZING
 

“It's so fancy here -- I love it. The food is amazing”

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/Vita Faigan Johnson (9)
Waiheke Island

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