28 August 2024

Bookshop Detectives: Louise and Gareth Ward

Join the authors of cosy crime novel Bookshop Detectives to discuss the book, their colourful lives and bookselling.

Louise and Gareth Ward met at police school and now own the beloved Havelock North bookshop Wardinis.

A delightful mix of Diary of a Bookseller, Thursday Murder Club and Bookseller at the End of the World, their charming, cosy crime novel Bookshop Detectives follows two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) as they solve a decades-old murder mystery.

Louise and Gareth join bookseller Bel Monypenny for a conversation about their book, their colourful lives past and present, and bookselling.

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Louise and Gareth Ward met at police school and now own the beloved Havelock North bookshop Wardinis.

A delightful mix of Diary of a Bookseller, Thursday Murder Club and Bookseller at the End of the World, their charming, cosy crime novel Bookshop Detectives follows two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) as they solve a decades-old murder mystery.

Louise and Gareth join bookseller Bel Monypenny for a conversation about their book, their colourful lives past and present, and bookselling.

Location
Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central

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