Books are in our DNA

Mrs Blackwell’s Village Bookshop opened in December 2020 in a building that once housed the Greytown Library.

Since then, we’ve been delighting bookworms from the Wairarapa and around New Zealand with our carefully curated selection of books, fine stationery, and jigsaw puzzles.

Join me on a guided tour of the bookshop. Survey the store, meet my Advisory Board and feel the warmth of the log burner that keeps the shop toasty all winter.

  • I want you to walk away with a book (or stack of books) you’ll love. So I’ve wrangled a team of bookworms who love nothing more than to match readers with their next perfect read. Drop in to the store and have a chat with one of our Superior Book Clerks to get some seriously good recommendations.

  • Let’s be honest, a bookshop’s main competition is these new fangled smartphones! At Mrs Blackwell’s Village Bookshop we aim to give you plenty of reasons to put your phone down and indulge your curiosity in a book. And we’ll do all we can to provide an experience that’s worthy of your precious and limited time.

  • Be sure to check out the extensive range of fine stationery from around the world; I live and breathe quality stationery which is why I’ve dedicated a third of the store to it. We’ve got Traveler's Company, MD Paper, Esterbrook, Leuchtturm, Field Notes, our own range of Blackwell Press Greeting cards, and more wooden pencils than your primary school classroom.

“A place where the books find you.”

New Zealand’s Best Region for Readers

One of the (many) great things about the Wairarapa is we have 13 fantastic bookshops all within 30 minutes - or less - drive of one and other. If you’re making a weekend trip to Greytown you can visit Featherston Booktown - home to 6 secondhand booksellers - and just 10 minutes away, the Martinborough Bookshop is a mere 15 minutes from Greytown.

Visit our region in October for our annual Bookshop Hop, in celebration of The Great New Zealand Bookshop Day.

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“The most beautiful bookshop I’ve ever been in. I feel like a character in a fairytale.”

Give the gift of literature

Give your friends, family, or clients a book to remember with our premium gifting service. Our team of book nerds will lovingly select, wrap, and post a book to the reader in your life. They’ll even handwrite a card from you! All you need to do is sit back and take the credit.

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“Amazing to find a bookshop this good in the middle of nowhere!” - Visitor from Hamilton

Sell your wares alongside Mrs Blackwell

I’m always looking for artists, makers, growers, or tinkerers to sell their goods outside the bookshop from one of our stunning, vintage market carts. Available every Saturday and other days by arrangement.

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  • “My personal opinion is that [Mrs Blackwell’s Village Bookshop] is one of the top three book shops in the country.”


    Paul Owen for Motorhomes, Caravans and Destinations

  • “In the Wairarapa town of Greytown is what must be one of the loviest bookshops in the country. Mrs Blackwell’s Village Bookshop is a bookworms haven.”


    Siobhan Downes for Stuff Travel

  • "Town treasure."


    Sharon Stephenson for Kia Ora Magazine