Piggery Books

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.
The man who never reads lives only one."
George R. R. Martin

The Piggery is Northland's largest secondhand bookshop, offering a huge range of secondhand books as well as special-interest new books.
Corona Virus COVID-19 Update

Thank you for sticking with us and welcome back!
We are now functioning at almost full capacity and as of Sunday 31st May will be returning to our pre-COVID-19 hours of Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 10am-4pm. We ask you to keep a physical distance of 2m, leave your contact details and sanitise your hands at the counter.
Our weekly specials will return in June, so watch this space!
Thank you all for your patience and understanding - the health and safety of our customers and staff is of the utmost importance to us.
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#ReadingSavesLives
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The Piggery specialises in quality books covering a vast range of subjects and suiting most reading tastes, reference needs - and budgets.

We buy, sell & exchange secondhand books, CDs, DVDs & new stock arrives daily.

Our knowledgeable staff are all avid readers & booklovers - even the cat - & are always happy to help with specific book inquiries, offer suggestions or recommendations.

If we cannot find a particular title in-store will add it to our "Most Wanted" list and advise you when it turns up.

We also have "Gift Vouchers" available exclusively for use in our store, which are the perfect present for those hard to please friends!

Our books are classified in easy-to-find, clearly-labelled sections and well-catalogued for search purposes - you can easily lose yourself, without getting lost!

A book-buyer is available most days, but you are welcome to leave books for perusal anytime.

We also offer a "Research" service - for a small fee, we can find out if that little book that's been lying around the house since you were a wee thing, is worth anything!

We are open 7 days a week and have off-street parking behind the store, at 42 Walton Street, Whangarei, Northland.

Check out our collections, our latest rare books and bargains, the Porcine Gallery, our shop history & staff and our Facebook page!

Call in, browse the collections and meet the Team