In the Waimea Room

The Random Roadshow (trapezes! high wires! death-defying reading! nibbles!) is over for another year* and Stella attempts to contain her excitement about the forthcoming books from Random House New Zealand.

*We forgot to photograph Nicola's and Rachel's riveting recommendation-juggling act, so you'll have to content yourself with this shot of a potted palm and the little wedge holding the tripod up in the Rutherford Big Top. We thronged the stalls along with our fellow booksellers and librarians from throughout the region.