Dead Souls Bookshop

Dead Souls Bookshop is the kind of place that makes a specific search feel slightly beside the point. Hidden among the creaky charm of its central Dunedin premises are shelves upon shelves of second-hand books, spanning literature, poetry, philosophy, classics, crime, science fiction, fantasy, art, natural history, Māori culture, New Zealand history and children’s books. Expect old book presses, letterpress cabinets and vintage covers overhead, along with rare, unusual and collectable titles tucked between more everyday discoveries. The shop also has an in-house printery and bindery, where small-press publications and hand-printed bookmarks are made under the Kilmog Press imprint. Dead Souls is for browsers, collectors and anyone happy to follow a promising spine down an unexpected rabbit hole. It is, in the shop’s own wonderfully direct words, “open when open”- usually Monday to Saturday, 10am - 5pm. It is wise to call ahead before making a special trip.