Twitter loves books

Here’s a list of book trade people and book lovers using Twitter; our list is primarily focused on New Zealand. You can also find this as a Twitter list.

To be added to our list either email us at info@booksellers.co.nz or tweet us and let us know we’ve forgotten you.

Us
Booksellers New Zealand - the membership organisation for booksellers in New Zealand

Booksellers
Blenheim Bookworld – independent bookseller in Blenheim, South Island
Children’s Bookshop (Kilbirnie)
Cook the Books – Auckland bookstore specialising in food books
Don Hollander – owner of Book Haven in Newtown, Wellington
Fang Books – online bookstore specialising in paranormal romance and urban fantasy
Hamish Wright – owns Wrights Books in Cambridge
Leila who works at the Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop – a YA fan
Mighty Ape – online New Zealand bookstore
Page & Blackmore, Nelson
Time Out Bookstore, Auckland
Unity Books Auckland
University Bookshop Auckland
Village Bookshop Matakana

Publishers
Auckland University Press
Awa Press
Bridget Williams Books
Fergus Barrowman – publisher at Victoria University Press
Gecko Press
Hachette
HarperCollins
Kevin Chapman – President of the Publishers Association and head honcho at Hachette
Learning Media – most famous for creating the School Journal
Mary Egan
New Holland - publisher of illustrated non-fiction
Otago University Press
Penguin Books NZ
Random House New Zealand
Rosa Mira Books - publisher of ebooks
Scholastic – the American arm of the publisher
Text Publishing
Victoria University Press
Walker Books – representing their New Zealand and Australia activities

Writers, poets, illustrators 
Annabel Langbein - New Zealand chef and author
Bianca Zander – author of The Girl Below
Catherine Haines - Part-time writer of YA  & comics
Chris Bell – writer and editor
Dylan Horrocks - cartoonist
Emily Perkins – new book The Forrests out 2012. Also host of The Good Word on TVNZ 7
Evie Kemp – illustrator of A Dog Like That!
Helen Heath – poet (and VUP publicist)
Helen Lehndorf poet and events person for Palmerston North City Library
Helen Rickerby - poet
Jo Seagar - New Zealand chef and author
Johanna Knox – author of The Flytrap Snaps
Lynn Jenner – super poet
Karen Healey – author of Young Adult books
Kate Camp – award-winning poet
Mary McCallum – author and instigator of The Tuesday Poem scheme
Nalini Singh – paranormal romance writer: New Zealander who is crazy famous in the US
Nicky Pellegrino
Paul Shannon – author of Davey Darling (2006) and The Totem Hole (2007)
Paula Green - poet, book reviewer and book awards judge
Paula Morris
Rachael King – author of The Sound of Butterflies, Magpie Hall and Red Rocks (2o12)
Roger Langridge - Cartoonist, comic book writer and illustrator
Sarah Laing – writer of Coming Up Roses and Dead People’s Music and illustrator
Sophie Fern
Sue Orr
Sue Ransom
Susan Pearce
Tim Wilson – writer of Their Faces Were Shining
Tina Makereti – author of  Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa

Bookish people/reviewers/bookshop workers/ publicists and the like
Alex Hedley - Editor, writer, photographer, publishing professional
Bookiemonster – book blogger
Gemma Finlay - publicity person for Hachette but this is all her, nothing official
Gillian Torckler - also author, researcher, scientist
Guy Somerset – Listener books man and organiser of The Listener Book Club
Graham Beattie - book blogger
Keri Trim
Kimaya McIntosh – book blogger and publishing student
Lighthouse PR
Linda Hall - Books editor at Hawke’s Bay Today newspaper
Liz Gillett
Kathryn Carmody - Wellington’s go-to girl for book publicity
Mark Broatch
Mark Cubey - producer of Kim Hill’s show on Radio NZ
Martin Taylor – digital stuff
Melanie Wittwer - founder of the Green Bay Creative Writers
Stephanie Sopher - intern at Hachette NZ and publishing graduate
Tammy Ruffell – champion of sci-fi books and HarperCollins book rep
Tom Rennie - a jolly good person to follow if you want to talk e-books
Well Read Kitty – book blogger
Zac Harding – Christchurch librarian and avid promoter of children and young adults books

Book organisations, groups, establishments and clubs
Frankfurt Book Fair – the biggest book fair in the world
International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML)
NZ Book Month – every March
New Zealand Poetry Society – they like poems
New Zealand Post – sponsors of the New Zealand Post Book Awards and New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards
NZ Book Council
The Listener Book Club - an online book club run by magazine The Listener in association with Booksellers New Zealand
The Tuesday Poem - poets and poetry lovers who publish online each Tuesday

Libraries
Christchurch City Libraries
GisborneLibrary
Grey Lynn Library
Hamilton Libraries
Invercargill City Library
Mt. Roskill Library
Palmerston North City Library
Tararua Library
University of Otago Library

Books and/or their characters
Champ the Chopper