COMING SOON

The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances

A NOVEL BY TERRI TE TAU

$ 38.00

A remarkable debut that follows one close-knit Māori community and the Wairarapa forest they are fighting to restore. Now available for pre-order.

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hoof prints
leaf litter
broken twigs
scat

a spoor is a scent
a track or trail
a trace of an animal
up ahead.

Spoor Books is an independent publisher, a community platform and an online bookstore featuring titles from India and beyond. Based in Titirangi, Aotearoa New Zealand, we aim to connect readers with left-field inquiries and non-Western imaginaries.

The name is inspired by our whippet Mishti Boy. Dogs read the world with their noses to the ground, using a spoor to trace where other animals have been and track where they’re going. The metaphor captures what books have been for readers: a way to spoor through the dense thicket of ideas towards imaginative clearings.

PHOTO

Balamohan Shingade and Erena Shingade with Mishti Boy.

CONTACT

spoorbooks@gmail.com

DISTRIBUTION & STOCKISTS

Visit Expensive Hobby for a full list of our stockists,
and find our books at your local bookshop using BookHub.

NGĀ MIHI

Our heartfelt thank you to Katie Kerr for design, Foundation North
for funding, Peter Dowling for guidance, and Rosabel Tan for conversations.

1. INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER

2. COMMUNITY PLATFORM

3. ONLINE BOOKSTORE