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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019
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Coddington’s new chapter Hayley Gastmeier From the hustle and bustle of life as a politician and journalist to a world of vineyards and books. Deborah Coddington is in her element, surrounded by printed works of all colours and sizes about topics ranging from Patti Smith and house plants, to horses and the ‘poverty streets’ of old London. Deborah and I meet in her bookstore in Martinborough on a Saturday morning just before opening time. She puts a fresh welcome message in chalk on the blackboard in
the alleyway and switches on the lights. It’s only a matter of moments before the first person walks through the door. Deborah politely puts our conversation on hold to ask the potential shopper whether they would like any help. The former Act MP and award-winning feature writer opened The Martinborough Bookshop in May this year. She tells me that six months later she is now getting the hang
of running the store and business is going well. The shop has been set up in the space vacated by Martinborough Library that was the former Campbell’s Garage, of which a vintage photograph hangs on the wall. Deborah has kept the building interior true to its history with “an industrial feel”. Books are displayed on industrial-style shelving made by a local engineer and the old
car repair pit remains, now covered in a plank. She made a cake and exchanged it with Martinborough Transport for some 44-gallon drums, which are propping up large kauri doors that are now a bench for hundreds of books. As more book orders come into the store for display, more furniture at Deborah’s house on Te Muna Rd disappears. Large rugs on indefinite loan from a customer Continued on page 6
Journalist and former politician Deborah Coddington in The Martinborough Bookshop, which she opened in May 2019. PHOTO/HAYLEY GASTMEIER
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