From alien love affairs to paranormal passions — there will be a love story for everybody at a new Dunedin bookstore entirely dedicated to romance. Colette Palmer said her independent bookstore, The Ink Pot, opening next month in St Andrew St, would stock novels from "all across the romance spectrum". Ms Palmer, a paranormal romance author of six years under the pen name Colette Rhodes, said romance-exclusive bookstores were not a new idea. She loved the atmosphere of romance and wanted to bring it to Dunedin. "People love the community that comes with a romance bookstore as well.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 11, 2026 15:34 UTC