OK, so as I write this I'm munching away on Easter chocolate, and Christmas is so last year already, but I've been wanting to tell you about one of my family's Christmas traditions. Every year, I make each of the kids a handmade gift. I didn't even know that they'd noticed, or cared particularly until…
Happy 10th birthday, Upper Riccarton Library
Upper Riccarton Community and School Library - Te Kete Wānanga o Pūtaringamotu - is ten years old. It's a special place, bringing together the locals with Riccarton High School and Christchurch City Libraries. Kia ora Upper Riccarton staff and customers! Here are some pics from ten years of being at the heart of the community…
Margaret Mahy and the importance of childhood reading
There's a painting of a lady on the wall at my work. She's sitting in an armchair, with a big black dog at her side and a black cat on her lap. Behind her is a bookcase full of books and to her right side a window, opening up to a garden and a sea…
Te Kupu o Te Wiki – Kākahu moe (pyjamas/nightwear)
Kia ora. To encourage the use of Te Reo Māori we are publishing weekly kupu (words) and phrases that can be used with children. Kupu (word) kākahu moe pyjamas/nightwear Kuhuna ō kākahu moe. Put on your pyjamas. Browse our Te Reo Māori resources. Previous Te Kupu o te wiki te reo Māori posts…
The babes in the wood
The book group theme for February just has to have been The Babes in the Wood (the traditional tale first told in Norwich England in 1595), with all our reads having innocence/naivety central to their stories. Quite extraordinary how this kind of pattern can emerge in reading. Take note though, not all the babes are…
Things we LOVE about poet Anis Mojgani
Anis Mojgani is a songful sculptor of words. It was apt that on his return visit to Christchurch, the US slam poetry champion performed at both the Wunderbar in Lyttelton and the Christchurch Art Gallery – hosts to music and art - because when you witness Anis in full flight you can’t help but marvel…
Read all about it – The Independent comes to eResources!
Online newspapers are popular at the library and come in a variety of forms. There is the instant appeal of today’s news with PressDisplay or there are newspaper archives, such as our latest arrival to eResources - The Independent Digital Archive 1986-2012. We have a number of these newspaper archives. Our customers like their historical…
Leaving the Red Zone: An Anthology of Earthquake Poetry
In vain, I have trawled the email highway of Christchurch City Libraries in an effort to “out” some closet poets amongst all the erudite librarians out there, but the only contributors to Leaving the Red Zone: Poems from the Canterbury Earthquakes, an anthology edited by James Norcliffe and Joanna Preston, that I could find were…
Excuse me while my inner fangirl palpitates…
There was much excitement in the Beecrafty household last weekend! We went to Armageddon and met Marina Sirtis (a.k.a. Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation - see the signed photo we got)! Even Mr Beecrafty was so star struck that he lamented having to wash his hand after shaking hands with the beautiful Betazoid heroine! Marina (yes, we're on…
Which of these writers is a Great Kiwi Classic?
Which of the following writers do you think deserves to be considered a Great Kiwi Classic? Maurice Gee Robin Hyde Bruce Mason James K. Baxter The answer is all of them, but if you had to pick one which would it be? Since 2014 the New Zealand Book Council and Auckland Writers Festival, have been awarding…
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