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Tiny Fest - 22-24 November
A unique site-responsive travelling arts festival | Tiny Fest ⚡2024 is coming to Tūranga! Immersive performances, workshops, and more!
Summertime Reading Challenge
FROM 1 DECEMBER: Keep reading this summer & win. It's easy. Pick up a postcard, complete at least three challenges, & drop the postcard in.
Fendalton Library reopened Monday 18 November
Fendalton Library has reopened. They are trialling going EFTPOS only, and the back carpark won't be available until 26 November.
CCL Mobile - The Library App
Our app lets you find stuff, place holds easily, check out books on the self check machine, & switch between your family's library cards.
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Comics Plus
Read all the comics with unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga, For ages 16+.
Listen to Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth on BorrowBox
Listen now to Darling Girls, a domestic thriller about sisterhood, secrets, love and murder - no holds, no queues.
Listen to The Affair by Lee Child on BorrowBox
Listen to The Affair, book 16 of the Jack Reacher series, right now - no holds, no queues.
For Readers
For Readers
New For You - November
New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems - chosen especially for you by our book buyers!
New Titles
Explore the latest eAudiobooks, eBooks, fiction, large print, non-fiction, & stuff for kids and teens.
Science fiction reading guide
Gazing toward the stars? If you like stories set on alien worlds, inter-species politics, and space travel try our science fiction guide.
World and travel reading guide
Be transported. Find reads that take you to exotic cities, feast on the foods of a foreign culture, or be inspired by real life adventurers.
Join the library. It's free!
Kia ora and welcome to Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi - join online now.
Picnic in the Park - Barrington Park
Jan 24th | 11:00am - 12:30pm
Bring blankets, bring your whānau, and come and join us for a picnic in the summer sunshine! There will a Storywalk, games, and crafts
Summertime Reading at the Pool - Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
Jan 23rd | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Enjoy summertime stories and songs poolside as well as outdoor games, crafts, swim safety talk from Swimsmart team, spot prizes and more.
Summertime Pop-up Library - Riccarton House
Jan 22nd | 10:00am - 2:00pm
Riccarton House
Join us at Riccarton House for Summertime Reading fun and a storywalk. Chill in our cozy book nook, enjoy some stories, play games.
Books and bugs at Brooker
Jan 21st | 10:00am - 3:00pm
Avon Otakaro Forest Park
Join Christchurch City Council parks and libraries, Avon-Ōtākaro Forest Park, Canterbury Museum and Green Lab in a big bug hunt!
