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Christchurch Pride: March 2025

Christchurch Pride events for teens include book clubs, crafting, Dungeons and Dragons, and more.

Library at SPACPAC Canterbury Polyfest 2025

Mar 22nd | 8:30am - 5:30pm
North Hagley Park
Afio mai! Welkam olgeta! Come down to Polyfest and chill in the shade of our van with the Pasifika library crew.

Join us for school holiday fun and learning

Join in our bookable programmes and free activities in the school holidays.

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LinkedIn Learning for Libraries

Video library of courses and tutorials on software, creative and business skills taught by industry experts.

Read Poorhara by Michelle Rahurahu on Libby now!

A tragicomedy set in the confines of a 1994 Daihatsu Mira, Poorhara is a journey of epic proportions. No wait list for our featured eBook.

Listen to Good Material by Dolly Alderton on BorrowBox

Listen to this relatable story of heartbreak and friendship read by Arthur Darvill & Vanessa Kirby. Available now! No waitlist.

Listen to Still Unwritten by Caroline Khoury on BorrowBox

Listen to this fast-paced, forbidden romance read by Polly Edsell. Available now! No waitlist.

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LinkedIn Learning for Libraries

Video library of courses and tutorials on software, creative and business skills taught by industry experts.

For Readers

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New For You - March 2025

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.

Popular science reading guide

Popular science takes science and makes it engaging and interesting to read. We recommend some great popular science titles and authors.

LGBTQIA+ reading guide

Read the rainbow with fiction, non-fiction, biographies, and graphic novels.

New For You

New For You - March 2025

New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems - chosen especially for you by our book buyers!

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NZ Booklovers Awards

2025 winners: best adult fiction book, best lifestyle book, best young adult fiction, junior fiction, and children's picture books.

Chaharshanbe Suri fire jump: Picturing Canterbury

A boy jumping the fire at the Canterbury Kia Ora Academy Chaharshanbe Suri event, 2024. An image from Canterbury Stories.
Into North Korea. Norman Pierson : Korean War Photographs. CCL-Pierson-CCL-PH-0007

The Korean War 1950 to 1953

Explore our resources on the Korean War.

New Zealand and the Korean War

Find out more about the 6000 New Zealanders who played a role in the Korean War.
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