So Christmas is nearly upon us. I personally am trying not to dwell on this season as I have no leave and no money. My holiday experience will be snide remarks around the dinner table on Christmas day in Invercargill. I can be normal and single at 40 can't I? For those of you more…
eBooks can save your blushes!
According to the Daily Telegraph we use eBooks to save us from embarrassment. Apparently we like to to hide books we would rather not let other people see us reading within the electronic walls of an eReader or mobile device. For all anyone knows you are reading How to Teach your Children Shakespeare when really…
National Geographic goes electric
I always wanted to be a vet when I was a kid so I loved National Geographic magazine. Then I grew up and met biochemistry and dissections at university and my dreams changed. National Geographic continues to produce amazing material through the National Geographic Digital Archive which includes: National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-Current online access to all…
Heathcote contingent at Peace Procession : Picturing Canterbury
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Purge yourself of sinful sugar
As a librarian, I obviously get a great many resources sliding across my desk. All genres, mediums, types, categories and kinds, whatever, pass through my grubby little paws and are whipped out onto the shelves, or forwarded onto another library ... Some things DON'T attract my attention, such as Fifty Shades of Grey, Mills and…
Fun galore with IceFest 2014
A report on IceFest 2014.
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
You probably know the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses. Twelve sisters disappear at night and come back with worn out shoes — where have they gone? The father offers a reward for anyone who can solve the mystery. The mystery of The Girls at the Kingfisher Club has already been solved. A father, determined for…
Sexy Avocados and Shocking Books
So many supposedly scandalous books just aren't. American Psycho was one exception - I told my sister "Don't read this, it's shocking" (of course this was just the spur she needed to do the exact opposite). At last another book has left me shocked and speechless. It is called Wetlands. If you are at all…
Off the shelf
As followers of our blog will know, voracious reader Robyn has been sharing with us on a regular basis the titles that she has been adding to her For Later list. This time she reports back on some of the titles that have graduated to her Completed shelf. Some things that recently moved from my…
Fast Facts about Christchurch History
Name the first four ships? Charlotte Jane which arrived at Lyttelton on the morning of 16 December 1850 Randolph which arrived at Lyttelton on the afternoon of 16 December 1850 Sir George Seymour which arrived at Lyttelton on 17 December 1850 Cressy which arrived at Lyttelton on 27 December 1850 Why was Christchurch named Christchurch? It was…
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