Tēnā koutou kātoa Best picks, reader advisory, book recommendations, what’s hot, whatever you like to call it, sometimes the best reads come from someone else’s sharing. Luckily there are librarians with a passion for the Young Adult (YA) collections in our libraries. We spend our spare time engrossed in books that we love to share with…
The book trade is already thinking Christmas!
It is about this time of year that the Selection Team starts getting notification of what items are coming out for the Christmas market. Recently we attended an evening where publishers presented their choices for Christmas high flyers. Jodi Picoult was top of the list with her new title Leaving Time. It was billed as…
Happy Father’s Day
Kia ora and Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads. Search our catalogue for stuff about fatherhood, fathers, and daddydom, and here are some Dads from our photo collection (including mine): Tuckered Out at Governor’s Bay. Justine McKelvey’s brother and father relaxing after a Sunday Day picnic at Allandale, Governor’s Bay. March 1963. Kete Christchurch…
Trailblazers – New Zealand Women and the Vote
New Zealand suffrage campaigners led by Kate Sheppard have been described as “Trailblazers” in their fight for New Zealand women to achieve the right to vote. After a 7-year-long campaign this right was finally achieved when, on the 19th September 1893, a new Electoral Act was enacted allowing New Zealand women the right to vote…
Adult Learners’ Week — He Tangata Mātauranga: an opportunity to try something new
My grade three teacher confused me. He told me that he learned something new every day. How could that be? He was a teacher and he knew everything. My grandmother and her sister added to my primary school-aged confusion by telling me that they enjoyed learning new things all the time. What was going on…
Four years ago: 4 September 2010
Then, and now. It is strange how things blur, what you forget, and what you remember. It was shake, awake, get out, fear, and heck, is everyone ok? And wow, there is the chimney all over the backyard. This is what I saw shortly after 4.35am, after the 7.1 earthquake on 4 September 2010. Victoria…
Happy 50th birthday Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
2014 is the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - can you believe it?! If Charlie Bucket continued aging, he would be at least 60 by now, and the Chocolate Factory would look very different after the unionisation of the Oompa Loompas. September 13 was Roald's birthday and is now celebrated world-wide as Roald…
What’s for pudding, Mum?
I love dessert! Sweet, delicious dessert! Chocolate raspberry torte... New York cheesecake... spiced pumpkin crème brûlée... even good old rice pudding -- I love them all! Dessert is my favourite thing about going out for dinner, but somehow the fates (usually in the form of fractious children) always seem to conspire against me. On the rare occasions that we do go out, more…
NoViolet Bulawayo: The Interview. WORD Christchurch
Chatting with NoViolet at WORD Straight after NoViolet Bulawayo‘s presentation on her book We Need New Names at WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival, I cornered her for a chat. We settled at a table with a view at Rydges Hotel, one that overlooked Latimer Square and the Transitional Cathedral. Perfect. I set up the recorder…
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