Kia ora. To celebrate Te Reo Māori we are publishing kupu (words). Kīwaha (colloquialism) Kei mahurangi kē koe. You are away with the fairies. Kupu (word) taihoa. hang on / wait. Taihoa kia hoki mai a Māmā. Wait for Mum to get back. Previous Te Kupu o te reo Māori posts. Browse our Te Reo…
This week in Christchurch history (23 to 29 March)
23 March 1866 Road to the West Coast officially opens. 23 March 1977 Durham Street overbridge opens. 24 March 1887 First City Council offices open. This building at the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street was designed by S. Hurst Seager. It was the first public building in Christchurch to break with the prevailing…
The New Zealand Jazz & Blues Festival 2015
The Cavell Leitch New Zealand Jazz & Blues Festival is coming to Christchurch from 7 to 12 April 2015. The festival has been providing Christchurch with great international and local performers since 1999. This year there are a variety of ways to get some jazz in your life, from lunchtime concerts in The Gym at…
Guess who’s coming to Christchurch? David Walliams, David Mitchell, Helen Macdonald, Xinran, Steve Braunias, Nick Davies.
Ōtautahi you are in for a right treat. WORD Christchurch - in association with the Auckland Writers Festival - is bringing six top authors to town for its Autumn Season 13 to 17 May. For some top whānau fun, head along to David Walliams (Thursday 14 May 6pm). He will be reading from Awful Auntie…
Short and sweet
Short stories are delicious. Like chocolates in a box, you pick one that looks good and indulge in a bite-sized treat. I was recently stuck at Auckland Airport and lifted the lid on a copy of Stone Mattress, nine tales from the ingenious mind of Margaret Atwood. I must admit I found these stories rather…
Murakami unleashed: Auckland Writers Festival programme is out
Last night the programme for the 2015 Auckland Writers Festival was released and people gave a collective squee. Haruki Murakami is the headliner. This is doubly exciting - he is one of the best writers of our time and he doesn't appear much on the literary festival circuit. We are not worthy, but we are…
Squeaky clean reading?
Today I stumbled upon an app that I can quite safely say I will never use. Clean Reader can instantly sanitize any of the books in its store to make them squeaky clean and free of profanity. Occasionally we get a customer who does feel that a book contains too much bad language. I have…
Join the Big Library Read
All Christchurch City Library members can borrow and read the autobiography eBook of Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by Laura Bates, starting on Tuesday, March 17 and concluding on April 1. This is the true-life tale of Shakespeare professor and prison volunteer Laura Bates as she teaches about the playwright in…
Punch Historical Archive 1841-1992 : laughter through the tears?
How did Punch, the world’s most celebrated magazine of humour and satire deal with the difficult subject of World War One? The Punch Historical Archive provides an interesting example of how comedy could be employed in a cathartic role against the fear and grief caused by the war on the home front. When the war…
Young Adult books for kids
Are you a great reader? Have you started to outgrow the kids section in your library? Look no further, because here are some suggestions of great books in the young adult section that won't upset your parents too much. Horror Do you like doll-eating girls and girl-eating cinema screens? If you answered yes, or if…
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