Christmas can be a stressful time of year and whether you're heading away on holiday next week, or staying in town if you've got children you'll be looking for ways to keep them happy and entertained over the school break. Christchurch City Libraries has heaps of resources and recommendations to help out frazzled parents and caregivers…
Haere mai Christchurch Art Gallery
"We regret that the Gallery is currently closed for repairs." I'm used to seeing that on the Christchurch Art Gallery website. But now there is a new message twinkling at me: "We'll be reopening on Saturday 19 December at 10.00am." Yes, the big news in town is that the Christchurch Art Gallery is set to…
A Yuletide wish
These images come from Heney family album, a private collection including a selection of photographs and postcards from the Heney family album. Explore more Christchurch Christmas images. Kōrerorero mai - Join the conversation…
Christmas greetings
These images come from Postcard album, 1906-1926, compiled by Ruth Crump - A selection of postcards from a postcard album containing New Zealand and overseas postcards. Archive 345. Explore more Christchurch Christmas images. Kōrerorero mai - Join the conversation…
The first Freerange Little Prints book – Chickens in the hen house
Freerange Press has produced two essential books about post-quake Christchurch: Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV which documents the temporary and the pop-up in our town (including libraries), 50 thought-provoking essays, and visual projects as included in Once in A Lifetime: City-building After Disaster in Christchurch. Now they've branched out, and launched Freerange Little Prints…
An eResource revamp!
Usually it is not until the New Year that we start to think about a bit of personal remodelling. Perhaps a new outfit or a gym membership to try and rediscover the muscle hiding under that soft flesh we keep accumulating. Well this year EBSCO have got in early and remade one of our popular…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Christchurch
Confession time. I've never actually read any Sherlock Holmes stories. I even made a resolution to a few years back, and then the BBC started making the brilliant Sherlock series (and let's not forget Elementary) and I never got any further. Why would I with Benedict Cumberbatch filling the Holmesian slot in my pop culture wishlist? But perhaps I need to…
Log on board the S.S. Somersetshire, 1869
If you enjoy local history, heritage, or generally intriguing snippets of information, make sure to keep an eye on our digital collection. New additions appear regularly. One of the latest is the Log on board the S.S. Somersetshire, 1869, by W. C. Walker. Mr Walker left Plymouth on 1 July and arrived in Melbourne on…
Happy Hanukkah!
"Monica, Monica, have a happy Hanukkah!" I'm a tad ashamed to say that, yes, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word Hanukkah is Phoebe's holiday song in Friends. I suspect that I may not be alone in my limited awareness... Yet Hanukkah is one of the most popular Jewish religious…
The Best Kids & YA books of 2015
As a librarian with a passion for children's literature I read nothing but books for kids and teens all year long. I visit schools around the city to promote great new reads for kids so I always have to keep up-to-date with the new and exciting books we get in at the library. I have read a…
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