You may have read recently in the media about the top titles borrowed from Christchurch City Libraries in 2015, but that just scratches the tip of the iceberg. We've got even more to share with you. If the publishing industry is a literary popularity contest then these titles from our library collection are the cool kids in school. In non-fiction…
2016년의 태양이 더 크게 웃는 이유는?
수선화가 꽂힌 테이블에 앉았습니다. 따뜻한 커피 한 잔이 고맙습니다. 작은 미소와 따뜻한 행복이 참 좋습니다. 이른 봄날에 소개 하고 싶은 OverDrive를 이용한 전자 책입니다. 법륜.혜민님들이 생각한 말 – 김옥림 무엇을 해야 하는지, 어떻게 살아야하는지, 삶의 불안을 느끼는 이, 사람은 무엇으로 사는가에 대한 물음에 갈망하는 이…… 항상 사람들에게 명쾌한 삶의 길을 제시하는 법륜스님과 젊은 혜안에서 건…
Sick bags and bedspreads: New titles from our Literature Selector
The Bloomsbury set just keep on delivering. Hard on the heels of the TV series (yet to be seen here) about the sexy carryings on of the Bloomsbury set comes a new biography of David Garnett called Bloomsbury's Outsider. Garnett - scientist, writer, free love enthusiast, conscientious objector in WW1 and spy in WW2 …
eResources Discovery Search – all you need to know
The library has a massive array of eResources. Some are for pleasure like OverDrive with its eBooks and eAudiobooks while some target your information gathering needs such as Academic OneFile. There can be no doubt that the information supplied in these eResources are useful, but they are so very well hidden. Now we have a…
The waywardness of the holiday reader
I boarded the plane at the start of the hols with lists of Books That Must Be Read Now That I have The Time and stepped off QF139 a month later with a suitcase full of Books That Happened Quite By Chance. Here's what happened in-between: Even though my hand luggage contained a perfectly good…
In which Katherine indulges her weakness for Lord Byron
It is always a great feeling to discover a book that you didn't really know anything about before you picked it up and find that you can't put it down. Recently a new book, Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club caught my eye. The synopsis looked promising - young adult urban fantasy set in…
Te Kupu o Te Wiki – Āwhina (help/assist)
Kia ora. To encourage the use of Te Reo Māori we are publishing weekly kupu (words) and phrases that can be used with children. Kupu (word) āwhina help/assist Māku koe e āwhina. I will help you. Browse our Te Reo Māori resources. Previous Te Kupu o te reo Māori posts…
Waitangi Day in Christchurch and Canterbury – Saturday 6 February 2016
Find out about Christchurch and Canterbury Waitangi Day celebrations in 2016. 6 February 2014. Rāpaki Marae citizenship ceremony. Flickr: 2014-02-06-Citizenship6Feb2014PR-0082. Photo supplied by Christchurch City Council. Library hours All Christchurch City Libraries branches will be closed on Saturday 6 February. Some libraries will be open on Monday 8 February. Saturday 6 February - closed Sunday…
Summertime reading club – Kōrero pukapuka ā te wā o raumati 2015
Our annual Summertime Reading Club programme is for kids between 0 and 16 years old inclusive. The competition ran between 9am 18 December 2015 and 5pm 18 January 2016. The Summertime Reading Club challenge was to read for as many minutes as you could throughout the summer. See the list of winners. Summertime Reading Club…
Off the shelf (3)
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 shelf. This time she reports back on some of the titles that have graduated to her Completed shelf. Some lovely books that have come off the…
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