One of the early leaders of bluegrass music, Ralph Stanley, has died at age 89. Ralph and his older brother Carter started out in the late 1940s as a duo. After Carter died in 1966, Ralph continued with his band the Clinch Mountain Boys and built a fan base fiercely devoted to his straightforward banjo…
Happy happy happy happy birthday Terry Riley!
With all the Brexit noise on the weekend you may have missed the birthday of Terry Riley on the 24th of June. Terry turned 80. Terry Riley, is an American composer and performing musician associated with the minimalist school of Western classical music, of which he was a pioneer. His work is deeply influenced by…
Can I recommend …
I've just found a new way to add to the ever-increasing list of book titles that I have great difficulty getting around to reading but have kept on my 'For Later' shelf in BiblioCommons. The cliché 'better late than never' springs to mind. My shelf currently stands at a very respectable 17 (I'm sure there…
Ready for the big guns? Time for eResources Discovery Search
When you have come to your senses and cast aside Wikipedia and Google in the quest for serious research solutions - then the library has what you require. The best research tool to start with is eResources Discovery Search or eDS for short. No matter how tight the deadline is this online treasure is available…
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week 2016
The dates for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) this year are 4 - 11 Hōngongoi (4-11 July) and this year the theme is - Te reo tautoko – behind you all the way The phrase "Ākina te reo - using the Māori language to show support" is also being used as part of the campaign which…
Follow Brexit with the British Media and PressReader!
Find more newspapers from around the globe with PressDisplay. Kōrerorero mai - Join the conversation…
Barbie: The Icon
Rightly or wrongly I was determined that my daughter was not going to have Barbie dolls, but by the time our daughter was 3 our house was awash with Barbie and all her paraphernalia. How did this happen? To try to even things out I presented our son with Barbie - he proceeded to use…
Don’t Dream It’s Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand – an interview with Emma Johnson of Freerange Press
Everyone's talking about journalism, how it is changing, and where its future lies. We asked Emma Johnson about the upcoming Freerange Press publication Don't Dream It's Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. This multi-author title includes contributions from Peter Arnett, Brent Edwards, Mihingarangi Forbes, Simon Wilson, Naomi Arnold, Toby Morris, Paula Penfold, Nicky Hager…
The power of fiction
Can reading fiction make you a better person? For example, the state of housing in New Zealand is a serious topic that surges and wanes with the seasons but never completely disappears from our radar. Winter always brings about an increase in concern: no one wants to live in a cold, leaky home, and no…
Lumber on an epic scale
I discovered at the weekend with a rapidly beating heart, that one of my all time favourite writers, Annie Proulx, has released a new novel. Thirteen years since her last novel, Barkskins is, by all accounts, a rip snorter. According to what I can glean from good old Mr Google, it is 736 pages long, spanning 3 centuries, and tells…
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