Science Alive is back for Term 3 with their Science Snippets sessions in libraries. Excellent Science Alive educators lead children through interactive activities to stimulate their interest in science, and there is something to take home every week! There is a different theme for each session and this coming week from Monday 1 August it's Colour…
Remembering Richard Pearse 1877 to 1953
My name is Richard William Pearse and today it will be 63 years since my death. You know me because I was one of the first people in the world to fly a powered aircraft. Some of you even believe that my flight preceded that of the Wright Brothers and you would be right, it…
Quick questions with Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh – WORD Christchurch
We are asking four quick questions of writers and thinkers coming to the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival on from 24 to 28 August. First up, it's Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh, award-winning Auckland-based Pacific poet and scholar. She recently performed for the Queen as the 2016 Commonwealth Poet. What are you looking forward to…
A glut of literary cookbooks
As so often happens with me, I recently spotted a single title that lead me down a library collection rabbit hole that I've only just scrambled out of. The book in question was Dinner With Mr Darcy: Recipes Inspired by the Novels and Letters of Jane Austen. My interest was piqued. I had a sudden appetite to know - what other…
Podcast – Human Rights and the Olympics
Christchurch City Libraries blog hosts a series of regular podcasts from New Zealand's only specialist human rights radio show Speak up - Kōrerotia. This show is created by Sally Carlton. With the Rio Olympics due to start next month, this episode discusses human rights in the sporting context and touches on subjects such as - The…
Te Rerenga Kōrero – Koia kei a koe
Kia ora. To encourage the use of Te Reo Māori Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori - The Māori Language Commission publish weekly Māori phrases that can be used to support or cheer someone on. Koia kei [a koe]/[a Sonny/Nehe/Māmā]! You’re great. You/Sonny/Nehe/Mum really nailed it! Full list of 50 rerenga kōrero for the year Browse…
Podcast – Exposing human rights through (citizen) media
Christchurch City Libraries blog hosts a series of regular podcasts from New Zealand's only specialist human rights radio show Speak up - Kōrerotia. This show is created by Sally Carlton. This episode, 'Exposing human rights through (citizen) media' discusses topics as wide-ranging as satellite technology, the Arab Spring and the struggle for independence in West Papua…
The “Monty Tour” 1947: Picturing Canterbury
Field Marshal Montgomery on tour in Christchurch. An image from Canterbury Stories.
Trump vs Clinton
It's on. Man vs woman. Republican vs Democrat. You may well be fed up with the whole thing by now but if not, we have plenty of reading material on the presidential hopefuls, including Trump's The Art of the Deal. Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of this immensely popular "memoir" of the real estate tycoon gave an astonishing…
Introducing Speak up – Kōrerotia
A new feature of the library blog is that we'll be hosting a locally produced podcast about human rights called Speak up - Kōrerotia. We'll let Sally Carlton, the woman who puts the podcast together, explain what it's all about. Kia ora Sally, what’s your particular interest in human rights? What led you to working…
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