Armchair travel is always a big hit over the Summer holidays, so we've put together a travel list with a bit of a twist... Come, throw yourself backwards in time and half a world away. Our new booklist, International Historical Fiction, has heaps of recommendations from all over the world, and from many different time…
Podcast – Organ harvesting
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 discusses: Stats on organ transplants in China; why are we talking about organ harvesting now when it has been going on for decades? Differences…
Te Rerenga Kōrero – Nāna tāna mahi!
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. Nāna tāna mahi! She's/He's the best! Full list of 50 rerenga kōrero for the year Browse our Te Reo Māori resources…
Summer Writing School for Youth 2017
The School for Young Writers in Christchurch is holding a Summer Writing School and Workshops, 16-20 January 2017. The Summer Writing School comprises a week’s worth of writing for teenagers, with special guest tutors alongside some of our regulars. On the final day students will get an opportunity for 1:1 mentoring as they complete a piece for…
Mortal Engines rule!
If you haven't read Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve, you'd better get on to it. Or you won't be able to compare it with the movie - our very own Peter Jackson began shooting on this film in March 2017! Written for young adults, Carnegie Medal winning Mortal Engines is a fast-paced tale of good…
Linwood Games – this Sunday 11 December
Head along to the Linwood Games this Sunday! The Games are on at Linwood Park, Linwood Avenue this Sunday 11 December, from noon to 3pm. There will be skate tricks and tips, scoot, rollerblade, bounce, jump on a crazy bike, shoot some hoops with Mai FM, play tag, face painting and much more! Free Hellers…
Knit ME! Knit ME!
One of the best things about being a librarian has got to be unpacking the boxes of new books. It's like a little bit of Christmas every week! Knitted Animal Cozies As soon as I pulled Knitted Animal Cozies out of the box, I just knew this was my latest favourite craft book. The animals are…
Recent necrology, November 2016
Some well-known people who have died recently Mose Allison, 1927-2016 American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter Fidel Castro, 1926-2016 Cuban revolutionary turned dictator Leonard Cohen, 1934-2016 Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Ray Columbus, 1942-2016 New Zealand singer and songwriter, entertainer and music manager, television host Marti Friedlander, 1928-2016 Leading New Zealand photographer…
Te Rerenga Kōrero – Tino kino te pai!
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. Tino kino te pai! Quite the best! Full list of 50 rerenga kōrero for the year Browse our Te Reo Māori…
Images of Christmas: Then and Now
A picture is worth a thousand words and there are few things more mesmerising than that tradition of perusing old photograph albums. As Hal Boyle (1971) put it: Memory is more than a dustbin of time, stuffed with yesterday's trash. Rather, memory is a glorious grab at the past from which one can at leisure pluck…
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