Christchurch City Libraries blog hosts a series of regular podcasts from specialist human rights radio show Speak up - Kōrerotia. This show is created by Sally Carlton. This episode discusses Human Rights the era of the Trump presidency specifically - increasingly inward-facing politics the overarching importance of the commercial sector and the impact of economics and equality…
Coincidental chess…
Sometimes life just throws unexpected coincidences at you. I finally got around to watching the fabulous 2014 New Zealand film The Dark Horse (better late than never right?), featuring Cliff Curtis as Genesis Potini, former chess champion and battler with mental health issues. The film follows his attempt to coach the local kids' chess club The Eastern Knights, and…
Winter in Canterbury: Picturing Canterbury
A selection of winter themed photographs from Canterbury Stories.
New Books – 29 June
Hi readers, some treats this week: This biography caught my eye - the authorised story of Nina Simone. What Happened, Miss Simone? What Happened, Miss Simone? is inspired by a documentary. Music journalist Alan Light (The Holy or Unbroken : Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley and the unlikely ascent of Hallelujah, and Lets Go Crazy: Prince and…
Happy Birthday James K. Baxter!
Hokitika Bill, Hokitika Bill. I remember chanting this poem aloud at Primary School. Poet James K. Baxter was born in Dunedin on 29 June 1926. His parents were thinkers - his father Archibald was a conscientious objector and Millicent, his mother had been to College in Sydney. The dichotomy of social order was represented by his family …
An invitation to celebrate Jane Austen
Be not alarmed ladies and gentlemen on receiving this invitation to celebrate 200 years of Jane Austen with Central Library Peterborough’s most dedicated Jane-ites. Come in your prettiest bonnet (or top hat if preferred) to discuss Austen’s novels over cups of tea and the most accomplished array of finger food there is. A pleasing display…
Review: When Dimple Met Rishi
I read this book at the perfect time: at the end of a particularly trying week, on the first day of a particularly nasty bug. Reading something comforting in bed with a hot water bottle was the only activity I could bear, and luckily When Dimple Met Rishi delivered in spades. A lot of the books…
Reading brown: Pacific stories and voices
A little while ago I saw Kiwi author Paula Morris ask on Twitter "Why aren't you reading brown?" Why aren't you reading brown? 20 Maori and Pasifika books to read right away. https://t.co/VGp37ifMqV #nuikorero #diversity @ANZLiterature — Paula Morris (@pjkmorris) June 7, 2017 Which prompted me to feel a bit guilty about how few Māori…
Coalgate or bust! The great snow of 1918
A city without power The month of June 1918 started pleasantly enough for Canterbury. However, as the weeks progressed, the good weather soon gave way to frequent rain. By 27 June, snow had started to fall in the back country. Then, on the afternoon of Sunday 30 June, the temperature in Christchurch plummeted and the…
Harry Potter: a personal history
When I was 7, a substitute teacher read the class the first two chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I thought it was a bit rubbish and told my mother so when I got home. "I think I've heard about it on the radio," she said. "It's meant to be quite good." Oh…
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