Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. This is how Michael Biehn's Kyle Reese describes Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 in the 1984 film The Terminator. He…
Curragh Cottage, Ferrymead Heritage Park, 3 April 2010: Picturing Canterbury
Curragh Cottage, Ferrymead Heritage Park. Originally erected at 104 Holly Road and relocated to Ferrymead Heritage Park in 1972. Photograph taken 3 April 2010. Kete Christchurch is a collection of photographs and stories about Christchurch and Canterbury, past and present. Anyone can join and contribute. Visit Kete Christchurch View more Picturing Canterbury posts Do you have any further photographs of…
Hamilton aims for the sky
There's a song by the comedy band Tripod with a line that goes: "I always get into stuff/ Just as it's finishing being cool...", and embarrassingly this often applies to me. A couple of years ago I listened to the first song of the (Alexander) Hamilton musical and thought it was good, but it didn't blow me…
Podcast – Ethical supply chains
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. Ethical supply chains is an important issue in today's consumption-driven world (and related to the last episode Human Trafficking). To debate the issue, Sally is joined in the studio…
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2017 – winners announced
The winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults were announced last night. Drum roll please ... Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Snark illustrated and written by David Elliot (after Lewis Carroll), published by Otago University Press (winner of the Russell Clark Award for Illustration) Picture Book Award That's Not…
Finalists in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults inspire Christchurch children
Pop! Bang! That's what happened - literally - when a group of New Zealand children's authors and illustrators presented inspiring talks to hundreds of Canterbury school children, just ahead of the announcement of the 2017 winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Several of the nominated authors and illustrators toured…
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day – Christchurch competitions and events
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day is on Friday 25 August. You can see all national and international events and competitions on the Poetry Day website. Here's what's happening in Ōtautahi. See all the information in the full listing of local events. Christchurch City Libraries is running two events: Performance Poetry with Greg O'Connell Friday 25 August 10am…
Quick Questions with Rebecca Vaughan – WORD Christchurch
We are asking quick questions of writers and thinkers coming to Shifting Points of View, WORD Christchurch's suite of events at September's Christchurch Arts Festival. Today, it's actor Rebecca Vaughan who is performing in Jane Eyre: An autobiography and also appearing in Madwomen in the attic: An actor, a novelist and a librarian share their views…
Producer Christine Dann talks about No ordinary Sheila, a documentary about an inspiring woman and the power of wonder
"I've got books instead of babies" — these were the words of Sheila Natusch, whose cinematic portrayal is coming to the big screens in Christchurch today and tomorrow (Friday 11 and Saturday 12 August). As the movie proves, it isn't just books that inhabit Sheila's world. It's also wonder and passion for the natural world — plants, animals and rocks. This translates into…
Postcard Hilltop Hotel: Picturing Canterbury
Postcard of old Hilltop Hotel on Summit Road, Christchurch-Akaroa Highway. Entry in the 2016 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Gladys Gurney. Kete Christchurch is a collection of photographs and stories about Christchurch and Canterbury, past and present. Anyone can join and contribute. Visit Kete Christchurch View more Picturing Canterbury posts Do you have any further photographs of the Hill…
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