Samuel Hawley is a very violent man. I say this because he will still hurt someone if they in any way harm his adored 12 year old daughter Loo. But to be fair to the man, his extreme villainy and violence were conducted in his past. A past which becomes more and more important as the story progresses…
Cool stuff from the selectors: Children’s books
Nadiya’s Bake me a story by Nadiya Hussain Winner of the 2015 Great British Bake Off combines traditional tales and recipes for all the family. She also has a new Christmas title Bake me a Festive Story arriving in October. Fish girl by Donna Jo Napoli Napoli teams with Caldecott winner David Wiesner in this…
Cool stuff from the Selectors – Nature
As Kingfishers Catch Fire: Birds and books by Alex Preston Having kept notebooks over many, many years, Preston has collected the words of dozens of writers. Each chapter is arranged around a bird, each bird illustrated by Neil Gower. The Guardian gives this book a rave review: Memoir, or rather memory, gilds the narrative. The most…
Life is just better on roller skates
Just over two years ago I started training for roller derby - at about the same time that I started working as a library assistant. I'm still working on the roller derby and in the library. Roller Derby is an athletic and strategic full-contact sport, played on quad skates with two teams competing against each other…
The interior of a clothing factory: Picturing Canterbury
The interior of a clothing factory. The people standing at the end of the middle tables are operating irons. Date: 1909. Do you have any photographs of factories in Canterbury? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection. Kete Christchurch is a collection of photographs and stories about Christchurch and Canterbury, past and present. Anyone can…
Library memories
Having been a librarian for longer than I care to remember, the card catalogue holds a place dear to my heart. I remember as a library assistant filing new cards — one for the author, the title and the subject entries. A tedious job, but vital for the smooth running of the library. You can…
Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett – WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View
I've had this song in my head since I saw Peter Garrett recently. Not at the Midnight Oil concert, but at the WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of view session at The Piano. It was the last talk in a series of goodies that formed WORD's suite of Christchurch Arts Festival offerings. Peter Garrett - musician, former…
Joyce Carol Oates: The Word Master
The Doll Master is the latest offering from Joyce Carol Oates (aged 79!). And she's as fresh as ever. The Doll-master and Other Tales of Terror Highly recommended by Gillian Flynn, The Doll Master is a riveting collection of thrillingly sinister stories from the dark side of life. All is not as it appears. Each protagonist…
“They would much prefer staying at home and attending to their household duties”: 19 September 1893
124 years ago - on 19 September 1893 - women in New Zealand got the vote. On the day after, The Press editorial shows that some of the population felt this was an imposition upon women who would much rather be "staying at home and attending to their household duties". Yeah right. Kia ora to our founding mothers…
Lyttelton by train
Maybe you lived in Lyttelton and caught the train to go to high school. Or worked on the wharves but lived in town and caught the train to and from work. And what about the ferry service to Wellington – you might have taken the train to catch a sailing. Lyttelton Museum and Christchurch City…
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