Got a summer holiday planned? Does it involve a long road trip? If you answered yes to these questions, then an eAudiobook could be the perfect solution. We have heaps to choose from, from OverDrive or Borrowbox with excellent titles suitable for the whole family. eAudiobooks for Family Road Trips List created by ChristchurchLib eAudiobooks…
Christmas movies for everybody
Whether you're a massive Christmas fan or something of a grinch, there should be something in the list below to keep you entertained for at least one and a half hours out of the festive season. How you make it through the rest of the hours is up to you. Maybe a nice book? Anyway…
Ultra Violet to Aubergine: Reading purple
Last week Pantone announced their colour of the year for 2018* and fans of purple will be happy. Ultra Violet, as it is being called, is a "...blue-based purple that takes our awareness and potential to a higher level". Pantone Color of the Year 2018 Pantone’s Color of the Year is one moment in time…
A confusion of princes
Sometimes it seems like everything written in YA speculative fiction is part of a trilogy - or an even longer series of wrist-achingly heavy books - so it’s quite refreshing to read a well-crafted stand-alone every now and then. A Confusion of Princes is a thrilling adventure set in a futuristic intergalactic Empire, and the world-building…
Moriori artifacts : weapons, implements and god (a figure of the Moriori god Hatitimatangi): Picturing Canterbury
Moriori artifacts : weapons, implements and god (a figure of the Moriori god Hatitimatangi). [ca. 1877]. Prior to the 1980s the Chatham Islands were part of the Lyttelton general electorate. Do you have any photographs of the Chatham Islands? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection. Kete Christchurch is a collection of photographs and…
The Five Book Challenge
There are many great book challenges out there such as the A-Z book challenge (where you read books by authors with surnames beginning with A right through to Z) or the 52 book for 52 weeks of the year challenge but sadly, my year, and my bookshelf, were too short to attempt either of these. Instead, I…
Sanitoriums and Dust Jackets: Cool Stuff from the Selectors
Holidays in Soviet Sanitoriums I couldn't resist the title Holidays in Soviet Sanitoriums: Holidays in the USSR were decidedly purposeful. Their function was to provide rest and recreation, so citizens could return to work with renewed diligence and productivity So, no lounging by the pool or sipping a pinacolada for these folk then? The sanitoriums…
A new whale for a new generation
It looks just like the original. Many might assume that an old friend has returned to New Brighton. But it is, in fact, a replica. Along with the lighthouse, the concrete whale has been an iconic feature of the pool at the New Brighton playground for over forty years. Known as the 'whale pool', such…
Serial killers
Face facts, life has bad patches. I'm in one right now: post Italy holiday blues; Skype meltdowns in the middle of calls to the grandies; and Pneumonia. Time was I would have bounced back from all of this, but now it feels more like I am seeping . Seep-back requires that you do nothing. This is…
My Library – Robyn Chandler, Manager of Literacy Christchurch
Literacy Christchurch (formerly known as ARAS - Adult Reading Assistance Scheme) celebrates its 40th birthday today. ARAS began on 13 December 1977 as a pilot scheme initiated by the Canterbury WEA (Workers Educational Association), with 8 volunteer tutors and 8 students. Robyn Chandler, manager of Literacy Christchurch, talked to Jan Orme, Senior Library Assistant, Outreach…
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