Our annual Summertime Reading Club programme is for kids between 0 and 13 years old inclusive. The competition starts on Friday 1 December 2017 and finished on Friday 19 January 2018 at 5pm. The winners are: Archie, age 5 Favourite Library: Papanui $40 Paperplus voucher Miko, age 7 Favourite library: South Family pool passes Rozhina, age 9 Favourite…
The future is just around the corner…
Yesterday I happened to be in Cathedral Square, walking past An Origin Story's lovely hoardings around the convention centre site. As you can see in the image, from one angle the panel which states that 'the future is just around the corner' points right to Tūranga - the future of Ōtautahi is appearing right in…
Customers relaxing in the Attic Coffee House, 123a Cashel Street: Picturing Canterbury
Customers relaxing in the Attic Coffee House, 123a Cashel Street c.1957. The building was demolished in 1972. Do you have any photographs of cafes in Christchurch? 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 join and contribute. Visit Kete…
Win tickets to the NZSO National Youth Orchestra concert – 2 February
The NZSO National Youth Orchestra are performing next month at the Isaac Theatre Royal as part of their summer concerts series. The orchestra is made up of mostly university students and the standard of musicianship is high. Teenage prodigy Matthias Balzat (who has been playing cello since the age of three) will perform under the baton…
Word up – 2018 in books
I've set myself a project this year - document my life in books. What I get out of the library, the books that actually got read, second hand or new books bought, etcetera. In true blog style, I'll add new stuff at the top, and there's a matching booklist: December November October September August July…
Podcast – Collaborative urban living
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. In this episode Sally is joined by Jason Twill (UTS: University of Technology Sydney), Greer O'Donnell (Ohu) and Jane Quigley (Viva Project Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ) who discuss ideas and opportunities for…
Cool stuff from the selectors: Wunderkammer and Generation Wealth
Generation Wealth Lauren Greenfield began photographing in the early 1990s, capturing an era of conspicuous consumption. She was also there to document this rarefied world as it all cam tumbling down in the financial crash of 2008. This is a hefty tome filled with brilliant photos and candid stories of wealth and decline. Lauren Greenfield…
A novella idea…
Well the new year is underway and it's another year of excellent reading ahead! But if you're struggling to get back into the rhythm of reading, or if the idea of a thick tome after weeks of recreation has you daunted, then I've got an idea for you; why not try a novella or two!? A…
The corner of Cashel and High Streets, Christchurch: Picturing Canterbury
The corner of Cashel and High Streets, Christchurch [ca. 1872]. Cobb & Co. established their line of coaches in Christchurch in 1863. By 1864 their coach office was on the corner of Cashel and High Streets, facing east on the Triangle. The coach driver is thought to be Joseph McFarlane (1849?-1885). In High Street to…
Into each life (and city) some rain must fall
The current deluge is a) disastrous for your hair, b) a good reason to get your winter gumboots out of storage and c) an excellent excuse to watch Singin' in the rain for, oh, the millionth time. But rain does bring slightly more serious consequences as well, like surface flooding, leaking rooves, and inundated waterways…
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