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. The role of art and artists in raising awareness of social and political issues - show recorded live at Christchurch's CoCA (Centre of Contemporary Art) with artist Ruth Watson…
Recent necrology, February 2018
Some well-known people who have died recently Emma Chambers, 1964-2018 Actress in The Vicar of Dibley, and Notting Hill Billy Graham, 1918-2018 American evangelist known internationally Raimund Herincx, 1927-2018 British operatic bass-baritone Penny Vincenzi, 1939-2018 English novelist Kōrerorero mai - Join the conversation…
Harry Giles: Doer of Things (WORD Christchurch event, Tues 13 March 7.30pm)
I have to confess that I had never heard of Harry Giles before this assignment, but I was intrigued and curious. Harry Giles: Doer of things - WORD Christchurch event Tuesday 13 March, Space Academy, 371 St Asaph Street. Buy tickets $20 waged, $15 unwaged (service fees apply) Presented by LitCrawl Wellington, Harry Giles appears with…
The doctor (of horror) is in
Dr. Erin Harrington is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Canterbury. Her area of expertise? Monsters, murderers and all things sinister and unsettling - or more specifically, the horror genre. Harrington is giving a free talk at the university next week on just this topic. Being something of a horror enthusiast myself I…
Dip your pen in your own psyche: An interview with Francis Spufford (WORD Christchurch event, Weds 7 March 7pm)
WORD Christchurch is bringing Francis Spufford to Christchurch, next Wednesday 7 March, 7pm at the salubrious venue of The Piano. Francis is in New Zealand as a guest of the New Zealand Festival Writers and Readers Events. He has written seven books, on topics as diverse as science, history, theology, and politics. The Child That Books Built…
The Normal School, Cranmer Square, Christchurch: Picturing Canterbury
In Apr. 1873 the Canterbury Board of Education held a design competition for a projected normal school. The winner was S.C. Farr (1827-1918), a Christchurch architect, with a revised Gothic design. When the Normal School was completed in 1874 at a cost of £14,269, the Montreal Street wing measured 145 ft. and the Kilmore Street…
A library but not as we know it
When you hear the word library, what do you think? Does it excite you, bore you, or is it neither here nor there? Do you harken back to your tertiary, secondary or even primary-school days, to row upon row of dusty books and dimly lit study nooks, to the distant sounds of clocks ticking or…
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