We're over half way into 2018 now and there's been some stellar reads so far in the crime genre. The standout for me has been Jo Nesbo's Macbeth - a gritty, dark, and violent retelling of the great Shakespeare tale of greed and corruption. Nesbo fairly nailed it with his retelling too, in my own…
No coward soul …
I am the only being whose doom No tongue would ask, no eye would mourn; I never caused a thought of gloom, A smile of joy, since I was born. Oh Emily Brontë - how wrong you are! I don't know if this poem of yours is autobiographical or not, but you really have caused many…
The Canterbury football representatives 1894: Picturing Canterbury
Back row: R. Driscoll, M. Driver, L. Oram, D. Fraser, W. Humphreys, R. Waddell, C. Rides, F. E. Asquith (touch judge); middle row: Mr F. Evans (referee), W. Balch, T. Hanna, P. D. McGuire, A. E. White (captain), J. O'Brien, S. Orchard, J. Duncan; front row: A. E. Cook, H. Wilson, A. Hobbs, H. Frost…
Best Picks Evening – highlighting the best of writing for NZ kids and teens: Wednesday 8 August 7pm
Painted Stories invites you to celebrate the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults by attending their annual Best Picks evening at Fendalton Library, Wednesday 8 August, 7pm. There is no charge for attending and members of the public are welcome. A panel including Sophie O'Rourke, Desna Wallace, Saskia Hill, and Trevor Agnew will…
Dead Men’s WORDs
WORD Christchurch is back for 2018 and once again we have a programme chock full of amazing opportunities to revel in the goodness of the creative use of words. There's such a wide array of interesting stuff to highlight too... Perhaps the biggest for me is the conversation with Irvine Welsh on Friday 31 August…
Read your way around the New Zealand International Film Festival 2018
Let's take a walk on the cinematic side! Here are the movie-related books from this year's Christchurch leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival (it's on from Thursday 2 August to Sunday 19 August): Based on Books Border Based on the short story 'Border' from his anthology Let the Old Dreams Die by Let the…
Sustainability In The Library via Minecraft
This holiday programme wasn't a relaxed, laid back affair - this one really had children thinking. The challenge was to create an Eco-House using Minecraft. We discussed the impact their house would have on the environment. This made the students think of the types of materials needed and how they could reduce the impact by utilizing…
Mokaa – The land of opportunity: 125 years of Indians in Aotearoa exhibition – 13 to 24 August
You are welcome to come and view the free exhibition Mokaa - The land of opportunity: 125 years of Indians in Aotearoa: Monday 13 August to Friday 24 August (the exhibition is open 8am to 5pm weekdays, not on weekends) Christchurch City Council foyer 53 Hereford Street Christchurch Central This exhibition highlights the history of…
WORD Christchurch Festival 2018: Joyce’s picks
It has taken me a full seven days to sufficiently cogitate and ponder the wonders of this year's WORD Christchurch Festival and come up with some definitive highlights. This glacially slow digestion is both testament to the breadth, depth and range of the festival content and the sluggishness of my overwhelmed brain. But isn't it nice to be…
Riverside Neo-Georgian: The Theosophical Society Hall
On 25 July 1926, a crowd gathered at 267 Cambridge Terrace for the dedication of a newly erected building, the Theosophical Society Hall.
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