I wrote about American Dirt as one of the titles to look out for in 2020, and if the reserve list for this title (which has just been published and is not yet on our shelves) is anything to go by it would seem that the publicists were right. However many commentators are saying that this book may be one to look out for, but for all the wrong reasons.
Mini-mini-micro bike: Picturing Canterbury
Stuart McLean riding his mini-mini-micro bike up Colombo Street past Victoria Square.17 February 1969. This miniature motorcycle was built by Stuart McLean, 23, a Municipal Electricity Department serviceman. The bike featured a one cylinder, two stroke engine and a half pint fuel tank. At 20 inches long and 14 inches high, it could reach a…
Crimes of the 19th century: Canterbury Police Gazette
Clothing stolen off a clothes line in St Albans, vegetables ripped out of a Cashel Street garden, a vindictive criminal threatening to burn down the house of a prosecution lawyer, “furious” riding of a horse along Lincoln Road… these are just some of the crimes and misdemeanours reported to Christchurch police between 1863 and 1877…
New year, new reads for young adults!
New year, new reads! There is plenty to get excited about in 2020 as there are some highly anticipated sequels and releases hitting our library shelves. I've got a selection of books we're excited to see in 2020, as well as some booklists for you to check out. January is also the perfect time to…
Queuing at Lancaster Park for Canterbury-Lions tickets: Picturing Canterbury
Kevin Cole, 16, Darryl Edwards, 16, and Lance Mitchell, 17, sitting outside Lancaster Park queuing to get the best tickets for the rugby match between Canterbury and the British Lions. 19 June 1971. The three teenagers arrived at Lancaster Park at 8:55am that morning to purchase their tickets. Around 53,000 people attended the match which…
Celebrating lunar new year with Chinese shadow play
For most people, watching a film is a good choice of entertainment during the holidays. Did you know people living during ancient times also had a similar type of entertainment? It was shadow play or shadow puppetry. Shadow play is an ancient theatrical form of storytelling consisting of three parts. There is a translucent screen…
All About Audiobooks
Find out more about audiobooks and their history. We have them in CD, MP3CD, Playaway, and eAudiobook formats.
Patti Smith: Year of the Monkey
In Year of the Monkey, poet, writer, rock singer and artist Patti Smith writes beautiful prose with a dream-like quality; inspired by a stay at the Dream Inn. Year of the Monkey The National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, Smith, approaching the age of seventy, assesses her life and the decline of some…
Cooking steak: Picturing Canterbury
Municipal Electricity Department (MED) workers, Joe Wells, Tim Mason, John Blackburn, and Frank Prescott cooking steak at the corner of Westminster Street and Kensington Avenue on the morning of 2 July 1964. Do you have any photographs of line workers in Canterbury? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection. The Discovery Wall is a large interactive…
The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte: Deliciously entertaining
Written as a tell-all diary of a woman framed for murder, The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte is a tale of injustice, strength, love, revenge, and patisserie-making. Setting the tale in bawdy nineteenth century Wolfftown, a fictional port town in Tasmania, Lesley Truffle (her real name!) brings to life a town of "unconventional morals" where men are men and Gentlemen have double standards…
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