April 2025

Haere mai, welcome to our Audiobooks newsletter. Pop on your headphones - there's plenty of new fiction and non-fiction to listen to.

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Listen to Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton on BorrowBox

Listen to this gripping psychological thriller, read by Saskia Maarleveld. Available now, no waitlist!

Listen to My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes on BorrowBox

Listen to this hilarious, heartwarming story from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes, read by the author. Available now!

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eAudiobooks for kids

Find eAudiobooks for kids and listen to new stories and old favourites.

OverDrive: No wait eBooks and eAudiobooks for kids

Educational and entertaining eBooks, eAudiobooks, and read-alongs for kids, available now with no waitlists.

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New audiobooks

Listen to the freshest audiobooks from BorrowBox and Libby, or tune into a classic tale.

New releases: BorrowBox

New releases: Libby

Staff List

Audie Awards - 2025 winners and finalists

The Audie Awards® is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.

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Top picks

The Loves of my life by Edmund White, read by Joel Froomkin (Libby)

The Loves of My Life is the culmination of a legend's life and work, a delightful and moving tour of over seventy years of being unabashedly gay and in love with love in all its forms.

The Bookseller at the end of the world by Ruth Shaw, read by Nicolette McKenzie [uLibrary]

This popular New Zealand memoir intersperses tales from Ruth's tiny bookshops in Manapouri with bittersweet and funny stories from her adventurous life.

She's always hungry by Eliza Clark, read by Eliza Clark, Chipo Chung, Kevin Shen, Natalie Simpson, and Sam Stafford [Libby]

If you loved "The Substance", the visceral body horror in some of the short stories is perfect for you. But there is lots more to enjoy - modern life and love, sci fi, and epoch straddling vampirism.

uLibrary Bookclubs

Talking Books Book Club

Join the Talking Books Book Club from uLibrary. April's title is Cleopatra & Julius by Joanna Courtney.

Bookworms Book Club

Join Bookworms Book Club, uLibrary's kids audio bookclub. The title for April is Safe by Vanessa Harbour.

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Easter and Anzac Day hours

Friday 18 April: All libraries are closed on Good Friday
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April aren't public holidays, so libraries will be open their normal hours except Linwood Library at Eastgate will be closed on Easter Sunday.
Monday 21 April: Our central library Tūranga is open from 10am to 5pm. All other libraries are closed on Easter Monday.
Friday 25 April: All libraries are closed on Anzac Day.

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