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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

April 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our non-fiction newsletter. Discover interesting library events, and books and resources focused on the factual.

 

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Women's Prize for Non-Fiction

An annual book prize that celebrates exceptional narrative non-fiction by women. The 2026 longlist has been announced.

Read the shortlist
 

New For You

Staff List

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - April 2025

Have a taste of home-grown books! Here are some of our best New Zealand new arrivals for this month. Fiction, Biography, Poetry, and more.

Staff List

New For You - True Crime April 2025

Top new additions to the Libraries' collection on espionage, crime, murder, and everything in between.

More New for you lists
 

Coming soon

Everyday Comfort Food by Vanya Insull

From hearty soups, tender slow-cooked lamb and flaky golden pies to sweet delights and indulgent self-saucing puddings, Everyday Comfort Food delivers 70 mouth-watering recipes that taste like home.

 

In the library catalogue

New in non-fiction

"The Dead Speak" by Coyle, Thomas
"Fawning" by Clayton, Ingrid, 1974-
"A Mind of My Own" by Burke, Kathy, 1965-
"Lessons From A Default Parent" by Beckett, Lou
"Where the Light Gets in" by Crowe, Ben
"The Score" by Nguyen, C. Thi
"Fawning" by Clayton, Ingrid, 1974-
 
 
Find more Non-fiction
 

What's on

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Hoake ki te Taiao City Nature Challenge (24-27 April 2026)

Help put Ōtautahi Christchurch's biodiversity on the map! Come along to our City Nature Challenge events in April.

More City Nature Challenge
 

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2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The shortlist has been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards.

Blog Post

QUIZ: Directories

A directory is an index or list of individuals and/or organisations that also includes contact details. Great for local history research.

See what's on
 

Recommended reading

Popular science reading guide

Popular science takes science and makes it engaging and interesting to read. We recommend some great popular science titles and authors.

Graphic novels and comics

Great stories and great art come together in a range of genres and styles, including biographies - for kids, teens or adults.

Non-fiction recommendations
 

Staff List

Facebook's failures and Billionaires behaving badly

Explore books related to Sarah Wynn-Williams' expose of Facebook "Careless People" - about billionaires, technology, data, and corruption.

Browse the booklist
 

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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