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April 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our newsletter for people from ages 13 to 24. Take a look at some fresh new books and check out what's on.

 

Like Bodies, Like Minds exhibition

Like Bodies, Like Minds celebrates stories from eleven brilliant bodies of survival and struggle, and of hope and healing. In sharing these, we hope to reduce shame around mental health and body image and increase understanding of life inside someone else’s skin. Created by writer Angela Barnett and illustrator Ruby Jones.

Staff List

Horroromance (because love is terrifying) 🫀

When you want a love story but to also to be frightened. Love is a battlefield, but also sometimes a slaughterhouse.

Staff List

Horror - New & Trending

A list of the freshest frights for every horror fan, from titles that have just reached our shelves to those that are flying off them.

Staff List

Horroromance (because love is terrifying) 🫀

When you want a love story but to also to be frightened. Love is a battlefield, but also sometimes a slaughterhouse.

Staff List

Horror - New & Trending

A list of the freshest frights for every horror fan, from titles that have just reached our shelves to those that are flying off them.

Supported by the Mental Health Foundation, YWCA Auckland, and Christchurch City Council.

More Like Bodies, Like Minds
 

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.

City Nature Challenge info
 

Top picks

The Restaurant at the edge of the world by Oliver Gerlach

Soup must battle her evil boss in a fantastical cooking competition.

 

Sunny at the end of the world by Steph Bowe

Sunny and Toby are on the run after zombies have destroyed most of the adults in their world. Cut to 2034 when Sunny is being held in an underground facility. What happened?

 

Darkest night, brightest star by Barry Jonsberg

When Morgan makes a friend at school, gets injured in a game, and his long-lost mum turns up, everything changes

 

Everything is poison by Joy McCullough

In all Carmela's years of wishing to follow in her mother's footsteps, she never realized one tiny vial could be the death of them all.

 

New!!!

Take a look at the newest of new books and find your next great read.

Fiction

"Mockingjay" by Collins, Suzanne, 1964-
"Tell Me With Kisses" by Ron, Mercedes, 1993-
"Beware the Abbott Boys" by Ichaso, Chelsea
"Wings of Reverie" by Bright, Anna
"Blightfall" by Sanderson, Brandon, 1975-
"Our Fault" by Ron, Mercedes, 1993-
"Tell Me With Kisses" by Ron, Mercedes, 1993-

Graphic novels

"Always A Catch!" by Momoyo, Mayo
"Green Lantern" by Adams, Jeremy (Screenwriter)
"Yona of the Dawn" by Kusanagi, Mizuho, 1979-
"Nights With A Cat" by Kyuryu Z.
"Morgana and Oz" by Miyuli (Mangaka)
"DC KO Titans" by Layman, John, 1967-
"Green Lantern" by Adams, Jeremy (Screenwriter)

eBooks

"Kingdom of Without" by Tang, Andrea
"Storm Breaker" by Tuli, Nisha J.
"Defy the Dark"
"The Obsession" by Preston, Natasha
"The Dragon and the Dove" by Doyle, Catherine, 1990-
"Blind Spot" by Dennison, Robyn
"Storm Breaker" by Tuli, Nisha J.

Audiobooks

"What If You Could" by Ardern, Jacinda, 1980-
"Ignite Me" by Mafi, Tahereh
"King of Beasts" by Doyle, Catherine, 1990-
"Unite Me" by Mafi, Tahereh
"Escape Me" by Mafi, Tahereh
"Unravel Me" by Mafi, Tahereh
"Ignite Me" by Mafi, Tahereh
New for teens
 

What's on for ages 13 to 24

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Autism

April is Autism Acceptance Month. There's a workshop and events at the library. Explore our autism resources.

Event

Lyttelton - Dungeon Delvers -10-16 Yrs - Term 4 FULLY BOOKED
Series

Oct 20th | 3:45pm - 5:15pm

Lyttelton Library

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Join a shared adventure as your character explores new lands, casts spells, and battles deadly dungeon foes!

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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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