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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

August 2025

 

Welcome to our Arts & Entertainment newsletter.

We'll be letting you know about movies and music, and library resources focused on the arts.

 

Community List

Video Games - from pixels to perspectives

Whether you're a casual player or a dedicated gamer, this book list has something for everyone. Dive into the history of video games.

 

Library events

Video Game Chat Lounge at Upper Riccarton (ages 18+)
Series

Dec 10th | 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Upper Riccarton Library

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Chat with fellow video game fanatics, enjoy group gaming sessions or watch parties full of game events, hilarious ads and epic trailers!

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

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Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

 

New titles

New in films

"The Life of Chuck" by King, Stephen, 1947-
"Jurassic World"
"MΞGAN 2.0"
"The Naked Gun"
"F1"
"28 Years Later"
"Jurassic World"
"The Naked Gun"
 

Books about films

"The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki" by Rapold, Nicolas
"Hitchcocktails" by Maslon, Laurence, 1959-
"Anime Archives" by Mielke, James
"Breaking Into New Hollywood" by Tseng, Ada
"A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic" by Scheib, Richard
"Generation Tarantino" by Rausch, Andrew J.
"Hitchcocktails" by Maslon, Laurence, 1959-

Books about musicians

"The KLF" by Higgs, John
"Only God Can Judge Me" by Pearlman, Jeff
"Capitol Gains" by Cook, Andrew, 1959-
"The Drums" by Joyce, Mike
"Freak Out!" by Butcher, Pauline
"The Absence" by Budgie (Musician)
"Only God Can Judge Me" by Pearlman, Jeff

Books about art

"Working Girl" by Giovannitti, Sophia
"Natural Watercolor Paint Making" by Green, Joanne (Artist)
"How to Live An Artful Life" by Hessel, Katy, 1994-
"Closer to Vermeer"
"With Her Own Hands" by Nehrig, Nicole
"How to Paint A Nude" by Mahon, Sam, 1954-
"Natural Watercolor Paint Making" by Green, Joanne (Artist)
 

Featured magazine: Folly

Folly is an independent print only anthology of art, short stories, non-fiction and poetry. Launched in 2023 in collaboration with the Wellington Writers' Studio, it is home to content which is beautiful, funny, insightful and provocative.

 

All about movies

Whether it's a prestige film, or a low budget B-movie the library collection has your viewing options covered!

Staff List

The New York Times - The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century

NYT asked 100 filmmakers, stars & influential film fans to vote for their top 10. Their responses have been compiled into a top 100 list.

Blog Post

Schlock and awe: Watching The Toxic Avenger

With a reboot out in cinemas Moata logs into Kanopy and watches the original B-movie to see if it's really THAT bad.

 
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