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August 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Biography & Memoir newsletter. Explore true stories about people and their interesting lives.

 

Staff List

New For You - Biographies - August 2025

New biographies and memoirs of the famous, the interesting and everyday people.

New For You Biographies
 

Blog Post

Biography and memoir at WORD Christchurch Festival 2025

Here are some WORD events you might like if you like reading biographies and memoirs.

Audio

Total Professional by Peter Weatherall

A song by library customer Peter about Matatiki Hornby Centre.

Staff List

What you waiting for? February 2026

I am looking forward to a new book by Asako Yuzuki (who wrote the wonderful novel Butter), a 1986 diary from Kate Camp, and more!

More WORD Christchurch
 

New in Biography & Memoir

New

"100 Rules for Living to 100" by Van Dyke, Dick, 1925-
"Born Lucky" by Vittert, Leland
"Blood Harmony" by Mazor, Barry
"Cekpa" by Altman, Leah
"Bloom" by Fowler, Mary
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"Born Lucky" by Vittert, Leland
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Aotearoa New Zealand

"Jacinda" by Cohen, David, 1962-
"Whales, Snails and Lobster Tales" by Penniket, Andrew
"Kim" by Logan, Kim Rangiaonui, 1952-
"The Lights in My Life" by Walter, Ray
"How to Be An Alien" by Beaglehole, Ann, 1948-
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"Whales, Snails and Lobster Tales" by Penniket, Andrew
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Audiobooks

"Tart" by Slutty Cheff
"Gwyneth" by Odell, Amy, 1985-
"Guts" by Leong, Melissa
"I Wrote This for Attention" by Gage, Lukas, 1995-
"Semi-well-adjusted Despite Literally Everything" by Stoner, Alyson, 1993-
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"Gwyneth" by Odell, Amy, 1985-
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eBooks

"Mana" by Iti, Tame Wairere, 1952-
"Year of the Tiger" by Wong, Alice, 1974-2025
"How to End A Story" by Garner, Helen, 1942-
"A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls" by Morgan, Adam, 1968-
"Up, Up, Ever Up!" by Yasuda, Anita
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"Year of the Tiger" by Wong, Alice, 1974-2025
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Staff List

Biography - On Authors

Inspiring and illuminating, these literary biographies reveal the person behind the pen.

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