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August 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.

 

What's on

Events for rangatahi at WORD Christchurch Festival 2025

Jemimah has some hot tips of WORD Christchurch Festival events that teens will enjoy. WORD Christchurch is on from 27 to 31 August.

More about WORD Christchurch
 

Blog Post

National Poetry Day competition 2025

Enter our National Poetry Day competition between 18 and 31 August 2025. Winners will have their poem printed on a tote bag!

Event

Make @ Tūranga Lunchtimes: Matariki earrings
Series

Jun 19th | 11:45am - 12:30pm

Tūranga

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Celebrate Matariki by creating some earrings using pre-designed templates! Choose your design, shape, material, size, & earring hook type.

Event

Make @ Tūranga Lunchtimes: Matariki earrings
Series

Jun 19th | 11:45am - 12:30pm

Tūranga

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Celebrate Matariki by creating some earrings using pre-designed templates! Choose your design, shape, material, size, & earring hook type.

Staff List

Best of the year so far - 2026 edition | Debora's picks

Olivia Laing has rocked my reading world but there's also room for Kaveh Akbar and other stellar voices.

More events
 

New!!!

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

Fiction

"Release Me" by Mafi, Tahereh
"A Flame in the Dark" by Gill, Maria, 1961-
"Song of the Saltings" by King, Rachael, 1970-
"Starlight and Storm" by Greenlaw, Rachel
"I Could Give You the Moon" by Liang, Ann (Young adult author)
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Graphic novels

"Blue Lock" by Kaneshiro, Muneyuki
"To All the Boys I've Loved Before" by Perez Marquez, Barbara
"Witch Hat Atelier" by Shirahama, Kamome
"The Summer Hikaru Died" by Mokumokuren (Manga writer)
"Frieren" by Yamada, Kanehito
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New for teens
 

Website

Family history eResources

Explore online resources for researching family history and genealogy.

More about family history
 

New and Interesting

Glorious rivals by Jennifer Barnes

The impossible puzzles, irresistible romance and shocking twists continue in the “Grandest games” series.

 

Vesuvius by Cass Biehn

Felix and Loren will have to piece together their fates - and their growing feelings for one another - to make it out of a burning city alive.

 

Stealing happy by Brian Conaghan

When Sonny discovers his mum has borrowed money to pay the rent, he finds himself in need of the quickest of get-rich-quick schemes.

 

Garfield bacon me drool by Jim Davis

While Garfield is best known for his insatiable appetite for lasagna, he also believes in making time for bacon, and lots of it.

 
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