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December 2024

 

Welcome to our Arts & Entertainment newsletter.

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

 

Online Resource

Beamakids+

All the best films for your kids in one place. With the option to apply Beamakids+ filter to keep kids safe.

 

Exhibitions

Event

Exhibition - 新年 新期望 - New Year | New Wishes
Series

Feb 5th, All day

Tūranga

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Discover the vibrant history of Chinese folk art through the traditions of shadow puppetry, New Year pictures and clay sculptures.

 

Picture Me travelling exhibitions

Celebrating the power of children's books to shape identity and foster international connections, featuring work by International and New Zealand illustrators. See this exhibition at:

  • Linwood Library - until 5 January
  • New Brighton Library - until 30 January
  • Upper Riccarton Library - 9 January to 30 January
 

New titles

New in films

"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"
"Hellboy" by Mignola, Michael, 1960-
"Twisters"
"Horizon"
"Joker"
"Speak No Evil"
"Hellboy" by Mignola, Michael, 1960-
"Horizon"
 

Books about films

"Contemporary Cinematographers on Their Art" by Rogers, Pauline
"Gappon eiga kanshōjutsu"
"Kaiju Unleashed" by Pryor, Shawn
"Sell your Own Damn Movie!" by Kaufman, Lloyd, 1945-
"Liberating Hollywood" by Smukler, Maya Montanez
"Harry Potter"
"Gappon eiga kanshōjutsu"

Books about musicians

"Sinéad O'Connor" by O'Connor, Sinéad, 1966-2023
"Bowie" by Popoff, Martin, 1963-
"The Purple One" by Burgess, Matthew
"Neon Angel" by Currie, Cherie, 1959-
"Wildfire" by Thornhill, Leeroy
"Earth to Moon" by Zappa, Moon Unit
"Bowie" by Popoff, Martin, 1963-

Books about art

"The Accidental Artist" by Connolly, Billy, 1942-
"Start With the Art" by Papier, Natalie
"The Beatles" by Smith, Caroline, 1961-
"Make Every Day Creative" by Deuchars, Marion
"Victorian Housecats to Knit" by Kellner, Sara Elizabeth
"Modern Artisan" by Chavanat, Isabelle Dupuy
"Start With the Art" by Papier, Natalie
 

Best of the year - Movies & TV

Staff List

Djunaidi's Top TV and Film of 2024

A real mix of genres from period drama to murder mystery and action in these picks of movies and TV shows from 2024.

Staff List

Best watches of 2024 🎬🍿

Mostly recent with the occasional older title I've only just got around to watching. These are my favourite movies and TV shows of the year.

More Best of 2024
 

Get Arty at the Library

Website

Make (Y)our Space competition: Papanui Library

Aspiring artists aged 12‒18 years. Enter a competition to design, draw or paint an artwork for Te Kete Wānanga o Papanui.

Staff List

eAudiobooks with multiple narrators

If you are looking for a different eAudiobook experience, try one with a lineup of voices. Lincoln in the Bardo has 166 voices!

Staff List

eAudiobooks with multiple narrators

If you are looking for a different eAudiobook experience, try one with a lineup of voices. Lincoln in the Bardo has 166 voices!

Event

Exhibition | hArt and Home – The ŌCHT Tenant Art Show
Series

Feb 5th, All day

Tūranga

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The ŌCHT Tenant Art Show presents diverse work from first time exhibitors and seasoned artists. It's on until Sunday 2 March.

 

More from the Library

News

Christmas and New Year holiday hours 2024 / 2025

Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou. Check our hours and services over Christmas and New Year 2024 / 2025.

 
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