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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

Blog Post

An exquisite debut from Gina Butson

Fee reads The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Kiwi author, Gina Butson and finds it a memorable, lyrical read.

 

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

 

Books about films

"Making Mary Poppins" by Pierce, Todd James, 1965-
"Eiga ja naindakara umaku ikanakutemo daijōbu" by Jēn sū
"The Art of Walt Disney" by Finch, Christopher, 1939-
"Lynchian" by Higgs, John
"Joe Bob Briggs Goes to the Drive-in" by Briggs, Joe Bob, 1953-
"The Greatest Star" by Vance, Jeffrey, 1970-
"Eiga ja naindakara umaku ikanakutemo daijōbu" by Jēn sū

Books about musicians

"Billy Bragg" by Bragg, Billy, 1957-
"Mustaine" by Mustaine, Dave
"Inside the Moment" by Rosen, Joseph A.
"What Do You Do When You're Lonesome" by Bernstein, Jonathan (Journalist)
"Ringo" by Doyle, Tom, 1967-
"The Colonel and the King" by Guralnick, Peter
"Mustaine" by Mustaine, Dave

Books about art

"Fuji" by Bernstein, Andrew, 1968-
"Tracey Emin"
"Impressionism" by Thomson, Belinda
"A Brief History of British South Asian Art" by Khakoo, Alina
"The Art of Kaylene Whiskey" by Whiskey, Kaylene, 1976-
"Textiles X Art" by Barry, Ramona
"Tracey Emin"
 

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.

Blog Post

An exquisite debut from Gina Butson

Fee reads The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Kiwi author, Gina Butson and finds it a memorable, lyrical read.

Blog Post

An exquisite debut from Gina Butson

Fee reads The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Kiwi author, Gina Butson and finds it a memorable, lyrical read.

Blog Post

Recent necrology, March 2026

Some well-known people who have died recently including Herbs member, Dilworth Karaka; author, Len Deighton; and artist, Philip Trusttum.

 

More from the Library

Blog Post

An exquisite debut from Gina Butson

Fee reads The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Kiwi author, Gina Butson and finds it a memorable, lyrical read.

 
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