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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

December 2024

 

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

 

Staff List

New For You - Biographies - December 2024

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

New For You Biographies
 

New in Biography & Memoir

New

"The Nazi and the Psychiatrist" by El-Hai, Jack
"Conversion Therapy Dropout" by Schraeder Rodriguez, Timothy
"Kate!" by Andersen, Christopher P., 1949-
"Ludwig Wittgenstein" by Gottlieb, Anthony
"Te Kaikaukau" by Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-
"They Carved A Wider Place for Women" by Wood, Beulah, 1943-
"Conversion Therapy Dropout" by Schraeder Rodriguez, Timothy
New biographies

Aotearoa

"Among Kinabuhi Sa Aotearoa"
"Claude Megson" by Reid, Giles
"Between Dreams"
"The Clean" by Langston, Richard, 1959-
"Charlton's Automatic Arms" by Cooke, Peter D. F., 1958-
"The Crash" by Wenley, Sally
"Claude Megson" by Reid, Giles
NZ biographies
New eAudiobook biographies
 

Available now

Event

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

Jul 8th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Shirley Library

Discover the magic of animation as you create your very own story in this stop motion workshop.

Event

Magic Trick Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe Day

Jul 8th | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Shirley Library

Have you ever wanted to know how to do magic tricks with a deck of cards? Come down to Shirley Library and learn how.

Borrow on Libby
 

Inspirational People

People who awe and inspire - their stories simultaneously humble us, and urge us to reach for the stars.

More biography & memoir picks
 

Staff List

Donna's Best Biographies, Memoirs, & Personal Essays of 2024

I love books about people, especially when they are telling their own story. Sometimes even reading it themself!

Best biographies of 2024
 

Coming soon

This December and January, tamariki and rangatahi can enter the Summertime Reading Challenge. It's easy. Pick up a postcard, complete at least three challenges, and drop the card into the library and be in to win cool prizes!

 
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