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April 2024: Home & Living

 

Welcome to our new Home & Living newsletter.

We'll be letting you know about interesting library events, books and other resources related to crafts, gardening, cooking and more!

 

Library events

The Great Stash Swap

Aug 23rd | 11:00am - 2:00pm

Upper Riccarton Library

The Great Stash Swap

Nov 26th | 9:00am - 11:00am

Aranui Library

Bring along your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, buttons, wool, lace, trims, paints, brushes, zips etc then choose what you want to take away.

Period pieces on Kanopy

Watch movies and TV series set in a range of historical periods on Kanopy with your library card.

Spotlight on: How to create your family story

Jul 30th | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Tūranga

This 2-week course is designed to help and encourage family history researchers to write the story of their ancestors. Free, bookings needed

 

Librarians get crafty with Creativebug

See what talented library staff have made using video tutorials from Creativebug.

Give Creativebug a try

Video

Period pieces on Kanopy

Watch movies and TV series set in a range of historical periods on Kanopy with your library card.

 

New titles

Cookbooks

"You Had Me at Cake" by Jackson, Emelia, 1989-
"European Peasant Cookery" by Luard, Elisabeth
"Floraphile's Almanac" by Evans, Jessi
"Szybko, zdrowo bez wysiłku" by Dobrowolska-Zrałka, Karolina
"Hot Thai Kitchen" by Chongchitnant, Pailin
"Bake your Sweet Time" by Effby, Tat
"European Peasant Cookery" by Luard, Elisabeth

Gardening

"The Kitchen Garden" by Musgrave, Toby
"Ripe Tomato Revolution" by Hyman, Frank
"Homesteading for Beginners" by Lombardo, Lisa
"A Year in the Edible Garden" by Raven, Sarah
"Hot Beds" by First, Jack
"For the Love of Houseplants" by Mitchell, Tanner
"Ripe Tomato Revolution" by Hyman, Frank

Handicrafts

"Stamping on Wood" by Falkenburger, Katja
"Nature Fun" by Dickins, Rosie
"Lots of Easy Things to Make and Do" by Nolan, Kate (Primary school teacher)
"Practical Projects for the Handy Man"
"Nailed It!" by Deller, Laura
"Farm Fun" by Watt, Fiona
"Nature Fun" by Dickins, Rosie

Sewing

"A Year of Zero Waste Sewing" by Haywood, Elizabeth M.
"Fit for Knits" by Hjerpe, Malena, 1985-
"Gertie Sews Glam Knits" by Hirsch, Gretchen, 1979-
"Stitch" by Rich, Jen
"Threads" by Kemsley, Madeleine
"Shoes"
"Fit for Knits" by Hjerpe, Malena, 1985-
 

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