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July 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Fantasy & Science fiction newsletter.

Whether you like your fiction fuelled by magic or advanced technology, you'll find great new reads in this newsletter.

 

Staff List

New For You - Romantasy & Fantasy - July 2025

Discover enchanting magic-filled fantasy worlds, captivating tales, and tantalizing will-they-won't-they romances.

 

Author talks at Tūranga

Website

Read Tom Bower's Betrayal now on Libby

Read the explosive new Royal biography from the No.1 bestselling investigative biographer, Tom Bower. Available now on Libby.

Blog Post

Get your Library on at Open Christchurch 2026

Open Christchurch 2026: 52 open buildings, 6 guided walks, and a range of special activities (from expert talks and tours to workshops).

 

New Books

New Fantasy

"Lady Tremaine" by Hochhauser, Rachel
"Dawn of the North" by Winters, Demi
"Throne of Nightmares" by Maniscalco, Kerri
"Half City" by Golden, Kate
"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" by Martin, George R. R., 1948-
"Twelve Months" by Butcher, Jim, 1971-
"Dawn of the North" by Winters, Demi
"Half City" by Golden, Kate
More new Fantasy

New Fantasy eBooks

"Accomplice to the Villain" by Maehrer, Hannah Nicole
"The Heir of Vasilica" by Davie, C. C.
"Every Lifetime After" by Ross, Jennifer
"The Shadow of Wings" by Davie, C. C.
"The East Wind" by Warwick, Alexandria
"Song of Chaos" by Davie, C. C.
"The Heir of Vasilica" by Davie, C. C.
"The Shadow of Wings" by Davie, C. C.
More Fantasy eBooks

New Science fiction

"Hello Earth, Are You There?" by Aldiss, Brian W. 1925-2017
"The Book of Life" by Harkness, Deborah E., 1965-
"Beautiful Brutal Bodies" by Cheng, Linda
"Antagonistic Beats of A Story" by Mohr, Judy L., 1976-
"The Night I Borrowed Time" by Hussain, Iqbal, 1971-
"Reader and Raelynx" by Shinn, Sharon, 1957-
"The Book of Life" by Harkness, Deborah E., 1965-
"Antagonistic Beats of A Story" by Mohr, Judy L., 1976-
More new Science fiction

New Science fiction eBooks

"The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy"
"Ghosts of War" by Taylor, Brad, 1965-
"Opposite World" by Martins, Elizabeth Anne
"The Emotions" by Toussaint, Jean-Philippe, 1957-
"One by One" by McFadden, Freida
"Rebel" by Weber, David, 1952-
"Ghosts of War" by Taylor, Brad, 1965-
"The Emotions" by Toussaint, Jean-Philippe, 1957-
More Science fiction eBooks
 

Coming soon

Our fiction selector has picked out the best of the newest crop of sci-fi and fantasy titles. These aren't in libraries yet so get your holds on now or add them to your For Later shelf.

After the clearances by Alison Layland

Set in 2056, this is a gripping novel exploring the impacts of climate change through the story of a community of remote islanders.

 

Cursed In The Lost City by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

A cosy, queer romcom set in a fantasy version of Elizabethan England.

 

In the Veins of the Drowning by Kalie Cassidy

Seductive siren romantasy with a dark twist. A siren and a king form the ultimate bond.

 

Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

Dementer is a spaceship AI; her job is to shuttle humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying. A clever retelling of the Dracula story.

 
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