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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

July 2025

 

Welcome to our Home & Living newsletter.

Letting you know about interesting library events, books and other resources related to crafts, gardening, cooking and more!

 

Staff List

New for you - Food & Drink - July 2025

Find healthy eating, exotic cuisine, ideas for family meals, and baking in our latest cookbook picks.

 

Library events

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

The Great Stash Swap

Aug 5th | 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

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.

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).

 

Coming soon

Keep an eye out for these on order titles.

Casting Flowers: A Step-by-step Guide To Creating Beautiful Botanical Art by Juliet Roberts And Rachel Dein

Casting Flowers encourages even the most basic beginners to revel in the ability to record a plant's texture, pattern, and delicacy in fine detail, creating compositions as small as a single stem.

 

Glorious Gardens: Private Edens of the World's Leading Interior Designers by Dara Caponigro

Glorious Gardens offers a glimpse into the outdoor sanctuaries that serve as sources of endless inspiration for renowned interior designers.

 

House Rules: 100 Ways to Feel at Home by Emma Beryl Kemper

Emma Beryl Kemper defines 100 insightful rules to help you transform your space into a home you'll never want to leave.

 

New titles

Cookbooks

"Furaipan hitotsu de mainichi ie-Furenchi" by Emojowa
"Mainichi hiyayakko" by Kobayashi, Masami, 1970-
"Yi shu yi fan shi yu ji" by Taifeng
"Wagaya no dendōiri Shinya no yamitsuki mugenmeshi best 250" by Ogawa, Shin'ya
"Sekaiichi oishii niku no tabekata" by Hashimoto, Osamu
"The Langham Afternoon Tea Book"
"Mainichi hiyayakko" by Kobayashi, Masami, 1970-

Gardening

"The Goth Garden" by Feaster, Felicia
"My Gardening Life" by Berry, Mary, 1935-
"The Regenerative Gardener's Handbook" by Bosch, Briana Selstad
"The Tomato Grower's Handbook" by Farrell, Holly
"Backyard Cutting Garden" by Snyder, Trisha
"Urban Farming Revolution"
"My Gardening Life" by Berry, Mary, 1935-

Home organisation

"Sort your Life Out"
"Tidy-up Time" by Walter, Jackie
"Getting Sh*t Done" by Day, Roo
"Let's Choose Less" by Michael, Jenna
"Less Is Liberation" by Platt, Christine A., 1976-
"Lifestyled" by Gill, Shira, 1977-
"Tidy-up Time" by Walter, Jackie

Sewing

"Shoes"
"Sewing ABCs"
"Textiles"
"Sewing Is My Art"
"Testing Textiles"
"Sewing Is My Art"
"Sewing ABCs"
 

Staff List

Change for the better: Plastic Free July

Find out how to do your bit in the global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution.

 
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