March 2025

Haere mai, welcome to our Audiobooks newsletter. Pop on your headphones - there's plenty of new fiction and non-fiction to listen to.

New audiobooks

Listen to the freshest audiobooks from Libby and BorrowBox, or tune into a classic tale.

New releases: BorrowBox

New releases: Libby

Listen now

Event

Behind the Curtain: In Rehearsal Workshop

Sep 8th | 5:45pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Take part in a rehearsal room process in this 1-hour workshop unpacking a scene with Director Kathleen Burns.

Blog Post

Demolition begins: The Rutherford Ward, Queen Mary Hospital

We look at the history of the Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer Springs as demolition work begins on its South Block, or Rutherford Ward.

Behind the Curtain: In Rehearsal Workshop

Sep 8th | 5:45pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Take part in a rehearsal room process in this 1-hour workshop unpacking a scene with Director Kathleen Burns.

More eAudiobooks

Staff List

eAudiobooks with multiple narrators

If you are looking for a different eAudiobook experience, try one with a lineup of voices. Lincoln in the Bardo has 166 voices!

Multiple narrator audiobooks

New and Interesting

The Pool by Hannah Tunnicliffe, read by Jamie Oxenbould and Melanie Vallejo [Libby]

Can you make a murderer? Dive into this deep and tangled mystery by Hannah Tunnicliffe.

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito, read by Anna Burnett [Libby]

The Sunday Times calls it "Jane Eyre meets American Psycho". It's also being made into a movie by the producer of the horror Longlegs and is set to star Margaret Qualley (The Substance) and Kiwi actress Thomasin McKenzie.

Book Sale coming soon!

Event

Behind the Curtain: In Rehearsal Workshop

Sep 8th | 5:45pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Take part in a rehearsal room process in this 1-hour workshop unpacking a scene with Director Kathleen Burns.

More about the book sale

uLibrary Bookclubs

Talking Books Book Club

Join the Talking Books Book Club from uLibrary. This month's title is Black Silk & Sympathy by Deborah Challinor.

Bookworms Book Club for kids

Join Bookworms Book Club, uLibrary's kids audio bookclub. This month's book is The Map of Leaves by Yarrow Townsend.

More uLibrary eAudiobooks

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