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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

May 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our contemporary fiction newsletter.
Have a look at what's new in the world of fiction - from the latest picks to award-winners and more.

 

Staff List

New For You - Contemporary Fiction - May 2025

Explore modern life in all its fictional glory with this selection of new contemporary fiction titles.

 

Coming soon

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

Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle

An unforgettable, imaginative and darkly comic debut novel about food, ghosts and the New York culinary scene.

 

Bad Nature by Ariel Courage

Armed with a terminal diagnosis, a grudge, and a rental car, forty-year-old Hester sets out to fulfil her lifelong dream of killing her absent, abusive father.

 

A Family Matter by Claire Lynch

A mother following her heart. A father with the law on his side. A child caught in the middle.

 

Table for One by Emma Gannon

A story about what it means to be happily alone, not lonely.

 

Event

Ōmōkihi South Library & Community Hub rebuild: info workshop

Jun 3rd | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Online

Join a community information workshop at the Cashmere Club hosted by Christchurch City Council and Cook Brothers Construction.

 

Latest fiction titles

"1985" by Hoey, Dominic, 1977-
"The Absolutes" by Potter, Kate
"33 Place Brugmann" by Austen, Alice (Screenwriter)
"Accidents Happen" by Batacan, F. H.
"A/S/L" by Thornton, Jeanne
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"The Absolutes" by Potter, Kate
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Find more new fiction
 

Blog Post

Submerse yourself in Tina Shaw's A House Built on Sand

Fee reviews Tina Shaw's novel about a mother and daughter attempting to deal with early onset dementia.

 

Website

International Booker Prize 2025

The 2025 winner has been announced in this prize for works of fiction translated into English.

Find more award-winners
 

More from the Library

Website

NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa

May is NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.

 
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