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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

September 2024

 

Haere mai, welcome to our newsletter for people from ages 13 to 24. Take a look at some fresh new books and check out what's on.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 14 -20 o Hepetema 2025

Explore resources and events to help you strengthen your reo during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week, 14 to 20 September 2025.

More Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
 

Sustainable living

It is Sustainable Spring! Find out about the Great Library Seed and Plant Swap, and loads more library events focused on sustainability.

Featured

Chip Packet Project session: Saturday 21 Sept 2pm to 3.30pm

In conjunction with The Chip Packet Project we’ll practise upcycling old chip packets into reusable survival blankets.

More about Sustainability
 

Enter the Top of the Pods competition

GCSN, Christchurch City Council Libraries, LOOP (Papanui Youth Development Trust and Plains FM are excited to present Top of the Pods 2024, a podcasting competition where teams of ākonga from across greater Christchurch can create and submit their own podcast, learn new skills, and win awesome prizes!

More about TOTP
 

Coming soon

Put your holds on and be first to get these new books.

The Grandest game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime. Get ready for a new series that brings readers deeper into the lush, romantic, and puzzle-filled world of the Inheritance Games series.

Thunder City by Philip Reeve

An epic, thrilling, action-packed city-eat-city adventure starring brave fighter Tamzin Pook.

Shazam! Vol 1, Meet the Captain by Mark Waid

Welcome to the wild adventures of Billy Batson, whose big red alter ego defends the Earth from its weirdest and wildest threats! First in a series.

Taylor Blake is a legend by Laura Jane Williams

This is the life of Taylor Blake: complicated crushes, awkward encounters and hoping for a first kiss!

 

New!!!

Take a look at the newest of new books and find your next great read.

Fiction

"All the Way Around the Sun" by Tian, XiXi (Young adult author)
"The Apothecary Diaries" by Hyūga, Natsu
"And the Trees Stare Back" by Griffis, Gigi
"Bitten" by Gray, Jordan, 1994-
"Andromache in the Dark" by Bergmoser, Gabriel
"Circle of Liars" by Francis, Kate
"The Apothecary Diaries" by Hyūga, Natsu

Graphic Novels

"Angelica and the Bear Prince" by Trung, Le Nguyen
"Asgardians" by O'Connor, George
"The Apothecary Diaries" by Hyūga, Natsu
"The Avengers in The Veracity Trap!" by Kidd, Chip, 1964-
"Ascendance of A Bookworm" by Kazuki, Miya
"Blue Box" by Miura, Kouji (Manga author)
"Asgardians" by O'Connor, George

Audiobooks

"The Survivor Wants to Die at the End" by Silvera, Adam, 1990-
"Tess of the Road" by Hartman, Rachel, 1972-
"Honor Lost" by Caine, Rachel, pseud., 1962-2020
"The Thirteenth Child" by Craig, Erin A.
"Honor Among Thieves" by Caine, Rachel, pseud., 1962-2020
"A Beautiful Evil" by Fitzgerald, Bea
"Tess of the Road" by Hartman, Rachel, 1972-
 

What's on

Dec
10
Sending Love From the Library
Dec 10 | All day
Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre
Dec
10
Mānuka Storygrove exhibition
Dec 10 | All day
Tūranga
Dec
10
Fala Time at Matatiki Hornby Centre
Dec 10th | 9:00am - 12:00pm
Matatiki Hornby Centre
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