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September 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 - September 2025

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

 

Library events

The Great Library Seed and Plant Swap

Every year in September Christchurch City Libraries hosts the Great Library Seed and Plant Swap. Find out where and when you can swap.

The Great Stash Swap

Feb 22nd | 11:00am - 2:00pm

Upper Riccarton Library

Bring your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, buttons, wool, lace, trims, paints, brushes, zips, etc... Then choose what you want to take away.

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Excel Essential Training on LinkedIn Learning

Get up to speed with Excel expert Dennis Taylor as he demonstrates how to efficiently manage & analyse data in Microsoft Excel.

 

Blog posts

Blog Post

Live, Laugh, Eat at the Dream Dinner Party

There was laughter, tears, & good yarns aplenty when Jessica, Brannavan, & Nici talked with Alex about all things food at WORD Christchurch.

Blog Post

Craft Snippets: Quilting with Catherine McDonald

Sally reports back from a Craft Snippets session with quilt artist, Catherine McDonald, and learns about her techniques and inspirations.

 

New books

Cookbooks

"Ratio" by Ruhlman, Michael, 1963-
"Tutto in una pentola" by Lucia, Franco
"Sally's Baking 101" by McKenney, Sally, 1985-
"Hindi Ito Cookbook Ni Ninong Ry" by Radovan, Jill Tan
"Vegetables the Indian Way : Definitive Collection of Recipes From the Simple to the Special" by Panjabi, Camellia
"Easy Chinese Food Anyone Can Make" by Chung, Emma (Chef)
"Tutto in una pentola" by Lucia, Franco

Gardening

"Grown in Fagaloa" by Kava, Vaoese
"The Plant Book" by Huynh, Tammy
"Plant Parenting for Busy People" by Mutalima, Nora
"The Kew Gardens Salad Book" by Linford, Jenny
"Grass Isn't Greener" by Wolfe, Danae
"100 Top Crops You Can Grow" by Valencia, Mark
"The Plant Book" by Huynh, Tammy

Handicrafts

"Witchy Stitching" by Black, Meg
"The Handbook of Glaze Recipes" by Bloomfield, Linda (Potter)
"Piece by Piece" by MacDonald, Lauren
"Clay your Way" by Olympia, Lolita
"Amazing Glaze Food-safe Recipes" by Kline, Gabriel, 1977-
"Paper Inventions" by Ceceri, Kathy
"The Handbook of Glaze Recipes" by Bloomfield, Linda (Potter)

Sewing

"Luna Lapin" by Peel, Sarah
"Make your Own Animal Friends" by Ferris, Katia
"Sewing With Scraps" by Helmersson, Birgitta
"Sewing" by Bayard, Marie-Noëlle
"Building Patterns" by Furrer, Suzy
"The Handmade Home" by Khounnoraj, Arounna
"Make your Own Animal Friends" by Ferris, Katia
 

Coming soon picks

The Iconic Tropical House by Patrick Bingham-Hall

A luscious survey of forty-five of the most interesting tropical houses built in south-east Asia and Australia over the last fifty years, arranged decade by decade.

 

Slow style home by Zandra Zuraw

Zandra Zuraw teaches principles and shows how to execute them in your home, starting simply and then layering or changing as your style evolves over time rather than filling your spaces with what's trendy today but may not tell who you are or reflect how you live in your home.

 

The Vintage Way by Sarah Marie Winther

The Vintage Way takes you on a captivating journey through 20 beautiful Scandinavian homes that master the art of curating vintage pieces to create eclectic yet cohesive interiors.

 
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