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Christmas
Links and information about the Christmas holidays - events, food, crafts, music, reading and more!
Christmas and New Year holiday hours 2024 / 2025
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou. Check our hours and services over Christmas and New Year 2024 / 2025.
Best of 2024
What reads and watches have you loved this year? Tell us and go in the draw to win a readers' prize bundle!
Most Popular in 2024
Find out what was popular this year - fiction, non-fiction, books and comics for tamariki and rangatahi, and more!
Christmas
Links and information about the Christmas holidays - events, food, crafts, music, reading and more!
Christmas and New Year holiday hours 2024 / 2025
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou. Check our hours and services over Christmas and New Year 2024 / 2025.
Best of 2024
What reads and watches have you loved this year? Tell us and go in the draw to win a readers' prize bundle!
Most Popular in 2024
Find out what was popular this year - fiction, non-fiction, books and comics for tamariki and rangatahi, and more!
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eAudiobooks
Borrow eAudiobooks for adults, kids and young adults. Listen when you are on the move, or taking it easy.
Listen to The reappearance of Rachel Price on BorrowBox
Summertime Reading includes audiobooks! Listen to this sensational new YA thriller by Holly Jackson, right now - no holds, no queues.
This is the F#$%ing news by Paddy Gower: Libby eAudiobook
Borrow the eAudiobook This is the F#$%ing news by Paddy Gower today. No wait list!
Skip the Line with Libby and OverDrive
Reads without the wait! Skip the line and borrow a popular title for a two week loan. One title at a time, no holds or renewals.
eAudiobooks
Borrow eAudiobooks for adults, kids and young adults. Listen when you are on the move, or taking it easy.
Listen to The reappearance of Rachel Price on BorrowBox
Summertime Reading includes audiobooks! Listen to this sensational new YA thriller by Holly Jackson, right now - no holds, no queues.
This is the F#$%ing news by Paddy Gower: Libby eAudiobook
Borrow the eAudiobook This is the F#$%ing news by Paddy Gower today. No wait list!
Skip the Line with Libby and OverDrive
Reads without the wait! Skip the line and borrow a popular title for a two week loan. One title at a time, no holds or renewals.
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New For You - December
New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems - chosen especially for you by our book buyers!
New Titles
Explore the latest eAudiobooks, eBooks, fiction, large print, non-fiction, & stuff for kids and teens.
Short stories reading guide
Looking for something you can read easily in a lunch break? Find short stories in a range of genres, hand-picked by librarians.
World and travel reading guide
Be transported. Find reads that take you to exotic cities, feast on the foods of a foreign culture, or be inspired by real life adventurers.
New For You - December
New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems - chosen especially for you by our book buyers!
New Titles
Explore the latest eAudiobooks, eBooks, fiction, large print, non-fiction, & stuff for kids and teens.
Short stories reading guide
Looking for something you can read easily in a lunch break? Find short stories in a range of genres, hand-picked by librarians.
World and travel reading guide
Be transported. Find reads that take you to exotic cities, feast on the foods of a foreign culture, or be inspired by real life adventurers.
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Kia ora and welcome to Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi - join online now.
Redwood Reads December 2024
What the staff of Redwood have been reading and recommending this month.
Waste-free Christmas
Does the amount of paper and rubbish created during one day of celebration bother you? Ideas on reducing waste at Christmas time.
Fanau at Christmas: Picturing Canterbury
Fanau at Christmas, 2019. An image from Canterbury Stories.
Business Book of the Year Award winner announced
Find compelling insights and enjoyable reading on modern business issues with the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award winners.
Redwood Reads December 2024
What the staff of Redwood have been reading and recommending this month.
Waste-free Christmas
Does the amount of paper and rubbish created during one day of celebration bother you? Ideas on reducing waste at Christmas time.
Fanau at Christmas: Picturing Canterbury
Fanau at Christmas, 2019. An image from Canterbury Stories.
Business Book of the Year Award winner announced
Find compelling insights and enjoyable reading on modern business issues with the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award winners.
