Renee recommends fiction titles with a wintry theme and offers advice on using large print options for eBooks.
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Little Blog of Large Print: Featuring Fantasy!
Renee explores fantasy titles in large print.
Little Blog of Large Print: Spreading the Love
“My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.” – Abraham Lincoln Large print really seems to exemplify the old saying "always the bridesmaid, never the bride". It's essential to the reading habits of many people, especially if you're a little older or visually impaired. Yet, large print…
Little Blog of Large Print: WORD Christchurch 2019
WORD Christchurch is back for its Autumn Season! You can treat yourself with some of the amazing author talks lined up for this mini-festival which runs from 8 to 25 May 2019. You can buy tickets to individual events, if there's a particular author or talk you're interested in, or you can splurge on an Autumn…
Little Blog of Large Print: Celebrate Music Month
It's NZ Music Month, so celebrate than with music-themed reading and listening - Renee suggests large print and audiobooks that somehow link to music.
Little Blog of Large Print: Get Snug in August
Renee recommends some great reads to get cosy with, all in accessible formats and "snug" events in August.
Little Blog of Large Print: NZ Novels
“Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.” - Katherine Mansfield Most of us likely remember their first encounters with New Zealand novels; school. I for one, have fond memories of studying…
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Holiday activities Our librarians have put together crafts and fun activities you can do at home for the school holidays - or any time! Craft activities Video Your Ōtautahi Christchurch Story - STEAM Lab Online This month’s challenge - Beaulah shows you how to contribute your own stories and images to the library’s Discovery Wall…
The Testaments: Best read of the year!
As well as co-winning the 2019 Booker Prize with Bernadine Evaristo, Margaret Atwood has been nominated in two categories for the Good Reads' Best Reads this year; in Fiction for The Testaments, and in Graphic Novels for The Handmaid's Tale. The Testaments The sequel to The Handmaid's Tale was worth the wait. It's compelling, thrilling…
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