A look back at 160 years of Christchurch City Libraries and the Illuminate exhibition.
Life is just better on roller skates
Just over two years ago I started training for roller derby - at about the same time that I started working as a library assistant. I'm still working on the roller derby and in the library. Roller Derby is an athletic and strategic full-contact sport, played on quad skates with two teams competing against each other…
Ivan Coyote: Talking across boundaries – WORD Christchurch
When the WORD blog team put their hand up to cover different sessions at WORD Christchurch, I was fortunately alone in choosing both "The Storyteller" and "Black and Blue Storytelling" with Ivan E. Coyote. As the event continued and audiences enjoyed the stories, people kept coming back for more and more. By Sunday morning, "The Storyteller…
Black and Blue Storytelling – WORD Christchurch
Black and Blue Storytelling at 27 steps brought me right out of my comfort zone. To be heading into Christchurch whilst stone cold sober and on my own on a Friday night after 10pm was a big thing for me - but there aren't that many opportunities to hear adult storytelling. In my excitement I…
My WORD – Anne on the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival
Ever since WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival ended on Sunday I've felt rather sad and a little lost. When I've been to other literature festivals I've been enthused, happy and have absolutely gorged myself on as many sessions as possible. Then they ended and that was that. WORD was different to that and also…
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