Hongwangccl's Blog

Boosting your happiness with library books

By hongwangccl19/03/2021

What is happiness? Can it be measured? Hong suggests books about happiness to add more of it to your life.

Bringing Old Beijing to life: True crime tales by Paul French

By hongwangccl09/02/2021

Hong looks at the true crime books of Paul French, popular amongst the members of Fendalton's Chinese Book Club.

Celebrating Lunar New Year with the Chinese Waist Drum Dance

By hongwangccl02/02/2021

Lunar New Year is coming soon! Hong explains how Chinese waist drum performances have become part of these annual celebrations.

图书馆电子资源中的中西美食食谱 Good Chinese and Western Food Recipes in Library eResources

By hongwangccl24/12/2020

一年一度的节假日高峰期又到来了！今年的节假日是在全球疫情大爆发过后人们修养生息的绝好机会。无论您选择以热闹的聚会还是安静的休闲方式渡过假日，美食都是不可缺少的。您在为节假日的食谱犯愁吗？您在担心外出旅行不方便带食谱的书吗？下面的图书馆电子资源将助您一臂之力。

WORD Christchurch 2020 – Merchant, Miner, Mandarin

By hongwangccl31/10/2020

Stories about settlers and pioneers are always fascinating and mysterious. Why do people decide to move to a new land far away from home? How do they cope with all the challenges? What factors have made them successful? If you had attended a speech delivered by Jenny Sew Hoy Agnew and Trevor Agnew on 30th…

Courage, love and sacrifice: Nancy Wake in fact and fiction

By hongwangccl20/10/2020

Hong looks at movies and books, both fictional and factual, about Nancy Wake, a New Zealand-born and Australia-raised heroine who helped with the French Resistance in WWII.