Anyone who has anything to do with professional dancing knows that it requires extraordinary levels of physical fitness, control and dedication to make it as gr
Spec’ Fic’ in Chch
Spec Fic... what‘s that? Spec Fic is short for Speculative Fiction and was first used by R.A Heinlein in 1953 in a Library Journal as an umbrella genre for fiction about “things that have not happened”: science fiction, fantasy, horror, and all the bits in between. Spec fic is alive and well and happening in…
We’d like to know what you think…
How do you rate Christchurch City Libraries? What are we doing well? What can we do better? Survey was open between 1 April - 17 May 2015. If you wish to give us feedback now please contact us directly. …
Fantasy – Kings and killers
Here are some picks from our Fantasy newsletter for October 2014. You can read it online or subscribe to get it delivered direct to your inbox. …
Beca Heritage Week 2014
Beca Heritage Week was on from 17 to 27 October 2014. The theme is Making Connections — Experience our past – present – future. See our page on Beca Heritage Week. Library Heritage Week events included Tales on the Botanic Gardens caterpillar for kids; adult storytram with Joe Bennett; cemetery tours, and First World War-themed…
Science fiction taster for August
Here's a selection of the titles from our August science fiction newsletter. All of them have four+ stars in our catalogue so take your pick. You can read the whole thing online and subscribe if you want to get it emailed to you every other month…
Neverbored
I have a friend who says that she hasn't a creative bone in her body. Secretly I doubt that because I simply can't imagine being uncreative. I, on the other hand, have tried making so many different things (with varied success I'll admit) that its actually difficult to remember them all: sewing (contemporary, furnishings and…
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