The Unlikely Librarian

The Unlikely Librarian

The Unlikely Librarian - Mike Moroney - meets local creative people for a conversation, and makes book recommendations. 

Recommended by the Unlikely Librarian

The Unlikely Librarian's books of 2022

All the books of 2022 good, bad, and those that fall in between!

The Unlikely Librarian's best reads of 2021

Many were read but only a few made the cut for Mike's best reads of 2021! Lots of great horror reads in this list.

Interview: Mike on WORD Christchurch 2023 events at Tūranga

An interview with Mike about the WORD Christchurch 2023 Tūranga events. From So Many Stories, August 2023 show. Time: 2 minutes 27 seconds

Auahatanga Reads: August 2023

A round up of monthly reads from the fiction team on Auahatanga, 4th floor of Tūranga

Indelible: Tattoo Tales: WORD Christchurch 2022

Poppia reports back from Absolution Tattoo Studio and Gallery where people told the tales of their tattoos.

Indelible: Telling tales in human skin at WORD Christchurch

Mike, a librarian at Tūranga, talks about his upcoming session at WORD Christchurch, of tattoos and books with unsavoury coverings...

Hey Bro! A Banter with Ben Brown

Mike Moroney is having hour-long conversations at the pub with various creative people  – the first was with Ben Brown.

Among Brown’s most popular works are a memoir A Fish in the Swim of the World, an award-winning children’s book A Booming in the Night – illustrated by Helen Taylor – and a book of poems Between the Kindling and the Blaze: Reflections on the Concept of Mana.

“We talked about Ben’s work, the creative process, and the role of libraries in connecting to his audience,” he says.

The first Unlikely Librarian event was at the Civil and Naval in Lyttelton, Sunday 2 August, 8.30pm to 9.30pm.

From Unlikely Librarian raises literary community bar, Newsline, 14 July 2020

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