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Beach Books from the Barrow
On a warm, sunny day with lots of people around in New Brighton, you may see our red wheelbarrow filled with books out and about. Librarians wearing red to match the barrow will be pushing books no lo… more →
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Beach Books from the Barrow
wrote 12 hours ago: On a warm, sunny day with lots of people around in New Brighton, you may see our red wheelbarrow fil … more →
The upside of down time
wrote 1 week ago: A cheery note on my broadband usage meter recently informed me that usage limits had been doubled un … more →
New Brighton - Canterbury's playground
wrote 1 week ago: New Brighton is Canterbury’s playground is a sweetie of a pamphlet, see the delight Christchur … more →
Whaea Haneta's Kirihimete memories
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wrote 2 weeks ago: My memories of a Māori Christmas are seen through the eyes of a nana. Whanau gather from far and wid … more →
Did you win the book vouchers?
wrote 2 weeks ago: There were plenty of entries for the Best and Worst 2009 competition, and the winners are … … more →
No words for my favourite read-aloud
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Read-aloud books – there’s so many favourites out there we’ve made this great list … more →
The Guardian's worst books of the decade
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Being a modest sort of outfit, Christchurch City Libraries blog has recently only been asking our re … more →
New Brighton Christmas Parade
wrote 3 weeks ago: Santa arrives in New Brighton I was very lucky on Saturday 5th December. I was able to park in the c … more →
Best and Worst Books 2009
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wrote 1 month ago: Twilight has been trashed, Fiona Farrell fêted and is all is well with the world. Or is it? If you … more →
Best and Worst Books of 2009
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wrote 1 month ago: Like every other year, 2009 has had its fair share of literary highs and lows. We’d like YOU s … more →
Ballantynes' Fire November 18 1947
wrote 1 month ago: Today is the 62nd anniversary of the fire at the Ballantynes Department store in Christchurch. It wa … more →
Rachael King talks about her new book
wrote 1 month ago: I discovered on a visit to Rachael King’s luscious looking new website that she is speaking in … more →
Be a Library Star
wrote 2 months ago: We love featuring our customers on the home page of our Library web site. We’ve got all sorts … more →
Modern masterpiece turns 25
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wrote 2 months ago: It’s a day to remember one of the most successful writers that Christchurch has ever produced … more →
Still a Good Keen Man
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wrote 2 months ago: A Good Keen Man turns 50 next year and there’ll be a commemorative edition of Barry Crump … more →
The wondrous Waitaki
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wrote 2 months ago: Labour Weekend marks the 75th birthday of the Waitaki hydro dam, which is one of the cornerstones of … more →
One Book, One Community - would it fly in NZ?
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wrote 3 months ago: With NZ Book Month upon us, and various Writer’s festivals happening around the county over th … more →
Literary Christchurch
wrote 3 months ago: In celebration of New Zealand Book Month, here are some useful resources on local literary luminarie … more →
Let the music move you - The Body Festival and The BDO
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wrote 3 months ago: Christchurch is a-shimmying and and a-shaking to The Body Festival. There are performances, workshop … more →
