Join our Family History librarians for a four-week course on useful resources for tracking your ancestors in New Zealand and Australia. Starting Tuesday 1 Sept at Tūranga. $16.43, including booking fee. events.humanitix.com/turanga-find...

Tūranga - Find your Australasian Ancestors (4 weeks) - T3

Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Tūranga - Find your Australasian Ancestors (4 weeks) - T3 hosted by Christchurch City Libraries. Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, ...

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Check out what's new to the library collection this week. See our new fiction, new non-fiction and just ordered lists for these titles and more! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-titles/#... ^MT

What you waiting for? My September list of "Books I really want to read" includes Jon Toogood, Sam Duckor-Jones, Julia Bradshaw & Atakohu Middleton. There's a new book from Emily St John Mandel - always a cause for celebratin'. ^DR christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... #pukapuka #booksky

You can borrow Fierceland by Omar Musa from us - in book or the @libbyapp.com audiobook. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3.... ^DR #booksky #pukapuka

Fierceland — Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

Fierceland — Musa, Omar — How do you mourn your father when you know his secrets? After many years abroad, Roz and Harun return to Malaysian Borneo for the funeral of their father Yusuf and to reckon ...

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ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 22h ago

Omar Musa wins 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Heart of Darkness 'critique', Fierceland

I tēnei pō (Wed), Catalyst poetry evening - koha entry - 7pm - more info here: www.facebook.com/share/1HA7Rt... @pizzatrapnz.bsky.social open 5-9pm for dine in or take away. Pop in or order online 🌿

WORD Christchurch Festival writers recommend their favourite wave-making reads. 🌊📘 christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... #WORDChch is on from 1 to 6 September, check out our coverage at my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc... ^DR #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

Saturday 8 August 11am - come along to a panel discussion at Tūranga with Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla & Jeanette Wikaira - contributors to ‘Books of Mana: 180 Māori Authored Books of Significance’. Book free ticket(s) at: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a... ^DR #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

What are librarians reading? Find out with these #ReadOfTheMonth recommendations! 📖 Hayley S - So old, so young by Grant Ginder 📖 Mike - Scratch moss by David Barnett 📖 Eamonn - The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley 📖 Sarah - Unreliable narrator by Araminta Hall Search: christchurch.bibliocommons.com

It's snowing here in Ōtautahi Christchurch! Have a look at snow days gone by in our SNOW page❄️ my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/snow-days/ ^DR #Christchurch #Ōtautahi

Christchurch snow days

Information on Christchurch and Canterbury's snow days.

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It is snowing in Ōtautahi Christchurch ❄️ Our South Mobile Van will be off the road today, so won't be stopping at Princess Margaret Hospital, St Martins New World, or She Chocolaterie (its usual Tuesday stops) my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/south-mobile... #Christchurch ^DR

Our new exhibition, WHAIAO, opens in Te Pito Huarewa Gallery at Tūranga on Saturday. Here's a quick look behind the scenes. Find out more: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/turanga-exhi... ^MT

Kia orana! See what's on at the library for 'Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani/Cook Islands Māori Language Week. We have a Cook Islands Māori for Beginners session, 'ei katu (flower garland) making session, and a celebration at Tūranga on Saturday. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/cook-islands...

Cook Islands Language Week – Te ‘epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani

Kia orana! Find out about 'Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani - Cook Islands Language Week.

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My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Currently on order and with a growing holds list: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... ^MT

The Press@thepress.co.nz · 3d ago

In his new book, Roadscapes, Derek Smith shares four decades of photographic love letters to the cars, colours and character of Aotearoa.

WORD Christchurch Festival writers recommend their favourite wave-making reads. 🌊📘 The Bone People by Keri Hulme and This compulsion in us by Tina Makereti @tinamakereti.bsky.social are popular picks, so are Ursula Le Guin and bell hooks. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... ^DR #WORDChch

WORD Christchurch Festival 2026 writers recommend wave-making books — a staff-created list from Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

WORD Christchurch Festival 2026 is on from 1 to 6 September. Ōtautahi Christchurch will be the place to be if you love writing, reading, or ideas! WORD asked Festival writers and performers the questi...

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Happy times for Book Cover and Book Design fans. 1. PANZ Book Design Awards shortlist is out. www.bookdesignawards.co.nz ^DR #bookcovers #bookdesign

PANZ Book Design Awards

Visit the post for more.

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UPDATE: The login issue is now fixed so you can use the library app and place holds and view your library account info as normal. There are still problems with issuing some items and availability information for those items in the catalogue and those issues are still being worked on. ^MT

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Aroha mai, but we are experiencing some issues with our catalogue that means our library app doesn't work and some items in our collection cannot be issued. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/news/issues-... ^MT

Sign up for our 6 week programme and explore some of the gems in our collection, including our archives, maps, information on our website, thousands of images, digitised diaries, book recommendations and more. $16.43, incl booking fee events.humanitix.com/turanga-begi...

Tūranga - Beginner's Guide to Local History (6 week programme) - t3

Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Tūranga - Beginner's Guide to Local History (6 week programme) - t3 hosted by Christchurch City Libraries. Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central City, Christchu...

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Heads up Māori writers - applications are now open for the 2027 Emerging Māori Writer in Residence hosted by the IIML — apply by 31 October 2026! (Picture shows 2026 EMWR, Terri Te Tau) www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...

Emerging Māori Writer in Residence | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Apply for the Emerging Māori Writer in Residence—$15,000 stipend, mentorship, and writing space.

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Aroha mai, but we are experiencing some issues with our catalogue that means our library app doesn't work and some items in our collection cannot be issued. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/news/issues-... ^MT

or August's monthly fashion fun post we are celebrating 45 years since ‘The Wedding of the Century’ between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue was the theme (but also, sometimes tiaras).

Aroha mai, you can't currently log in to your library card and check your holds or borrowing. Our team is working on this. Sorry for the inconvenience. ^DR

Our next exhibition at Tūranga opens on Saturday 8 August with a panel discussion at 11am with Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla, and Jeanette Wikaira on ‘Books of Mana: 180 Māori Authored Books of Significance’. Free, but bookings required: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a... ^MT

Read the Booker Dozen titles (13 books longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize) - get 'em from your library (or pop a hold on) my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/the-man-book... PS Jarvis Cocker is one of the judges and read 163 books. Onya Jarv! thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... ^DR

Jarvis Cocker interview: ‘I want to find an author who has looked at the world differently’ | The Booker Prizes

Booker Prize 2026 judge Jarvis Cocker tells us how reading became the perfect companion to life on tour, and why an unforgettable voice matters more to him than a gripping plot

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The Booker Prizes@thebookerprizes.com · last wk.

‘We are confident that our longlist of books has something for everyone’ We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026

New fear unlocked. ^MT

Kim Mannix@kimmannix.bsky.social · last wk.

My kid works at a library and found this note sticking out of a book. Dear Scarlett's parents, good job raising a rockstar. 😁

Book blurbs deciphered #booksky

Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's Booker Dozen: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026

Sorry to hear of the passing of Bill Oddie. Am considering showing my kid The Goodies for some peak absurdist humour. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... ^MT

The Goodies — Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

The Goodies — The trio, always short of money, offer themselves out for hire with the motto "Anything, Anytime, Anywhere". The series, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy, aired for eight ...

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Next Tuesday 4 August at Tūranga, staff from the Māori Land Court will be available to answer questions and provide advice on a range of enquiry types from succession applications, to land trusts. 12pm to 2pm, free, no bookings required. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69... ^MT

Nuclear Narratives: Japan and Aotearoa exhibition - on now at Upper Riccarton Library. Listening, reflecting, connecting; the people affected by nuclear weapons and testing carry stories that reach across time and place. (on until 6 August) christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?se... ^DR