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Book display at bookshop in Merivale

Tomorrow Saturday 11 October 2025 is Aotearoa NZ Bookshop Day! Pop along to your local bookshop for events, prizes, and BOOKS.
Our page links to events in Ōtautahi Christchurch and historic bookshop pics.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/bookshops/
#pukapuka #booksky #bookshopdaynz ^DR

Indeed, I think I breezed past that bit. The article is more poignant now with Sinead being gone too.

Song to the Siren's irresistible tang Its writer refused to record it. Pat Boone almost killed it. Then it was resurrected as a B-side to an indie prestige project. Martin Aston on how Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren became a modern class...

The story of Song to the Siren really is astonishing. www.theguardian.com/music/2011/n...

Nightmarish!

Yes!

Flight returns to Christchurch airport after reporting issue shortly after take-off The plane bound for Fiji hit a bird as it left Christchurch, before it spent 2 hours circling the airport.

The Christchurch plane has safely landed, thank goodness www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Toitū Te Tiriti!

YouTube video by Azealia Banks AZEALIA BANKS - 212 FT. LAZY JAY

Office discussion on "walk on songs". This is mine, if I ever win an award or get good at sport.
youtu.be/i3Jv9fNPjgk?...

Book covers

What you waiting for? I do a monthly list of books I want to read. Here are my October picks - there is fashion, art, music, & upcoming memoirs by Margaret Atwood & Tim Curry! ^DR
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... #booksky #pukapuka

He is! Pure chaos, but pure nonetheless.

a group of people dancing on a stage with the name james gunn on the bottom Alt: Peacemaker opening choreo - a group of people dancing on a stage

Blessed is the Peacemaker. And the Vigilante.

I ❤️ Vigilante

A cool fat cat

The most joyous post on the local FB group has comments from the cat’s owner, people he has encountered chiming in, and other popular felines.

It rocks! And the theme song and dance routines are fun af.

Dozens of protesters arrested at Aerospace Summit in Christchurch 'We need to stop hiding behind this thin veneer of space exploration,' said one of the organisers. <br />

Dozens of protesters arrested at Aerospace Summit in Christchurch. thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-1...

Book Discussion Scheme Used Book Sale. Pre-loved BDS titles $3 each or 4 for $10 (great stocking fillers!). Saturday 18 October, 10am to 2pm, Book Discussion Scheme, 425 Colombo Street, Sydenham. Cash and EFTPOS only (no credit or payWave). Bring friends and family. www.bds.org.nz

For the bookish folks in Ōtautahi :)

#booksky

Book cover

Qiane Matata-Sipu (author of the wonderful book on wāhine NUKU) has written a book for tamariki about first menstruation through a Māori cultural framework (honouring the works and teachings of Dr Ngahuia Murphy). It's in te reo Māori & English. www.nukuwomen.co.nz/shop-online/ #pukapuka

Police and Protestors outside Te Pae

Protestors outside Te Pae

Poster about blockade

Protestors chained by Te Pae

There is a Blockade of the New Zealand Aerospace Summit at Te Pae in Ōtautahi Christchurch. m.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO25...

‘Steven Universe’ Creator Rebecca Sugar Set for Animated Feature From Annapurna, Moomin Characters (EXCLUSIVE) 'Steven Universe’ creator Rebecca Sugar to write and direct Moomins animated feature for Annapurna.

This sounds cool - Rebecca is a genius. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Ōtautahi Christchurch peeps, if you like taking pics make sure and enter the Photo Hunt this month. You could win Riverside vouchers, and your pics will go onto the library's Disco Wall & into Canterbury Stories! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/photo-hunt/

Sorry, arohanui x

Blossoms

Blossoms and wisteria

Blossoms, dearies

Memorial to Rod Donald plaque

Memorial to Rod Donald plaque - artwork by St Andrew’s art class

Memorial to Rod Donald plaque - artwork by St Andrew’s art class

Memorial to Rod Donald at St Andrew’s.

It truly does.

Echium aka Pride of Madeira at Ōhinehou Lyttelton

Echium aka Pride of Madeira at Ōhinehou Lyttelton

In today’s NZ Herald

FAFSWAG artist Pati Tyrell's commissioned art work for the cover of Tusiata Avia's new book entitled 'Giving Birth To My Father'. You can also pick up a copy for yourself here:

teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...

Didn’t get a voting pack? You can still vote in the local elections There's still time! Don't give up!...

Didn’t get a voting pack? You can still vote in the local elections

Hi Bluesky FAFSWAG is in the building!!

FAFSWAG is an arts collective of Māori and Pacific LGBTQIA+ artists and activists founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 2013. They explore and celebrate the unique identity of gender fluid Pacific people and LGBTQI+ communities in multi-disciplinary art forms.

Storygraph collage of covers of books read in September

The books I read in September.
My faves:
⭐Ginseng Roots: A Memoir by Craig Thompson
🪓Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder by Rachel McCarthy James
💪Flesh by David Szalay
Reviews at christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/users/750... @thestorygraph.com #pukapuka #booksky