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Official account of Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi located in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/
Talk ocean science with Olivia Cooper, Lauren Murphy and Maeva Gerbeaux
Seaweek starts tomorrow. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/seaweek/
Events include talks from experts at Tūranga (and an ocean immersive experience) and a beach cleanup at New Brighton. ^DR
It's the last weekend for our Mānuka Storygrove exhibition at Tūranga. Be sure to check it out before it goes. ^MT
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/turanga-exhi...
Promotional graphic with text "Celebrate! The year of the horse" and a cute illustration of an anthropomorphised horse holding a Chinese lantern.
Celebrate the the Year of Horse with us tomorrow at Matatiki Hornby Centre!
Enjoy a variety of themed activities, including music, Mahjong & Chinese Chess.
Free - All welcome, 1pm to 3pm
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69...
AUTHOR TALK ON TONIGHT AT TŪRANGA, 6PM TO 7PM ^MT
26.02.2026 02:48 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
New this week graphic with 9 book covers including "The ferryman and his wife", "Aborescence", "Why we click" and "Math for knitters".
Specifically deez books. ^MT
25.02.2026 21:42 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW BOOKS TIME.
Find all the newest new things in our new fiction, new non-fiction, and just ordered lists.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-titles/#... #pukapuka #pukapukahou ^MT
The Britten Museum "honours the life and genius of New Zealand inventor John Britten and showcases, amongst his other machines, his world-famous Britten V1000 motorcycle." It opened in Christchurch last week. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/p...
#Christchurch #Ōtautahi ^DR
Great choice @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3...
Big Mary Stewart fan over here➡️ ^DR
It is, eh? ^MT
25.02.2026 03:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Librarian wearing a brown maxi skirt with 4 mushrooms shapes sewn onto it.
A librarian wearing a flowy green and white dress festooned with foodie accessories; a pineapple head scarf, eggplant earrings, a chain necklace hanging with plastic fruits, a banana brooch and a green vegetables ring.
A bun being held in place with a clip shaped like a leafy green vegetable, possibly bok choi or similar.
Librarian wearing a white tshirt with 2 red cherries on in and a skirt with a cherry print.
Enjoy a lil healthy eating-themed librarian fashion fun. ^MT
25.02.2026 03:47 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A preschooler holding up 2 small Lego bags, one looks to be a Minecraft themed build, and the other an underwater scene.
Look at Louie (age 3) picking up his Lego prizes from Redwood Library today (Thomas the Tank Engine crocs FTW!) ^MT
25.02.2026 03:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Blue Lego monster character named Wizz. Wizz is wearing black and white sneakers, and holding a sign and a red "pen".
Blue Lego monster character named Wizz. Wizz is wearing black and white sneakers, and holding a sign and a red "pen" in front of the book "Do not open this book".
Matilda, an 8 year old girl, holding "Do not open this book" and her Lego build.
Congratulations to Matilda, the winner of our Brick your Book competition this year!
Well done to everyone who entered and thanks to our Lego pals, Imagination Station for their Lego pop-ups in libraries again this year.
See all of the winners in our Flickr Album: www.flickr.com/photos/chris... ^MT
A meeting room with several library staff. A woman is standing next to a display screen giving a presentation.
NEW VACANCY: Manager Community Libraries
Permanent, Full-time, Central city, applications close 10pm Sunday 8 March. #libraryjobs
www.cccjobs.co.nz/jobdetails?a...
Turns out, toll booths are never popular.
Annette lays out the history of toll bars and booths in Christchurch, including the tale of one man who refused to pay the 1860s Papanui Road toll and scarpered, later to be arrested!
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/c... ^MT
RDU turned 50 yesterday!
24.02.2026 01:25 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
A librarian helping someone to look up an historical newspaper article using a digital microfilm reader.
Did you know that if you have a research question that you need help with you can book a free half hour one-on-one session with a librarian?
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/book-a-libra... ^MT
Coming up in Akaroa, brilliant destination for a summer writers festival. The road is open again after the flooding, so this is a great chance to support the town and see some great writers.
www.rawafestival.com/2026-programme
The latest Patrick Radden Keefe book London Falling is in our catalogue, so pop a hold on! christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... @praddenkeefe.bsky.social DOES NOT MISS. I went to his session at the WORD Christchurch Faraway Near in 2022: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/o... ^DR
23.02.2026 00:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kamania went to Gavin Bishop's Taniwha event/exhibition last week and learned about the challenges of adapting iwi stories for a children's book.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/g... ^MT #ReadNZ
On this day in 2011 a mag 6.3 earthquake struck.
185 people died.
Our city changed forever.
It can be hard to explain to kids born after what that was like but we have a backgrounder on our website that could be useful: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/canterbury-e...
Let me in at your win-do-oh-oh! ^MT
20.02.2026 00:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Graphic with text "Craving Gothic Romance? Listen to the eAudiobook" with a Libby logo (the library reading app) and Wuthering Heights book cover.
Graphic with text "Craving Gothic Romance? Listen to the eBook" with a Libby logo (the library reading app) and Wuthering Heights book cover.
Wuthering, Wuthering, Wuthering Heights.
We've currenty got unlimited eBook and eAudiobook copies so if you wanna read the Emily Brontë classic before (or after) seeing the movie you can via Libby!
libbyapp.com/library/awa ^MT
The audiobook version is read by the author which is great news because IMO she's got the *best* voice (if you've ever heard voiceover on a Whittakers chocolate advert you've heard Elisabeth Easther's warm dulcet tones)
Get your hold on: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... ^MT
Graphic with a purple background and cover image for Dancing in the Purple rain and author photo of Judy Mohr.
Fee has read Judy Mohr's sci-fi novel, Dancing in the Purple Rain, and found it's an action-packed sci-fi techno-thriller with great characters. #pukapuka #bookreviews
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/a...
Aroha mai, Little River Library and Customer Service Hub will remain closed until further notice. Akaroa Library is open normal hours. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/news/library...
19.02.2026 19:40 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An open book with two pages bent towards each other to form a heart.
The shortlist in this year's NZ Booklovers Awards in Adult fiction, Lifestyle, YA fiction, Junior fiction, and Picture Book categories has been announced.
A bunch of great NZ titles are in the running. Winners announced next month.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-zealand-... ^MT
Contrary to how this article summary makes it sound we stopped lending art and prints in the 1990s but many pieces remained in storage, and of course there is art on display in our libraries (and it's described in our catalogue christchurch.bibliocommons.com/search?t=sub... ). ^MT
18.02.2026 23:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Read more about the history of the library art collection: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/the-canterbu... ^MT
18.02.2026 23:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
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Graphic with nine book covers in two rows, fiction on the top, non-fiction on the bottom with the text "New this week". Titles include "Vigil" by George Saunders, "Seed" by Elisabeth Easther and "The pink scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights" by Thomas R. Dunn.
It's that "getting the jump on all the new books at the library" time of the week!
See our new fiction, new non-fiction, and just ordered lists for all the latest goodies.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-titles/#... ^MT
#pukapukahou #pukapuka