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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/

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · Jun 9

Kia ora! This account is managed by Donna and Moata of the Christchurch City Libraries Web Team from our secret lair/open plan office.
We’ll be sharing info about library events, services and collections.

Two middle aged women with nice smiles sitting at office desks.

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 2d

A reminder to my NZ spec fic author friends – don't forget to enter your works into Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, Aotearoa's first judged speculative fiction awards! We're looking for novels, novellas, YA, MG, short stories, graphic novels and more!

tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/

#nzbooks #nzauthor

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 10h

Later they will go into Canterbury Stories: canterburystories.nz
Enter your photos now - the Photo Hunt closes Friday 31 October. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/photo-hunt/

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 10h

Where do your Photo Hunt entries go? The Discovery Wall!
Your photos will be available through Tūranga's beautiful Discovery Wall and its mobile travelling version (as well as on the website). discoverywall.nz

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 13h

There are two more digitsation sessions: Saturday 18 October at Fendalton Library from 11am to 1pm, Thursday 23 Oct 10am to 12noon at Tūranga

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 13h

Tomorrow - Wednesday 15 October from 2pm to 4pm - our team will be on hand to help you digitise your photos for the Photo Hunt. Be in to win Riverside Market vouchers! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/photo-hunt/ ^DR

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 16h

Happy birthday to Katherine Mansfield! Born on this day in 1888.
Read her timeless stories: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?qu... ^MT

Graphic featuring book covers by and about Katherine Mansfield.

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 1d

Labour day is coming up on Monday 27 October. Tūranga will be open from 10am to 5pm. All other libraries are closed.
Learn more about how Labour Day came to be in New Zealand and its originator, Samuel Parnell.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/labour-day/ ^MT

Labour Day

Labour Day - Monday 27 October 2025 Monday 27 October - Tūranga is open from 10am to 5pm. All other libraries are closed. Labour…

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 1d

Interview that is a great teaser for Curry's memoir, Vagabond (currenly on order, holds list at time of posting, very short!)
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... ^MT

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 4d

Audiobooksters! I just spotted Speaking my Language Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo by Mike McRoberts and Polkinghorne by Steve Braunias on AWA / Libby. Get in quick! ^DR libbyapp.com/library/awa/...
#BookSky #Pukapuka

a man with a mustache is standing in front of a door with the number 120 on it

Alt: a man with a mustache is standing in front of a door with the number 120 on it

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 4d

Recognise this place??
www.canterburystories.nz/collections/...

David Aurt outside the Varsity bookshop. 27 September 1975. © Christchurch Star. CCL-Star-1975-2808-001-006N-01

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 4d

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025
Find books by László Krasznahorkai in our collection. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?qu...
Read more on the Nobel website: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 4d

The Nobel Prize in Literature was first awarded in 1901. Laureates include William Butler Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Jean-Paul Sartre, Pablo Neruda, and Toni Morrison.
In 2016, Bob Dylan famously won. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/nobel-prize-... ^DR

Nobel Prize in Literature

See the winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature since the first award in 1901.

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 4d

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 has been awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

www.nobelprize.org

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 4d

Our libraries will have voting bins available for dropping off your vote until noon tomorrow (Saturday). ^MT

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 4d

Last chance to vote for council with one more day to go

After a promising start, turnout is on the slide – but there's still time to get out and vote....

thespinoff.co.nz

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, known for philosophical and bleakly funny novels, has won the Nobel Prize in literature.

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in literature for what the Nobel committee called his compelling and visionary work.

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 5d

Callie Hart, author of the wildly popular "Quicksilver" appears at a WORD Christchurch event in Ōtautahi next week.
If you don't know your faerie smut from your shadow daddies then this post is for you... ^MT my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/q...

Author photo of Callie Hart with the book cover for Quicksilver.

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 5d

Here's what's new at libraries this week.
Get more in our new fiction, new non-fiction, and just ordered lists on our website: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-titles/#...

A graphic with text "New this week" and 9 book covers including "A long winter" by Colm Tóibín, "The shattering peace" by John Scalzi" and "The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki: the Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films" by Nicolas Rapold.

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 5d

Dr Jane Goodall with volunteers during a tour of Richmond Community Garden as part of her visit to answer questions and sign copies of her books. 30 May 2019.
📷Jane Goodall touring Richmond Community Garden. In copyright CCL. CCL-RCG-IMG_7991.
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Dr Jane Goodall, an elderly woman dressed in beige slacks, a cream turtleneck and red scarf standing in a grassy area with people, trees and plants in the background.
Jane Goodall touring Richmond Community Garden. In copyright CCL. CCL-RCG-IMG_7991.

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 6d

This week's Photo Hunt postcard image is view of Lyttelton during the construction of the road tunnel in the 1960s.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/p... ^MT

Photo Hunt 2025: Lyttelton Tunnel construction, 1961-64

Lyttelton Tunnel construction, taken in the 1960s. An entry in Christchurch Photo Hunt 2020. Enter this year's photo hunt competition.…

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 6d

Redwood Library has reopened and is operating as normal. ^MT

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 6d

Redwood Library has had to close temporarily today. We will let you know if they're able to open again later. ^MT

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 6d

We can't do anything about pagers or your 3G Nokia brick but if you have VCRs you want to convert to a digital format, our Media Conversion Stations at Fendalton Library and Tūranga can do that. ^MT
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/media-conver...

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 6d

Redwood Library has had to close temporarily today. We will let you know if they're able to open again later. ^MT

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 6d

Next Wednesday at Akaroa Library if you have questions about the Māori collection, Kaupapa Māori research questions or want help with your whakapapa then Our Māori Collection Specialists will be onsite to answer any questions and provide advice. ^MT
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/events/68b77...

Two images, one of two Māori women sitting together with books. The other of the entrance to Akaroa Library.

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