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- Visiting the library under Red settings
  - 25 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - All libraries in the Wellington City Libraries’ network remain open under Red settings of the COVID-19 Protection Framework, with COVID Vaccine Pass and contact tracing. To keep everyone safe please: wear a mask unless you have an exemption have your vaccine pass ready for scanning scan or sign in on arrival follow any guidance from… Continue reading Visiting the library under Red settings →
- Fiction predictions: Novels to watch for in 2022
  - 24 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - If I’m remembered 100 years from now, I hope it will be not for looks but for books. – Dolly Parton So, with 2022 now well and truly started, we find ourselves at the perfect juncture in time to dust off our crystal ball to ascertain what fictional treasures may be in store for 2022.… Continue reading Fiction predictions: Novels to watch for in 2022 →
- Painted diaries: The lives of influential artists
  - 24 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
- “I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life”: Our new crime & mystery titles for January
  - 22 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - “I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.
- Work life balance: Design your home office in 2022
  - 21 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - via GIPHY Are you planning on working from home in 2022? Many people are thinking of ways to improve their home office workspace. From re-arranging tips to interior design inspiration, these books are filled with advice for navigating the tricky situation of living and working in the same place. Your Creative Work Space : The… Continue reading Work life balance: Design your home office in 2022 →
- Natural histories and disasters: Newly acquired fiction titles
  - 20 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - [Pliny the Elder] used to say that “no book was so bad but some good might be got out of it.” ― Pliny the Younger The recent dramatic volcanic eruption just off the coast of Tonga has been a tragic reminder of the power of nature over our lives. It is perhaps a good point in… Continue reading Natural histories and disasters: Newly acquired fiction titles →
- The Zine Machine is at Arapaki!
  - 19 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - The Lucky Drop Zine Machine is back, this time you can find it at our Arapaki Manners Street branch! This little zine machine will be at Arapaki for the next eight months, before heading on to the next destination in its grand tour of our library branches. The Lucky Drop is a vending machine, run… Continue reading The Zine Machine is at Arapaki! →
- A lot of strange things happen in this world: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
  - 18 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - via GIPHY “You know, a lot of strange things happen in this world.
- Interview with Rod Oram: Life after COP26
  - 17 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - With economies stagnating, politics polarising, societies shattering and ecosystems suffering, I felt an urgent need to go walkabout last September. It was my best chance of making some sense of the news from around the world. Most crucially of all, the ominous signs of the onset of the Anthropocene… — Rod Oram, Three Cities The New… Continue reading Interview with Rod Oram: Life after COP26 →
- Author interview : Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Laura Jean McKay
  - 17 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - The Animals in the country is a speculative fiction work about a pandemic that causes inter-species communication.
- The Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy : Interview with editor Marie Hodgkinson
  - 16 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - One of our favourite annual anthologies (and an excellent way to find rising stars of the genre) is the wonderful award-winning The Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy (now in its third volume).
- Books in every room : Interior design for 2022
  - 14 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - “The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. –Albert Hadley It’s a fresh new year, so why not give your home a fresh new look? Would you like to incorporate your family history into your living spaces? Maybe you’d like some ideas for thriving in your apartment? The below… Continue reading Books in every room : Interior design for 2022 →
- Cinderblock and beyond: Non-Fiction in 2022
  - 13 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - It’s January, so a lot of us are preparing to tackle our New Year’s reading resolutions! Our suggestion; build a book fort in the middle of your living room and disappear into it until early February (you’re allowed to emerge for meals and chats if you’d like, and the cat will need to be fed,… Continue reading Cinderblock and beyond: Non-Fiction in 2022 →
- The chaos, crisis, and curse of our planet: New science
  - 12 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - Still looking for a sustainable New Years resolution? This month’s new science picks should be of interest! From a in-depth look into our earth’s climate history in Brian Fagan’s Climate Chaos, to Mark Maslin’s handy guide book How to Save our Planet, these enthralling new non-fiction titles have got you covered.
- Painter, raconteur, cultural icon: Melvin Day talk at Johnsonville Library
  - 12 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - Join us on Sunday 30 January at 2pm, at Johnsonville Library, for a very special event.
- New Accessibility Features on Libby
  - 10 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - Some changes have been made to the Libby app to improve eLibrary access for everyone.
- A Body Positive booklist for the New Year
  - 10 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - It’s January and that means we’re being bombarded from all angles with diet ads, fitness challenges, and the endless “New Year, New Me” messages.
- Famous art of all times – READY
  - 6 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - Read the work and stories behind the classic art giants that influenced many generations.
- Keri Hulme 1947-2021: Works and Tributes
  - 5 Jan 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - It is not often that the death of one of our very own homegrown authors receives instant world-wide recognition as portrayed in this collection of images and tributes below. But never has any of our authors managed to win a Booker Prize with their first novel, and at the same time, inserted a Māori and… Continue reading Keri Hulme 1947-2021: Works and Tributes →
- Some of Our Favourite Libby Audiobooks of 2021
  - 31 Dec 2021
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - It’s been another bumper year for fully produced and crisply realised audiobooks from publishers all over the world.
- “We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors”: new Sci Fi & Fantasy
  - 30 Dec 2021
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - “We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don’t know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can’t accept it for what it is.” ― Stanisław Lem, Solaris This month’s newly acquired science fiction and fantasy features not one but two of the titans of the… Continue reading “We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors”: new Sci Fi & Fantasy →
- Important update regarding Libby and the OverDrive app
  - 30 Dec 2021
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - Change is coming to OverDrive’s apps in 2022 — with the retirement of the original OverDrive App and its full replacement with the Libby App. The original OverDrive App will be removed from all App Stores (Google, Microsoft and Apple) in February 2022, but current users will be able to continue using it throughout the… Continue reading Important update regarding Libby and the OverDrive app →
- ” Ground Control to……’: Our latest selection of fiction titles
  - 29 Dec 2021
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - Canadian Astronaut Chris Austin Hadfield became known throughout the world after he recorded a version of David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ in orbit from the International Space Station .
- ‘The truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy’: our latest Crime & Mystery titles
  - 28 Dec 2021
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - “In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.
- Tribute to Sondheim
  - 24 Dec 2021
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - “Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” – Stephen Sondheim Sadly, there have been a number of notable deaths of well-known figures this year, but among the most significant was the passing of musical theatre titan, Stephen Sondheim. Passing at the age of 91 at the end of November, Sondheim… Continue reading Tribute to Sondheim →

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