World Poetry Day: Poetry on Prescription
The healing power of poetry will be available free to all on Saturday 21st March in Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature.
Visit this articleCelebrate World Poetry Day, make friends with the Friends, and enjoy some recommended reads, tipped as winners by the Library staff. We learn what's magical about the Bookbus and how a trip to the Library will earn you a prescription for live poetry. Discover beautiful manuscripts and stories from the many cultures of Dunedin. Plus the winners of the Robert Burns Poetry Competition. Poetry on dudes!
Contents
Foreword
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature was proud to support a special free event on 7 February co-hosted by the University of Otago’s Centre for Global Migrations and Mornington Methodist Church.
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Large Print Fiction Reviews
Guest reviewer Cate Morrison gives her views on a selection of fiction from our Large Print collection
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Winners of the 2019 Robert Burns Poetry Competitions
A list of the winners of the 2019 UNESCO Dunedin City of Literature poetry competition.
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A Splendid Gathering: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Reed Collection
Dunedin City Library holds one of the largest collections of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand, second only to the Sir George Grey Special Collections at Auckland Libraries.
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Book Review: Southern Nights: The Story of New Zealand's Night Sky from the Southern Lights to the Milky Way by Naomi Arnold.
A stunning new book has been published showcasing the skies of the bottom of the southern hemisphere.
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Plant Based Living
Reflecting the growing popularity of a vegan lifestyle, the Dewey Decimal System now has a unique number for vegan cooking: 641.56362.
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Check out an author: Raymond Huber
This issue, we caught up with Dunedin-based children's author Raymond Huber
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