by Jill Bowie

What's On

With plenty of celebrations to be had at the end of the year, there's still plenty to do at Dunedin Public Libraries. Between Reading Allowed and Once Upon A Sunday, there's a storytime for every age group! In need of gift ideas for family? Come along to a craft workshop! No matter what you're interested in, there's always something to do at Dunedin Public Libraries.
Image by: Ali Boyne

Curiosity Corner

Let's journey together exploring STEM, graphics, crafts and cool books.

Grab a flier at the South Dunedin Library for the line-up of themes for the term.

SUITABLE: 8 – 12 years | Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
FREE
Every Wednesday – drop in between 3.30pm – 4.30pm (except school holidays)
South Dunedin Library | 199 Hillside Road

NOV 2: Bookish Curiosity – Name, Name, Name

9 NOV: Curious about STEM – Forces in Motion

16 NOV: Curious about Graphics - Comics Decoupage

23 NOV: Curiously Crafty – Something Christmassy This Way Comes

30 NOV: Bookish Curiosity – Where’s Wally?

7 DEC: Curious about STEM – Make a Parachute for SANTA

14 DEC: Curious about Graphics – New Graphics for Christmas Reads

Waste-Free Wanda

Join NZ’s environmental superhero Waste Free Wanda, for a fun and interactive stage show performance, followed by a creative waste free workshop at Dunedin Library. Help Wanda save her town and learn simple ways to help Papatūānuku. Suitable for children and their grownups.

Learn how to achieve beautiful, waste-free gift wrapping using furoshiki, traditional Japanese wrapping cloths. Materials included.

Live Show + Furoshiki Workshop $5p/p or $10 family BOOKINGS eventfinda: tinyurl.com/WasteFreeWandaDPL

Door sales available
Saturday 5 November | 11am Stage Show
12pm Waste Free Gift-Wrapping Workshop
4th Floor | Dunedin City Library

Kids Craft Club

Join Olga for Kids Craft Club to celebrate Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, by making Felt Sugar Skulls! Make sure you stop by the Children's section for some spooky crafty fun! Suitable for children 8 years+
Monday 7th November, 4pm
Children's Collection, City Library

Image by: Dunedin Public Libraries

Continued Sense of Wonder: School Stories

From Billy Bunter to The Compleet Molesworth, Hogwarts to St Clare's. From sweet first days to boarding school nightmares.
Share a favourite or a new discovery, for this adult conversation about children’s books.
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/CSOWNov9

Wednesday 9th November, 7pm
Dunningham Suite, 4th Floor, City Library
FREE

Author Talk: John Bluck Becoming Pākehā: A Journey Between Two Cultures

John Bluck is a writer and broadcaster with a lifetime of working on bicultural issues. His earlier books include Wai Karekare: turbulent waters and Hidden Country: having faith in Aotearoa New Zealand. A retired Anglican bishop, and Dean of Christchurch Cathedral before it fell down, he has worked ecumenically all-round New Zealand and overseas, serving as Communication Director for the World Council of Churches in Geneva. Join us to hear from John on his latest book, Becoming Pākehā, a chance to explore the journey between two cultures.

Friday 18 November 6pm
Dunningham Suite, 4th Floor, City Library
Free
RSVP: tinyurl.com/JohnBluckDPL 

Author Talk: Neville Peat Home is an Island

Join us for an exciting look at an inspired exploration of New Zealand islands, from the tropics to Antarctica. Written by award-wining author, Neville Peat, this book is part memoir, part adventure travel, history and nature conservation.

Home is an Island explores how these places contribute to our national character, and their geography, nature and human history. These stories, at times interconnected, are a narrative of place and belonging that reflect our relatively young nation – diverse, characterful, innovative, resourceful.
Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the talk, courtesy of University Book Shop Otago.

FREE
Thursday 24 November | 5.30pm
4th Floor | City Library

Reading Allowed: Storytime for All Ages

Pop in on your way home from work, or come along, relax and unwind, and listen as our readers read aloud to you from a range of classic and modern literature.

During the November session you will hear excerpts from:

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
AND
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 

FREE
Wednesday 9 November 5.30pm
Ground Floor, City Library (At the Cube)

During the December session you will hear excerpts from:

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett 
AND
Tied up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh 

FREE
Wednesday 7 December 5.30pm
Ground Floor, City Library (At the Cube)

Once Upon A Sunday

Join us at City Library for Once Upon A Sunday! Professional storyteller Kaitrin McMullan and all her puppet friends share wonderful stories to delight children of all ages.

Sunday 6th November & Sunday 4th December
Children’s Storypit, Ground Floor, City Library
FREE

Computer Deconstruction Workshop

Join our computer deconstruction workshop. Strip it, rebuild it, plug it in and make it go.
Take the completed computer home for FREE
Food and drink provided
Limited numbers, booking essential: https://tinyurl.com/Com2Tech-home
Sunday 13th November

Session 1: appropriate for 10–14-year-olds (parent/guardian required)
11am-1:30pm

Session 2: appropriate for 15–24-year-olds
1:45pm-3:30pm

A partnership between Dunedin Public Libraries and Com2Tech.