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NB: September - October 2016

This issue is an embarrassment of riches for writers and readers alike, as we welcome the second NZ Young Writers Festival, the opening of the Robert Lord Residency, and enjoy poetry from two of Dunedin's talented writers. Among the book reviews and a look at what's coming up on the events calendar, we also ponder the dynamic new world heralded by City Library's futuristic Gig Space.

Contents

Summer Residency for Emerging Writers

by Nicky Page, Director, City of Literature Dunedin

From the desk of the City of Literature

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Gig City Hub Digital Technology

Your Digital Living Room: Welcome to the Brave New World of High-Speed Technology

by Bernie Hawke, Group Manager Arts and Culture

The Gig City Living Hub in the City Library is due to go live in the near future and offer a whole new range of digital content and access to the Dunedin Community.

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What's On

What’s On...  

by Kay Mercer

Talks, workshops, stories, exhibitions, music and culture at Dunedin Public Libraries over the coming two months.

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Present Tense by Nicola Thorstensen

Present Tense

by Nicola Thorstensen

A poem by Nicola Thorstensen

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Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction

Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction

by Maureen Brook, Senior Library Assistant

The Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, celebrates the excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing and is open to any woman writing in English, whatever her nationality. 

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Hieroglyphic Bibles

Hieroglyphic Bibles

by Julian Smith, Rare Books Librarian

Amongst the often sizeable Bibles housed in the Dunedin Public Libraries’ Reed Collections can be found two small hieroglyphic Bibles for children, dated 1796 and 1815.

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McNab

What's New McNab   

by Malcolm Deans, Senior Library Assistant

A selection of the latest additions to our New Zealand reference collection.

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rouse

by Iona Winter

A poem by Otago writer Iona Winter.

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Nothing to be Frightened Of

NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF by Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape 2008)

by Caroline Lark

A review by Dunedin writer, Caroline Lark

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Writers Make With Music

Writers Make With Music

by Bill Direen

The word music comes from the Greek Muses who were believed to inspire the arts, and the word poetry comes from the Greek 'poïesis', from the verb 'to make'.

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Travelling By the Book: Weather, Words, Whisky and Wildlife

Travelling by the Book: Weather, Words, Whisky, and Wildlife

by Shirley Jones, Senior Library Assistant

Four weeks of Spring in Scotland experiencing a little of the Lowlands, a lot of the Highlands, and two islands.   

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Being Chinese

Being Chinese. Helene Wong  

by Kay Mercer, Events Coordinator

Non-fiction book review.  

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Vogue 100: A Century of Style

Vogue 100: A Century of Style

by Colleen Marshall, Senior Library Assistant, Information Services

Robin Muir is a photographer and contributing editor to British Vogue who has curated the recent photographic exhibition Vogue 100: A Century of Style, shown at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of the centenary celebrations for the magazine.

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Non-fiction Highlights

Non Fiction Highlights 

by Shirley Jones, Senior Library Assistant

A selection of new arrivals to our shelves.

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NZ Young Writers Festival

New Zealand Young Writers Festival 2016

by Kay Mercer

Dunedin is gearing up to host the second Young Writers Festival running 1st to 4th September.

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Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

Snow Like Ashes

by Shona Ledgerwood, Collection Specialist

Shona Ledgerwood, the Libraries' Young Adult Collection Specialist, reviews Sara Raasch's young adult fantasy novel.

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Teen Space - Book Review

What’s new TeenSpace  

by Rachel Kean, Senior Library Assistant

A selection of recommended new titles for young adults.

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Meet the Ancestors: Two Rollicking Adventures from Beatrice Hale

by Beatrice Hale

Local writer Beatrice Hale usually writes on gerontology and caregiving, but has changed direction in retirement.

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Not Just for Kids...2

by Kay Mercer

The spring school holidays are your last chance to see ‘Wonky Donkey Man’ Craig Smith in Dunedin this year.

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Introducing Mr Yipadee

by Kay Mercer

Dean O'Brien is the UK-based Kiwi entertainer, 'Mr Yipadee', who'll be joining 'Wonky Donkey Man' for his Dunedin school holiday shows.

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Kids' Picks

by Wendy Chapman, Anne Dunckley, Youth Team

A selection of recommended reads for children.

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