A Piece of the Moon
Being home in lockdown level 3 was the perfect opportunity for Waikouaiti Library's Amanda Whiffen to interview her artist husband.
Visit this articleIn this special issue for June 2020, we get back to the books. The libraries are open, and we've got recommendations and reviews to whet your appetite from both print and digital collections. There's news about the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Possibilities Project and we hear stories from lockdown. We say hello to some authors, a publisher and a man who makes sculptures from the moon, and we bid a fond farewell to three long-serving library stalwarts who reached retirement in level 2.
Plus, there's more baking - you have been warned.
Being home in lockdown level 3 was the perfect opportunity for Waikouaiti Library's Amanda Whiffen to interview her artist husband.
Visit this articleUNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is the international organisation committed to creating cultural links across the world.
Visit this articleWhile we were keeping safe at home, three members of Library staff reached a quiet milestone.
Visit this articleTVNZ is currently streaming some great adaptations of much-loved books.
Visit this articleFrom a sea lion that fancied a dip in the saltwater pool, to a dog’s remarkable survival story, Dunedin has its share of tall-but-true tales involving animals.
Visit this articleNot normally part of my day-to-day library work, I became very familiar with research, reviews, and RDA during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Visit this articleThere are very few books I have found compelling enough to read twice, but The Light Between Oceans, Stedman’s first novel, is one of them.
Visit this articleNow that the Level Four pandemic response - Lockdown - is behind us, and maybe will never be experienced again, I asked some of my friends and family members what it was like for them personally.
Visit this articleI have to admit, I'm guilty of this at the moment but sometimes it just has to be the way it is.
Visit this articleA fine addition to the City of Literature collection.
Visit this articleEryn Makinson interviews the Lesley Smith, publisher of Tara McLeod: A Typographic Journey
Visit this articleSouth Dunedin Librarian Dianne Mears has been going stir crazy in lockdown.
Visit this articleOur selectors have been busy during lockdown adding lots more online titles for you to enjoy at home.
Visit this articleKyra Gillies explores some fascinating titles from our non-fiction collection
Visit this articleIt all started with my Christmas Stocking, I was really excited to see some knitting needles, wool and a crochet hook.
Visit this articleGuest reviewer Cate Morrison reviews Emma’s War by Deborah Scroggins
Visit this article140 delicious superfood recipes by Dana Jacobi
Visit this articleElena de Roo is a children’s writer and poet usually based in Auckland, but here in Dunedin for the first half of 2020.
Visit this articleTwo special Zoom sessions of Continued Sense of Wonder were held on Wednesday, 29th April 2020. Fifteen adults met to discuss books written for children and young adults that they found consoling, or which they could immerse themselves in, and help distract them, during lockdown.
Visit this articleSome marvellous reads to help us escape to other times.
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