Puaka Matariki 2020
Kia ara ake kia tō a Matariki, kua haere ētahi mahi Matariki by its rising and setting signals the time to commence certain activities Tēnā tātou katoa, kā mihi o te tau hou Māori.
Visit this articleIn this issue we celebrate the rising of the Matariki star cluster on 13th July by bringing you a great selection of reads and things to do with the whānau for the the midwinter season of wānaka (learning) and whanaukataka (community spirit). Bring the kids along to the libraries for the NZ International Science Festival: experiments, stories, movies, workshops and creativity. Visions for Dunedin is back with a multi-million dollar talk by Laurie Forbes, while photography secrets are exposed at Port Chalmers. We chat to Dave Pigeon author Swapna Haddow, and we've even got a quiz to feed your brain, while Dianne's Kitchen feeds your craving for pizza and banana loaf.
Contents
Save the date!
The only festival in the south dedicated to children's books returns to the Library for 2021
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Visions for Dunedin - Jonathan Howard on Photographer William Meluish and 1860's Dunedin
Tuesday 17th November, 6pm
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Is a Cellphone really a camera?: Getting your best shot.
Thursday 23rd July, 11am - Port Chalmers Library
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School Holiday Activities
Your local library has lots of free things for the kids to do during the July school holidays 6-17th July
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ExQUIZite Science
To get your neurons all fired up, we’ve put together a quiz covering different branches of science, from biology to botany.
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WARMING WINTER READS
One good thing about being cooped up in the cold all winter is it means lots of time for reading.
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Fiction Review: The Binding by Bridget Collins
Some memories hold you captive, some set you free. They can be stolen, and sometimes returned.
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Book Review: The Gospel of Loki
Ben Martin gives his take on Joanne M Harris' retelling of Loki's story from Norse Mythology.
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Vicarious Travel
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" wrote Mark Twain.
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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine: pandemics and predicting the future.
During the Covid-19 lockdown you may have been wondering if we could have been better prepared for a pandemic, or any other sort of calamity.
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Dianne's Kitchen
South D Library's Dianne Mears taste tests and shares some of her favourite recipes from the Dunedin Public Libraries cookbook collection.
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THE LAND OF GRANITE TEEN WRITING COMPETITION WINNERS
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE AND PUBLISH THE WINNING ENTRIES
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Teen Book Review
Rachel Keane reviews Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean, and brings you a selection of new books from the Young Adult collection.
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What got me hooked on Reading?
It's hard to believe that many years ago I wasn't interested in reading books. Give me an Archie comic and I was set.
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Real time … real person … real help with your schoolwork …
AnyQuestions offers free online schoolwork help to New Zealand school students.
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Non Fiction Series Review - The Illustrators
Find this new series on picture book illustrators in our Children's Literature Research Collection.
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Documentary Review - Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
The Curious George books are usually thought of as American stories, but Curious George was written in France, and influenced by Hans and Margret Reys' life in Brazil.
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ANSWERS: ExQUIZite Science quiz
Plot spoiler: don't read this until you've taken the quiz challenge!
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