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We're celebrating NZ Music Month, with a pop quiz, as well as music among the bookshelves at the Nook & Cranny Music Festival 6.0, and at gigs throughout the month of May. There'll be live-streamed ragtime and blues from St Louis USA with Cherry & Jerry to top and tail the month, and advice on getting your songwriting career up and running with panel discussions and workshops. The Friends of the Library and our Heritage Team pay homage to Essie Summers, New Zealand's Queen of Romance, and we support OCASA awareness week with a little bit of theatre. All that and the launch of an exciting new anthology of Asian writers' works "A Clear Dawn" to look forward to, makes for a full social calendar! 


  1. Nook and Cranny Music Festival 6.0

    Sunday 2nd May, 11am - 4pm, City Library Read more…
  2. What's on?

    Music, naturally. But also the reading of a play, the launch of an amazing new anthology of Asian writers, workshops on songwriting ... Read more…
  3. Music Month 2021: The Riches of Rags

    Many of today's musical genres have ragtime DNA. Cherry and Jerry go back to the source. Read more…
  4. Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival - Fiction Writers

    The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival runs from Thursday 6 May to Sunday 9 May. Read more…
  5. Lines and Wines

    Thursday 6th May, 6pm Read more…
  6. ŌCASA

    ŌCASA is dedicated to supporting our community and being responsive to those in need Read more…
  7. ExQUIZite Tunes

    Turn it up to eleven with this edition’s quiz, celebrating this year’s NZ Music Month Read more…
  8. What's New McNab

    The latest in the New Zealand Collection. Read more…
  9. Seasons of Summers

    The upcoming Reed Gallery exhibition Seasons of Summers: New Zealand’s Queen of Romance celebrates New Zealand’s prolific and ... Read more…
  10. The Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Collection

    Reviews of select reads for the season from our City of Literature collection Read more…
  11. Book review: Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail: The Diary of a Country Vet by Danielle Hawkins

    Who knew that being a vet was so interesting one day and nightmarish the next, especially when you add a large farm, and of course her ... Read more…
  12. Book Review: Every Day

    A collection of vegetarian recipes by Emma Galloway Read more…
  13. Cumulus

    An exhibition of photography + poetry Read more…
  14. Adult Get Well Bags

    If you are unwell and temporarily cannot get to the library, we can help with a free Get Well bag Read more…
  15. New Nonfiction May

    New and recommended reads from the non-fiction collection Read more…
  16. Reusing, Repairing, Repurposing and Upcycling.

    Libraries are the very essence of reuse. For hundreds of years libraries have shared books and information to people. Read more…
  17. My Culture | My Story

    An oral storytelling competition for young people aged 11-18 Read more…
  18. 'Sup Teen Space?

    New and recommended reads for young adults Read more…
  19. Kids' Picks

    A selection of new and recommended books for children Read more…
  20. Answers to ExQUIZite Tunes

    WARNING: big plot spoiler - don't read this before you've attempted the quiz! Read more…