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NB: May - June 2016

This issue we examine the past, meeting the ancestry gurus who can lead us through our heritage; and we look to the future, building the foundations of tomorrow's generations with language and creativity. We meet short-story writer, Alice Peterson, who writes about Dunedin from Quebec; and relish details of the new collection by local poet Cilla McQueen. There's also our usual bevy of reviews and recommendations to keep you busy on dark nights curled up on the sofa, plus poetry from Gay Buckingham, Ann Jacobson, and the winners of the 2016 Robert Burns Poetry Competition.

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New Zealand Music Month 2016: Rattling the Libraries' Shelves for More Than a Decade

by Scott Muir and Brendan Christie

This is Dunedin Public Libraries' 12th year supporting New Zealand Music Month, enabling local musicians to reach a wider audience, and giving folks a chance to experience the wide range of musical talent this city has to offer.

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Accessible Collections

by Anne-Maree Wigley, Manager Business Support

Dunedin Public Libraries aspire to be vibrant, accessible and community-focused as we work towards playing our part in making Dunedin “one of the world’s great small cities”. 

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What’s On

by Dunedin Public Libraries

Music, food, stories and theatre. There's no shortage of entertainment this month at your local library. 

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Hot Topic: Dunedin Fiction Writers

by Dunedin Public Libraries

Dunedin became a UNESCO City of Literature in December 2014. 

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Fiction Book Review: Absolute Beginners. Colin MacInnes

by Jackie Howell, Collection Development Team Leader

"We'd loot to spend at last, and our world was to be our world, the one we wanted and not standing on the doorstep of somebody else's waiting for honey, perhaps."

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Alice Petersen

by Alice Petersen

Dunedin-born, Quebec-based writer Alice Petersen has written a new book of short stories. Worldly Goods will be published in Canada by Biblioasis Press in May, 2016.

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In a Slant Light, Cilla McQueen

In a Slant Light: A Poet’s Memoir

by Otago University Press

… can’t be sure about the authenticity of memory, but by my lights it’s all I’ve got to go on.

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Coming Home

by Gay Buckingham

Recent visitors to the field hospital display in the 'Who Cared: Otago Nurses in WW1’ exhibition at Otago Museum were invited to write a poem in response. This is the winning entry in the 'open' section by local poet, Gay Buckingham.

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Depression

by Ann Jacobson

by Dunedin poet Ann Jacobson

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Robert Burns Poetry Competition Winners 

by Kay Mercer, Events Coordinator

Our annual Robert Burns Poetry Competition attracts entries from all over New Zealand, and occasionally from international writers, too. 

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Generosity: The New Name in Funding

by Anne Buck, Information Services Supervisor

Our funding databases have changed their name, but they’re still a valuable source of funding if you are looking for ways to fund support your study or research project, to get new equipment for your sports team or community organisation, or have a need for some professional development funds.

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McNab

What's New McNab

by Dunedin Public Libraries

The latest in our New Zealand collection.

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A Word in Your Ear: Climbing the Family Tree

by Kay Mercer

This issue we dropped in on the Heritage Team’s Family History session for a catch-up with Senior Library Assistant, Malcolm Deans and Chair of the Dunedin Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists (NZSG), Robyn Thorburn, both of whom have a passion for genealogy.

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Artsenta, the First 30 Years

by Kath Beattie

Written by Kath Beattie, published by the Creative Arts Trust (Otago), 2015. ISBN 978-0-473-33583-0

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10,000 stories to read with your ears

by Anne-Maree Wigley, Manager Business Support

Dunedin Public Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new initiative with direct benefits for those in our community who have a significant visual impairment, are unable to hold or manipulate books or are unable to focus or move their eyes.

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Non-fiction Highlights

Non-Fiction Highlights

by Dunedin Public Libraries

New to our shelves this issue.

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Refiguring Minds in Narrative Media

Refiguring Minds in Narrative Media

by David Ciccoricco

How do writers represent cognition, and what can these representations tell us about how our own minds work?

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Teen Space - What's New

Teen Space

by Dunedin Public Libraries

Fiction Highlights

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Teen Space - Book Review

Upon a Time: A gift from me to you

by R L Stedman

R.L. Stedman's latest project makes a gift of a distinctly modern spin on the traditional fairy story.

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Kids Picks

by Dunedin Public Libraries

A selection of recommended reads for children.

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Building the Future

by Kathy Aloniu, City Team Leader

Libraries are not only about books. These days we are the community hub, where people gather, to talk, to discuss, to use their devices or the Libraries’ computers, to download ebooks, emagazines, to play games, or to hear an author. Let’s face it libraries are a place to be welcome.

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Reo Pēpi

by Kay Mercer, Events Coordinator

Boost your baby’s brain function with language: Reo Pēpi

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Book Adventurers’ Club

by Olga Hemmingsen and Cassie Lindsay

Encouraging young people to fall in love with reading is one of the key goals of the Library. Our popular after school book clubs offer a fun way to discover the joy of books and word play.

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