2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Man Booker Prize. This annual literary prize is awarded to the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK. Two New Zealanders have won this prestigious award - Keri Hulme (1985) and Eleanor Catton (2013).

Looking for a spooktaculary frightening read? Then try one of these nightmarish novels from some masters of scary reads.

October is the perfect time to try some meat-free meals and we have the cookbooks to get you started. This is just a small selection of the books we have available about vegetarian cooking.

Did you know that July is World Watercolour month? We can't think of a better time to explore your creative side. To help you learn more about painting with watercolours we've created this handy book list.

A Booklist

On this day in 1964 the Beatles played two shows at the Dunedin Town Hall. We've created a list of material in our lending collections to help you relive Beatlemania.

2018 marks the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand.

Welcome to Dunedin Ed Sheeran!

With World Book Day approaching on 23rd April, I want to highlight the many books that our library has celebrating the books in our lives.

New York City, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, is renowned for its food. On a recent visit, food was the organising theme for our exploration of the city.

Travelling by the Book  

The world's population is predicted to reach close to 10 billion by 2050. Where are we all going to live?  It's going to be a tight squeeze. 

Brooding grey skies, weathered grey stone, green green countryside, flocks of crows, crumbling ruins, and ancient Celtic monuments - where could we be but Ireland!

Spring is here, and plants are transforming and renewing. Your library has so many books about plants - in art, science, sustainability, health and even philosophy.

Walking is fundamental to our experience as a human being. It is our original mode of transport. And humanity has always been on the move - our ancestors walked out of Africa to populate the rest of the world. 

Scottish crime fiction, aka Tartan Noir, is very popular, with names like Ian Rankin and Quintin Jardine known worldwide. 

My love of Van Gogh paintings started with an exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery years ago.

Did you know that we have a basement at the City Library where we store older non fiction books that we want to keep for the future use of our customers? They are all on the catalogue and our staff on the Floor One desk are very happy to get them for you.

When a friend invites me to join her in the South of France for a holiday, I am not in the habit of saying no! 

Humans have always been shaped by the natural world. Natural science is a central ingredient of human culture and continues to be important, especially as we alter the world irrevocably.

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

Empathy: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.  

Dunedin became a UNESCO City of Literature in December 2014. 

Cli-fi has an important role to play in reaching thousands of readers, and perhaps motivating them to add their voice to much-needed international debate over carbon emissions.

Described as ‘a whole world in a city’, Toronto is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world. Senior Library Assistant, Colleen Marshall, is definitely going back for a second visit.

It all began with a DVD about Venice borrowed from the library...

Everest, the film that opened the Venice Film Festival this year, is about the 1996 Everest climbing disaster where eight lives were lost in a ferocious storm, including New Zealanders Rob Hall and Andy Harris. 

New Zealanders are voracious readers. Surveys have shown that relaxing with a good book is one of our favourite pastimes.

In this first of a new series of articles on dream destinations, Library Assistant Michelle Moodie completes the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage.