• staff spotlight
• chinese senior group
• baby rock & rhyme
• storytime
• food/drink

Staff Spotlight:

This month we talk to Maxine

Q:What library programmes and services are you involved with?

A:I was involved with BookBusters for 2 years at Cummings Park but handed over the reins when it moved from CPK to you guys at Karori. I am involved with pre-school story times and some holiday programmes at Karori and Cummings Park and class visits at Cummings Park. Have also been involved in the Native Plant Project at the Karori library last month and also help to run the Karori library adult book group on the last Thursday of every month.

Q:Tell us a bit about the Book Group you co-ordinate at Karori Library

A:We are an adult book group very friendly and informal, we meet on the last Thursday of the month at Karori library from 7.00pm-8.00pm. We do not all read the same book but study one book from a particular genre a month. We also have talks from library specialists and visits to Central Library and in the next couple of months will hope to visit the Dorothy Neal White children's collection at the National Library. If anyone is interested in joining us contact me as we have a few more spaces available.

Q:What are the most rewarding parts of being a librarian?

A:I find the most rewarding part of being a librarian is the fact that I learn something new everyday. I also am very much a people person and love the interaction with the patrons of different ages etc. I also love the different aspects of the job from working on the desk to doing story times, I like working in a team environment and the team here at Karori are great to work with! I also write in my spare time and love the atmosphere of being surrounded by books books books and more books!

Q:Can you recommend a book for us?

A:It's impossible to recommend only one item, however a book I am reading at the moment is Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. It's a fantastic book that will shatter your most deeply held convictions about how your own mind works. It is very entertaining and Daniel Gilbert is the perfect guide to some of the most interesting psychological research ever performed. You think you know what makes you happy? You won't know for sure till you read this book! It also reveals the powerful and often surprising connections between our experience of happiness and how we think about the future. I just can't put it down (unless I'm working of course!)

Chinese Senior Group

• We meet at Karori Library on the third Tuesday of each month, for discussion about life and current events in New Zealand
• Our next meeting is on August 19 from 10 - 11am.
• All Chinese seniors are welcome.

For more information contact Candy on candy.bartlett@wcc.govt.nz

Baby Rock & Rhyme

A fun interactive session for babies (age 0 to 2 years) and their caregivers. Sessions are on every Monday during term time at 9:45am.

For more information, click here

Storytime

• Storytime is every weekday at Karori Library at 10:30am in the children's area
• Storytime runs for about half an hour, with stories and songs
• Pre-school storytimes are fun and free - there's no charge, and you don't have to book
• Storytime is aimed at pre-school age children (three and four years old) - but younger siblings are always welcome!

Come along - we'd love to see you there!

The picture above just goes to show that you never know who will turn up to storytime! (Taken at a special storytime where children were introduced to 5 day old baby chicks.)

Food and Drink

The library includes a cafe, Arobake on the Square - and you are welcome to bring your food and drink from the cafe (be it a BLT or coffee and cake) through into the library to relax in our comfy armchairs in front of the windows on the ground floor.

Arobake on the Square
247 Karori Rd
Karori
Wellington
Ph 476 2777