News Blog @ Wellington City Libraries

New contemporary fiction for August includes Monica Ali’s new book ‘Alentejo Blue’, the story of Portuguese village Mamarrosa. In ‘My dirty little book of stolen time’, we learn that the course of harlotry never runs smooth. In ‘The book of Dave : a revelation of the recent past and the distant future’, several centuries pass and all that is left of London above the risen sea is the isle of Ham. In ‘Winkie’, a tattered teddy bear miraculously discovers the power of movement.

Succulents, brick pizza ovens, hellebores, maine coon cats and living self-sufficiently are covered in our new gardening and DIY books.

Tarragon and truffles, limes and lemons are featured in our new cook books. ‘Wonderfoods’ introduces us to ingredients containing dynamic nutrients. ‘Daily Italian’ argues that cooking is an act of love. ‘Charcuterie’ teaches you the craft of salting, curing and smoking meat.

New children’s non-fiction this month – ‘The best book of bikes’, ‘A killer whale’s world’, ‘Medicine : stem cells, genes, and super-beams’, ‘Spelling repair kit : improve your spelling skills’ and more. In ‘Slimy creatures’, find out how snails get around and how poison arrow frogs protect themselves.

Our buyers recommend ‘Small-mart revolution : how local businesses are beating the global competition’, ‘Alexander the Great : murder in Babylon’, ‘Balenciaga: and his legacy’ and many other fascinating new titles. Could there be a better job than spending someone else’s money on thousands of new books?

SubTxt ‘06 will be launched on Sunday, the 30th of July at the Central Library. It’s begins at 1 pm and features great entertainment, music and food – it’s your chance to enter this year’s teen programme with even better prizes than last year! Bring a friend to further your chances!

See you there!

All charges, costs, commissions and legal fees incurred by Wellington City Libraries in the retrieval of outstanding items and debt through our contracted Collection Agency will be passed on to the customer. This change will take effect from 1 September 2006.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 06 at Wellington City Libraries
Friday 28 July: 12.30pm – 1.30pm (2nd Floor, Central Library).

A talk by Charles Royal: “New Directions of Traditional Māori Performing Arts – The Creative Potential of Te Whare Tapere”

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal is a researcher, writer and musician. He has written several books (on Māori song poetry, research and tribal history) and in 2001 was New Zealand Senior Fulbright Scholar where he conducted research into indigenous worldviews in the United States (Hawaii and New Mexico) and Canada. Charles belongs to the Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tamaterā and Ngā Puhi peoples and holds degrees from Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University. Charles was awarded a doctorate in 1998 by Victoria University.

Excel PivotTables, iPhoto 5, Dreamweaver 8 and Windows XP are featured on our new computer books page. We also link to the lastest PC World article on web phone woes.

Meet the caterers, journalists, wives, boutique owners, cleaners, former beauty queens and lawyers in our new Chick lit books. Jane Darling lives in a manky flat. Sara’s husband ran off to Patagonia. Freezing, underfed Camille meets stammering, erudite aristocrat Philibert Marquet de La Durbelliere and he installs her in an ornate apartment.