News Blog @ Wellington City Libraries

New graphic novels, featuring a legendary chain-smoking, hard-drinking man of the occult, UFO-like fireballs sighted by World War II pilots, zombie servants, and girls (most frightening of all?)

This month’s reader’s choice includes marvellous books, books with slow beginnings, warm human dramas, universal themes, and wonderful reads. Submit a review online here

Our librarian’s choice novels this month involve a cantankerous spinster, relatives who engage in every imaginable sin and foible of modern existence, a brutal trail of murder and violence, and a talented young seamstress with a hunger for knowledge.

Our staff fiction picks for 2006 include an allegoric crime novel, Margaret Atwood’s take on Penelope and Odysseus, a poker-faced comic and surreal masterpiece, Rumpole and Philip Roth.

Crime films are the new featured genre on our movies page.

We have book reviews by kids, for kids on our book reviews page. Write a review for us – just fill in the online form. There are separate forms for teens and grownups.

Fundview and Breakout can now be accessed from computers outside of the library. Login to the databases with your library card number, and see what funding is available to you.

A stack of new teens graphic novels has appeared overnight, as if by magic. Includes new X-men, Wonder woman, Tom Strong and Girl genius titles.
Also, where would you most like to live – Bro’Town, Hogwarts, Discworld, That place where the OC is set? Vote on our Hype page.

TV buffs can now browse our television comedies and general programmes on DVD. Recent additions to our collection include Entourage (season 2), It ain’t half hot mum (season 1), The Simpsons (season 6), Numb3rs (season 1), American dreamz and Jesus the complete story.
Or visit our movies page and browse the other genres such as Nostalgia, Science fiction and Animation.

New magazines – Somerset studio: the art of paper and mixed-media, AARP bulletin: publication of the American Association of Retired Persons, Julie le Clerc, Simply knitting, New Zealand troutfisher and more. My Shaadi is the only local Indian bridal magazine, and Ampersand covers design and commercial art.