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A wide ranging selection of new literature picks this month. Lectures and lecturing, poems about love and poems half remembered, memories of California and memories of Brooklyn.

As we speak : how to make your point and have it stick / Peter Meyers and Shann Nix
” A lot of books about public speaking come down the publishing pike, but few really stand out. This one does. Falling within the purview of the authors, both of whom are affiliated with Stand & Deliver Consulting Group, are all venues of public speaking, from large, formal assemblies to business presentations for smaller groups to one-on-one exchanges. (Of course, the latter doesn’t refer to social visits!) It seems that there are two basic requirements for an effective, helpful manual of this nature, well-ordered information and a presentation done with an approachable, encouraging style. Both requirements are certainly met here as Meyers and Nix, making good sense, explain why public speaking instills fear in the strongest of individuals and show how to replace fear with confidence. (This is one of their interesting take-to-heart insights. Self-consciousness is nothing more than too much concentration on self. ) Their program for making a confident, successful communicator of yourself is called High Performance Communication, which lays out three central areas to master: content, delivery, and state (as in state of mind). The meat of this inspiring book, then, is a full analysis of these three components and how to relate them to your own public-speaking situations.” – (adapted from Booklist review)

The steampunk bible : an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature / Jeff VanderMeer with S. J. Chambers
“Steampunk–a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture–is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. “The Steampunk Bible” is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as “Sherlock Holmes.” Its adherents celebrate the inventor as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies including antiquated airships and robots. A burgeoning DIY community has brought a distinctive Victorian-fantasy style to their crafts and art. Steampunk evokes a sense of adventure and discovery, and embraces extinct technologies as a way of talking about the future. This ultimate manual will appeal to aficionados and novices alike as author Jeff VanderMeer takes the reader on a wild ride through the clockwork corridors of Steampunk history.” – (adapted from Syndetics summary)

Tyger tyger burning bright : much-loved poems you half-remember / [compiled by] Ana Sampson
“Great poetry ‘finds its way to the hearts of many, not just the minds of the few’, and this delightful collection is the ideal way to browse, remember and enjoy some of poetry’s greatest hits. Following in the bestselling footsteps of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, the first poetry anthology from Ana Sampson, “Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright” contains verses from more than eighty of the world’s favourite poets, from the thirteenth century to the present day. It includes such leading lyricists as Burns, Keats, Tennyson, T.S. Eliot, Philip Larkin and Seamus Heaney – taking in the work of W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Wilfred Owen, and many others along the way. Perfect to dip into on the reader’s whim, the chapters cover childhood and youth, nature, love and romance, home and travel, elegies, and more – each poem set in context with a lively introduction and entertaining notes on the poets themselves. This book is a lovely reminder of the nation’s finest poems, and the perfect addition to any poetry lover’s collection.” – (adapted from Amazon.co.uk description)

When love speaks : poetry and prose for weddings, relationships and married life / edited and introduced by Adam O’Riordan
“‘And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with harmony’ “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” William Shakespeare. When Love Speaks brings together the greatest writing on love and commitment – from Donne to Cole Porter, Sappho to P.G. Wodehouse, love letters of the great composers to Edwardian marriage advice. These poems and passages capture high romance and everyday happiness, feverish first love and tender union. This joyful anthology provides a range of unique and inspiring readings for a wedding or civil ceremony. Selected by the poet Adam O’Riordan.” – (adapted from Amazon.com description)

Speaking frankly : the Frank Sargeson memorial lectures, 2003-2010 / edited by Sarah Shieff
“This collection brings together the annual Frank Sargeson Memorial Lectures delivered at Waikato University from 2003 – 2010. Subjects range from his generosity, how the Great New Zealand novel developed, the influences on his writing, the place of literary house museums and the value of reading to our lives.” – (adapted from Publisher’s description)

The white album / Joan Didion
“First published in 1979, The White Album is a mosaic of the late sixties and seventies. It includes, among other bizarre artifacts and personalities, the dark journeys and impulses of the Manson family, a Balck Panther Party press conference, the story of John Paul Getty’s museum, the romance of water in an arid landscape, and the swirl and confusion of the sixties. With commanding sureness of mood and language, Joan Didion exposes the realities and dreams of that age of self-discovery whose spiritual center was California.” – (adapted from Syndetics summary)

Literary Brooklyn : the writers of Brooklyn and the story of American city life / Evan Hughes
“According to freelance journalist and critic Hughes, the one experience Brooklyn writers share is living just outside “the colossal, churning center of the metropolis,” thus providing a “revealing window onto the broader history of American urban life.” Going chronologically, Hughes also touches on the ethnic diversity of Brooklyn across the decades. Walt Whitman’s free-form verse and his bawdy subject matter in Leaves of Grass exalted the downtrodden and inaugurated a less lofty strain in American poetry. Richard Wright’s Black Boy documents the “Great Migration” of African-Americans from the rural South to urban Northern centers like Brooklyn; in Death of a Salesman, inspired by his Jewish immigrant uncle, Arthur Miller made the working man of Brooklyn represent the common man struggling in the capitalist system. William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice captures a postwar Brooklyn peace and growing economic comfort commingled uneasily with the horrors of the Holocaust. Henry Miller, Paul Auster, Hubert Selby Jr., and Norman Mailer round out the collection. A hybrid of urban history and literary biography and analysis, this engrossing, perceptive book makes a valid case for the richness of Brooklyn as a site of the literary imagination.” – (adapted from Publisher Weekly review)

Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the wind : a bestseller’s odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood / Ellen F. Brown and John Wiley, Jr
“This book presents the first comprehensive overview of how this iconic novel became an international phenomenon that has managed to sustain the public’s interest for 75 years. It tells how Mitchell’s book was developed, marketed, distributed, and otherwise groomed for success in the 1930s and the savvy measures taken since then by the author, her publisher, and her estate to ensure its longevity.” – (adapted from Syndetics summary)

We’ve created a new page on our website for you – our Wellington community – for your stories and traditions. It’s called Our Community Stories & Traditions. Have a look at the contributions we’ve received so far, and hopefully this page will grow! We’d love to hear from you and we’d value your feedback.

We’ve had lots of true crime books coming in this month, so here’s a round-up of our picks. You may have even heard the author of our first pick (”A thorn in their side”, about the circumstances surrounding the murder of Hilda Murrell) interviewed on National Radio. Have a browse!

A thorn in their side : the Hilda Murrell murder / Robert Green with Kate Dewes.
“A THORN IN THEIR SIDE is Robert Green’s extraordinary pursuit of the truth about how and why his aunt Hilda Murrell, a noted English rose grower, met a violent and bizarre death. In 1984, at the age of 78, Hilda Murrell was found brutally murdered in the Shropshire countryside. She had just gained approval to testify on the unsolved problems of radioactive waste at the first British planning inquiry into a new nuclear power plant. The police theory that a lone, panicking burglar robbed and abducted Hilda in her own car for petty cash erupted into a sensational political conspiracy involving PM Margaret Thatcher’s plans for British nuclear energy and the controversial sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War…” (Syndetics)

Death in Perugia : the definitive account of the killing of Meredith Kercher / by John Follain.
“Shortly after 12.30pm on 2 November 2007, Italian police were called to the Perugia home of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. They found her body on the floor under a beige quilt. Her throat had been cut.
Four days later, the prosecutor jailed Meredith’s flatmate American student Amanda Knox, and Raffaele Sollecito, her Italian boyfriend. He also jailed Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast drifter. Four years later Knox and Sollecito were aquitted amid chaotic scenes in front of the world’s media.” (Book jacket)

The murder of Rachel / Wanda Moran.
“At 1.45am on New Year’s Day, Rachel Moran left her mother’s house to make the 20 minute walk back to her own flat. She never arrived. Rachel was just like many women of her age, loved by her family, adored by her boyfriend and with a bright future ahead of her. Her fatal mistake was to walk the mile or so alone to feed the kittens she and her boyfriend kept. She was taken from the street and brutally murdered by Michael Little. Her body wasn’t discovered for a month. In an attempt to make sense of what happened that night and in the months that followed, her mother kept a diary of what happened.” (Syndetics)

So brilliantly clever : Parker, Hulme & the murder that shocked the world / Peter Graham.
“On June 22, 1954, in the depth of a southern winter, teenage friends Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker went for a walk in a park with Pauline’s mother. Half an hour later the girls returned alone. Honorah Parker lay in a sea of blood on a lonely track. She had been brutally murdered…. In this mesmerising book, lawyer and true crime writer Peter Graham tells the whole story for the first time-…” (Book jacket)

Hostage : a year at gunpoint with Somali gangsters / Paul and Rachel Chandler ; with Sarah Edworthy.
“On 23 October 2009, British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler were kidnapped from their sailing boat in the archipelago of the Seychelles — In this remarkable book, the Chandlers recount their terrifying ordeal, revealing the inspiring and poignant story behind the dramatic headlines. At the heart of their survival was their unshakeable belief in each other and their determination to survive, making Hostage an unlikely love story; for Paul and Rachel, death, at times, seemed preferable to being separated.”–Cover. (Syndetics)

Flying blind : how the justice system perpetuates crime and the Corrections Department fails to correct / Roger Brooking.
“80% of crime in New Zealand occurs under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This book is about how the New Zealand justice system perpetuates criminal behaviour and the Corrections Department fails to rehabilitate – maintaining a vicious cycle of addiction and substance abuse that inevitably leads to re-offending and recidivism.” (Syndetics)

The real George Freeman : thief, race-fixer, standover man and underworld crim / Tony Reeves.
“Sin City, 1979. Crooked cops take the cream off the top of crime profits. Judges frequent illegal gambling dens. The winners of races are known before the horses have run. Heroin floods the streets, and the fight for the control of the trade sees men being gunned down left and right. This is the world of George Freeman – often portrayed as a charming celebrity gangster, he was in fact a calculated criminal motivated by greed and a lust for power and influence. Here, we hear the truth about Freeman’s links to the Mafia and drug trafficking, his secret addiction and the accusations of murder.” (Syndetics)

 Hi Sarah, how are you today? Thank you for giving us the opportunity to contact you and ask you questions about your work. I have found your zine ½ at the library and it caught my attention because of how mysterious the cover looks. I soon realised it is a really well made zine with a lot of content.

Hi Carla, thanks! I first came across zines when my housemate brought some home from Sticky Institute, a zine distro in Melbourne. I really liked them, so I started visiting Sticky a lot, and reading lots of zines, then I thought it would be fun to make my own.

Why do you think zines are important and why do people need to keep making them?

I love that zines are completely non-commercial; people just make them for the joy of it. The writing can be terrible and it doesn’t matter. So to me that’s important. Having this accessible medium where people can express whatever they want and there’s no censorship, no editor, no sponsorship or commercial stakeholders… it doesn’t need to attract advertising. A zine can never be colonised by advertising because then it would cease to be a zine. People need to keep making zines so that we can share stories and ideas that aren’t found elsewhere.

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Some recent CDs to arrive at Wellington City Libraries include Australian Electronica sensation Gotye; the new Ryan Adams, which sees a return to his earlier sound; new remasters of Nirvana’s classic ‘Nevermind’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’; the new Feist album; and the supergroup collaboration ‘Superheavy’ featuring Mick Jagger & Joss Stone….

Making mirrors.
“A few years ago, Gotye created an album that became something of an underground classic. That defining record, Like Drawing Blood, was voted Triple J listeners’ favourite album of 2006, and iTunes UK Album Of The Year. In 2007 Gotye also won the ARIA Award as Australia’s Best Male Artist and the platinum-selling album recently polled at number 11 in Triple J’s Hottest 100 Australian Albums Of All Time. Gotye’s highly anticipated follow up Making Mirrors – is being lead by the unforgettable song “Somebody That I Used To Know” featuring Kimbra. (Description from Real Groovy)

The whole love / Wilco.
“Since 1994 Wilco have proved themselves one of the most reliable and enjoyable bands to occupy the upper tier of indie-rock hierarchy, though recent LPs Sky Blue Sky (2007) and Wilco (The Album) (2009) might have dented their reputation somewhat as one of the most exciting. Although not bad albums by any stretch of the imagination, they rarely displayed the depth of imagination and beauty present across the group’s back catalogue, exemplified on 2002’s stunning Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. It’s pleasing to be able to report, then, that the band seems both relaxed and reinvigorated on The Whole Love, which is equally at home spinning into stormy electric guitar crescendos as it is offering up deft acoustic numbers…” (Adapted from Amazon.co.uk description)

SuperHeavy.
“Mick Jagger has teamed up with Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart, soul singer Joss Stone, Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack composer A.R.Rahman and reggae star Damian Marley to form a band cooperative project called SuperHeavy…SuperHeavy came together after Jagger and Stewart considered what a band comprising of musicians from different genres would sound like. Jagger explains, “Dave really wanted to make a record with a different group of musicians, in other words, with different backgrounds of music. Instead of everyone being a rock musician, or basically a blues musician, or some other genre, he wanted to get as many genres together that would fit. I said it sounds like a good idea, I never thought it would actually happen.”…” (Adapted from Amazon.com description)

Six 60.
“Since forming in 2008, Six60’s high-octane live shows and hook heavy jams have seen them rewarded with regular sold-out performances across New Zealand and Australia, and multiple gold and platinum sales awards. In the process, they’ve become central to a genuine grassroots movement, positioning them as one of the most popular bands in the country…Six60, the record finds the band carving out their own unique space between soul, rock and dubstep. A space with a greater degree of diversity than hinted at by hit singles ‘Rise Up 2.0′ and ‘Don’t Forget Your Roots’. Executed with a vibrant synthesis between live and electronic instrumentation; the songs range from minimal to maximal, and somewhere in-between. Offering what you’ve heard, and where they’re headed, this summer, the results will speak for themselves.” (Description from Real Groovy)

Biophilia.
”Ever the inventive artist, for her eighth studio long-player Björk also turned inventor, commissioning the construction of specialist instruments to compose these 10 tracks upon. Among them, the gameleste – a fusion of gamelan and celeste – which can be heard, a persistent twinkle in the mix, across this set’s lead single, Crystalline. The Icelander also turned to rather more modern hardware for this album – certain tracks are partly recorded on an iPad, and the intention is for each of these tracks to emerge as an app, as well as via traditional album formats. Impressively 21st century stuff, for sure. But while her commitment to composition away from typical means – she doesn’t play piano or guitar, so seeking new options is both a necessity and a novelty – is commendable, experimentation is nothing without accessibility, especially for a musician with an audience as sizeable as Björk’s. Thankfully, Biophilia serves as wonderfully as a ’standard’ album as anything else…” (Adapted from Amazon.co.uk review)

Metals.
“Over the course of her commercially available solo albums to date, Leslie Feist has expertly balanced the weighty with the whimsical; the heavyhearted with the straight-up joyful…Following a month spent arranging her new compositions in Toronto, she and long-time collaborators Chilly Gonzalez and Mocky decamped to a self-built studio in a “giant open space” they discovered on the coastline of California’s Big Sur to record Metals, and the results are suitably robust. The Bad in Each Other opens proceedings in a flurry of metronomic drums, guitars and sax all jostling under Feist’s emphatic delivery, until her tone softens come the chorus in order to rue the often damaging side-effects of love and attraction. Focusing on universal emotions and filtering them through her own experiences, she has come up with a startling set of songs here; one that reflects the wild surrounds of its gestation and equates them with the chaotic nature of modern life and relationships.” (Description from Amazon.co.uk review)

Ashes & fire.
“For an artist with such noted prolificacy as Ryan Adams, the release of another album has the tendency to pass the world at large without note. Few outside his hardcore fanbase will be aware he released a solo metal record, Orion, last year; or that in the 11 years since his lauded debut Heartbreaker he’s now released a dozen albums, either solo or with his band The Cardinals…That’s not to say Ashes & Fire sounds as if it comes straight out of 2001. This is the work of a sober, thoughtful Adams, rediscovering himself. Opener Dirty Rain heralds a chorus vocal as confident as one will find in his entire catalogue. With the track stripped to its core instrumentation, Adams’ voice soars – and one can’t help but recall the same rush of blood from first hearing Winding Wheel or Firecracker…” (Adapted from Amazon.co.uk review)

Nevermind : [20th anniversary edition].
“Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this groundbreaking album from the Grunge trio including 27 bonus tracks. Features the album plus B-sides, the Smart Studio sessions, boombox rehearsals and BBC sessions. Released in September 1991, Nirvana’s sophomore album and major label debut elevated Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl from a critically acclaimed Aberdeen, Washington, cult band to generational spokesmen who’d unwittingly created a cultural shift and musical touchstone.” (Description from Amazon.com)

The wall [remastered].
“One of the most acclaimed concept albums of all time, The Wall is renowned as Roger Waters’ Rock Opera dealing with abandonment and personal isolation. Featuring the unique artwork of Gerald Scarfe, the album also yielded the US & UK No. 1 hit Another Brick In The Wall Pt2., and was subsequently adapted for cinema by Alan Parker featuring Bob Geldof in the lead role. The new Discovery version presents the original studio album, digitally remastered by James Guthrie and reissued with newly designed Digipak and a new 28 page booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson.” (Description from Amazon.com)

Anne McCaffrey has died aged 85. Born in America in 1926, she emigrated to Ireland in 1970. Creator of the hugely popular Pern series of books about a symbiotic relationship between dragons and humans, she was the first woman writer to receive both the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1968 and the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1969. Both these awards were for stories that began the Dragonriders of Pern series. She had published 52 novels since 1967 and co-authored 28 works, with authors such as Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Jody Lynn Nye and her son Todd McCaffrey. Her novel, The White Dragon published in 1979, was the first science fiction book to be placed on the New York Times bestseller list.

After you’ve read this new and improved edition of “1001 paintings you must see before you die” you might need a lie down! For a bit of a break try some armchair art travel with the wonderful book, also listed here, called “The Louvre : all the paintings” – yes, ALL – it also has a DVD with it.

1001 paintings you must see before you die / general editor, Stephen Farthing ; preface by Geoff Dyer.
“From ancient Egyptian wallpaintings to contemporary Western canvases, this book is truly comprehensive in scope and beautiful to leaf through. Within its pages you will see displayed 1001 of the most memorable, haunting, powerful, important, controversial and visually arresting paintings that have ever been created…. The paintings are listed by artist and by title, making it easy to find a specific painting or trace the development of one painter’s work. 1001 Paintings is a collector’s must for the bookshelf.” – (adapted from Amazon.co.uk product description)

“The Louvre : all the paintings / preface by Henri Loyrette ; photography by Erich Lessing ; edited and introductions by Vincent Pomarède ; text by Anja Grebe.
“Endorsed by the Louvre and for the very first time ever, every painting from the world’s most popular and renowned museum is now available in one stunning book. All 2,981 paintings on display in the permanent collections of the Louvre are presented in full color in this striking … book, which comes with an enclosed, supportive DVD-ROM.” – (adapted from Syndetics summary)

The artists : 21 practitioners in New Zealand contemporary art c. 2011-2013 / Arron Santry, Kylie Sanderson & Tamara Darragh.
This book, following in the tradition of its predecessor, showcases the current practice of 21 NZ contemporary artists working in the fields of sculpture, painting and photography.

Contemporary art in Eastern Europe / [edited by Phoebe Adler and Duncan McCorquodale].
“… a fresh, challenging, and insightful compilation of the most inspiring Eastern European art made from the 1960s to the present day. From Russia to Poland and Romania, and from the Czech Republic to Yugoslavia and East Germany, Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe is an ambitious attempt to chart the changing realities of the eastern half of the continent, as seen through the eyes of artists, critics, photographers and curators.” – (adapted from Amazon.co.uk product description)

Defining contemporary art : 25 years in 200 pivotal artworks / [authors, Daniel Birnbaum ... [et al.]].
” … Assembled and written by eight of the most prominent curators working today, all of whom have both witnessed and shaped this period, Defining Contemporary Art tells the story of the two hundred pivotal artworks of the past twenty-five years. These artworks include not only the most talked about pieces but also the quietly influential works, those which may have been overlooked at the time of their making but which went on to change the paradigm of their era. Arranged year by year, these two hundred works provide a true chronological depiction of creativity in our era, forming a mosaic in which readers may find their own patterns…” – (adapted from Amazon.co.uk product description)

In our picks of the new cooking books this month: Middle Eastern and Mediterranean fusion cooking; luscious raw food diet desserts, cakes, pastries and more; vegetarian entrées that won’t leave you hungry; and mouthwatering Swedish recipes and food traditions.

Maha / Shane Delia ; photography by Sharyn Cairns.
“Shane Delia, owner of Melbourne’s award-winning Maha Bar and Grill, brings us his first cookbook, a superb collection of recipes that showcases his distinctive fusion of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food, with a strong focus on the full-flavoured dishes prepared by Shane’s large Australian and Maltese family.” (Library Catalogue)

Vegetarian Entrees That Won’t Leave You Hungry : Nourishing, Flavorful Main Courses That Fill The Center of the Plate / Lukas Volger ; photographs by Christina Heaston.
“With the same inviting mix of boyish candor and enthusiasm that he brought to Veggie Burgers Every Which Way, Volger expands his vision beyond that pervasive symbol of vegetarian diets.” (Publishers Weekly)

Supper at the Victoria Room : Effortlessly Cool Entertaining / Jill Jones-Evans & Joe Gambacorta.
“Uncover the art of preparing supper with simple, quick meals for effortlessly cool entertaining at home.” (Library Catalogue)

Thrive Foods : 200 Plant-based Recipes for Peak Health / Brendan Brazier ; [photos by Julie Morris and Brendan Brazier].
“The cookbook companion to “Thrive” and “Thrive Fitness”–with 200 recipes, including dishes from celebrity chefs Tal Ronnen, Jamie Oliver, and others.” (Syndetics summary)

Notes from a Swedish Kitchen / Margareta Schildt Landgren ; photography by Tine Guth Linse.
“Swedish cuisine is delicious, varied and often unexpected, and in this delightful book Margereta Schildt Landgren shares wonderful stories from her own kitchen along with over 100 fabulous recipes.” (Book Jacket)

Raw Desserts : Mouthwatering Recipes for Cookies, Cakes, Pastries, Pies, and More / Erica Palmcrantz Aziz and Irmela Lilja ; Anna Hult, photographer.
“Savor a rich, raw true as it melts in your mouth; and know that you’re doing your body a favor! This sequel to Raw Food shows how you can eat sweets every day while providing your body with plenty of nutrition and vitality. Here you’ll find recipes for luscious desserts, cakes, pastries, ice cream, cakes, cookies, and smoothies and other beverages. Enjoy fruit, organic vanilla powder, cocoa, (and other unique super-foods) in their purest form.” (Global Books)

Cumulus Inc. / Andrew McConnell ; photography by Earl Carter.
“In a few short years, Cumulus Inc. has won a place in many hearts. With its open kitchen, industrial architectural elements and light streaming in through the bank of windows, it is somewhere to gather, talk and eat at any time of day. And the food fits like a glove, starting with the perfect breakfast and ending with a late-night charcuterie plate. Based around the ebb and flow of a day at Cumulus, Andrew McConnell’s first book gathers his recipes for the signature dishes that keep people coming back for more.” (Library Catalogue)

On Saturday 10th December, come and celebrate 20 years of library service from the Central Library at 65 Victoria Street. There will be lots of fun events and activities including:

• Free issues* of DVDs and CDs all day Saturday at Central Library

• Backroom tours by our local history team

• A fun children’s treasure hunt for the 0 -15 year olds

• Free cake for customers

Other events to celebrate :

• On Tuesday 13 December: an architecture talk by Sir Ian Athfield, the architect of Central Library

• An online quiz : some lucky library members will win a range of prizes including restaurant vouchers
• Film clips:  famous Wellingtonians tell us about their favourite books

To find out more about what’s happening on the day, look at these recent news updates or hear Jane Hill, Libraries Manager tell you more in this video:

*other standard fees apply