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Month: April 2012

Christopher Paolini in Wellington in June

The writer of the enormously popular Inheritance books is going to be in town on Thursday June the 28th!

Tickets for the event will cost $5.00 (bargain!) and will be sold through the Children’s Bookshop in Kilbirnie, but you can register your interest now if you’re keen: just email them – you can find their contact details and more information on their website right here.

Also, if you haven’t yet read Inheritance (the final book in the series) and you’ve been waiting for the reserve queue at the library to calm down, now’s your chance!

Mr Paolini is also tweeting about his book touring adventures, and other interesting stuff.

Pottermore, finally

Last year – in June, in fact! – it was announced that Pottermore was, well, something, but we weren’t sure what. Then special people got to play while they were beta testing. Now everyone can! You can sign up to enjoy Pottermore: a unique online Harry Potter experience from J K Rowling. Here’s a sneak peek:

Updated Book Lists!

Are you running out of ideas for things to read? We’ve got lots of suggestions in the form of book lists. These are organised by genre/theme, from romantic fiction through thrillers and mysteries to fantasy. There are also some lists that may be useful for school reading (classic novels, Māori writers of fiction, for example).

Where to find itTo find the book lists in future (when you can’t find this post) have a look under “Inside” (like on the right here).

Note that these lists are selections and suggestions: if you don’t find your favourite book in them you can tell us about it (email teenblog@wcl.govt.nz – you could also write us a review).

Harry Potter on your E-book Reader

If you’re a Harry Potter fan and you’ve got an e-book reader, then you’ll be pleased to know that we’ve recently added the entire series to the library e-book collection! Here are the links:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows