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Confronting Workplace Bullying
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What's Out There? May's new science books
Check out these new science books added to our collection. -
Pat Lawlor and the works of 'Mr Wellington'
With the kind permission of his extended family, the most significant published works of Pat Lawlor have been digitised for the first time on Wellington City Recollect. -
NZMM Interview: Burn My Shadow & ‘Burn My Records’ label
Read our interview with Pōneke band, Burn My Shadow, who also run the ‘Burn My Records' label. -
Chop Chop: new cooking books for May
Some exciting cookbooks, new to our collection! -
Capital Crimes: Karori Mystery in the Library - reschedule date is Thursday 5 June
We are thrilled to announce Thursday 5 June as our rescheduled date for our Karori Mystery in the Library event. -
Celebrate Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa with a Fiafia Night, 30 May at Newtown Library!
Tālofa Lava! We're celebrating Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa with a Fiafia Night at Newtown Library on Friday 30 May - all welcome! -
Flour Power: Interview with Maxine Scheckter, Pastry chef
Wellington pastry chef Maxine Scheckter, Sugar Flour, has just produced her first book. We talk to Maxine about her journey from student to author. -
Guest post: Why do you want to be richer?
Personal finance author Mary Holm shares the opening chapter of her new book, Rich Enough? A laid-back guide for every kiwi, with us. -
'Wellington Women and the Art They Love': Event at Karori Library
Join us for a free event that brings together art, memory, and storytelling through the voices of three women writers. -
New Vinyl Carry Bags
Introducing our new carry bags for our vinyl collection! -
Wellington Music: The Eighth Note - Dreams of the Damned
Eight quick questions with Pōneke music project, Dreams of the Damned. -
New Zealand Music Month at WCL
A guide to the NZMM events happening across our network. All performances are free and open to all. -
Author event: Khadro Mohamed at Waitohi Library | 7 June, 11am
We are absolutely thrilled to announce our upcoming event with Khadro Mohamed at our Waitohi Library, celebrating the launch of her latest book, Before the Winter Ends. -
Wellington’s Café Culture: the Visual Guide
“Coffee’s done more for cities in the past 25 years than architecture’s done in the past 150.” (Sir Ian Athfield, 1940 – 2015) -
The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... The Thunderbolts
Reading guides, like lightning, should always appear to few men’s ruin, but to all men’s cheer! It’s the WCL Guide to the Thunderbolts! -
Baby Rock and Rhyme comes to Brooklyn Library!
We're extremely excited to be bringing our popular Baby Rock and Rhyme programme for ages 0-2 to Moe-rā | Brooklyn Library for the very first time, starting on the 7th of May! -
Guest post: As it turns out, no one's got their sh*t together - learnings from inside the collective intelligence journey
Sharing his own life experiences in this guest post, Ian 'Harv' Harvey invites us to think differently and let go of the old rules.