Welcome to our latest exciting and scintillating episode of Books from the Vault, to be found on Wellington City Libraries’ very own podcast channel called Kōtare: Wellington City Libraries Presents. Books from the Vault is where three intrepid librarian explorers take an in-depth and fascinating look at some of the treasure trove of titles to be found in our stacks.
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They dive deep into the vault and unearth some precious books for everyone. After a brief description, they go on to talk vividly about the range of quirky, humorous, and interest-sparking books related to their work.
In this episode, our non-fiction specialist Xinxin talks about The Boat that Brought Me, by Nick Bridge, a diplomatic biography with personal anecdotes that involved David Lange; then Sam our music specialist and talks about Dunedin Sound: Some Disenchanted Evening by Ian Chapman while Sam also shared his own personal anecdotes about professional music making. Joseph talked about Dream Bite by Ken Cartran, a science-fiction dystopian book forecasted a world ruled under virtual reality, which is ongoingly fascinating.
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The boat that brought me / Bridge, Nick
“The only New Zealander to have been attacked by a library, former diplomat Nick Bridge writes his initially arriving at the 1950s New Zealand in Hutt Valley, which took him eventually to seven international postings as a Kiwi diplomat, including many years in China and India. His other roles include batman to a Bishop, hotel bellhop, self-confessed cricket tragic, president of the National Library Society, member of the Wellington Civic Trust and husband to one of this country’s leading poets and Chinese scholars. ” (Adapted from the Catalogue)
The Dunedin sound : some disenchanted evening / Chapman, Ian
“There are very few geographical locations in the world that are privileged enough to have an internationally acknowledged ‘sound’ attributed to them. Remarkably, New Zealand has just such a location in Dunedin. For more than three and a half decades now, the cultural identity of this modestly-sized southern university city has been bound to music, and it surely will be ad infinitum. Within the ever-evolving history of popular music, the Dunedin Sound continues to sit alongside the likes of Liverpool’s Mersey Sound, the Nashville Sound, and the Seattle Sound.” (Adapted from the Catalogue)
Dream-bite / Catran, Ken
“One by one people are dying as they play with virtual reality. The enigmatic Rhoda, travelling around on an antique Harley, decides to find out what is behind the killing. She draws Preben into a dangerous world of technology, intrigue and mind games.” (Catalogue)
