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Out on the Shelves 2024: What's on at your library
It's that time of year again! The annual Out On The Shelves campaign runs this year for the entire month of June. -
A Journey by Train from New Zealand to Spain: Our interview with travel writer Gregory Hill
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Out on the Shelves 2024
It's that time of year again! The annual Out On The Shelves campaign runs this year for the entire month of June, and we're getting excited about it! -
From School to the Moon: New Kids Books in the Collection
What a fabulous selection of new books we have in the collection this month! There are so many that we can't share them all here, but you can get a glimpse of what's on offer from our selection below. -
Ain’t no power like the power of the people cause the power of the people don’t stop
Climate change! It's here, it's happening, it was predicted 112 years ago, and if you continue reading this post you'll receive some climate-change-related advice from an excellent New Zealand author. -
May’s new music for Te Awe
We cast an eye over the new material we have been buying for the music collection at our CBD Te Awe library. -
Sāmoa Language Week 2024
Tālofa Lava! Welcome to Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa, Sāmoan Language Week 2024! -
The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... X-Men: The Krakoa Era
Join Marvel's merry band of mutants on their tropical utopia with the Wellington Comic Lover's guide to the Krakoa Era of the X-Men! -
Adventures Through Time
There's so much to explore between the pages of a book. You can go off on adventures on other planets, down in the depths of the sea, visit whole other worlds, and even slip into another time. -
Aotearoa Spanish Language Week 2024
Kia ora and ¡Hola! Here at Wellington City Libraries we are celebrating Aotearoa Spanish Language Week. -
Common Themes, Many Perspectives: New Teen Books in the Collection
No matter where we come from, young people face many of the same challenges and worries in life, and the new books in the collection this month reflect these challenges from many perspectives. -
Talking baking and business with Laura of Vonuts
Our Business Specialist librarian interviews small Wellington businesses. Today we are happy to have Vonuts. -
Sea Monkeys, Choose-Your-Own-Adventures, and Books Without Words: Gimmicks in Literature to Honour a Grand Marketing Trick!
Do you recall Sea Monkeys? Those little critters you bought in a packet, added to water, they sprouted to life, and then eventually died when you lost interest and forgot about them? -
Rotuman Language Week 2024
Noaʻia ʻe mḁuri gagaj ʻatakoa! Celebrate Rotuman Language Week 2024 with Wellington City Libraries! -
Let's sign together! New Zealand Sign Language Week 2024
Did you know that May is a special time in New Zealand? It's when we celebrate New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Week, an opportunity to honour the importance of NZSL as one of our official languages. -
Te Ara Pukapuka Children's Walk at Central Park
Te Ara Pukapuka, our children's book walk, has landed at Central Park with a wonderful new pukapuka selected for this location! -
Who’s next; Life house [Super Deluxe Edition]
The Super Deluxe Edition of Who’s next; Life house was regarded as the box set release of 2023. -
Most Haunted Places in Wellington
Do you believe in ghosts? The paranormal? A place being haunted? Don't answer - I can't hear you and it doesn't really matter.