Karere 'Youth' - 'Youth' stories
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Farewell to Maurice Gee
Maurice Gee: Renowned Aotearoa New Zealand author passes, aged 93. -
Out on the Shelves: YA books recommended by our real-life librarians
There's nothing better than reading a book recommended to you by a friendly librarian, right? So we've put together a list of the rainbow books in our collection that we loved enough to recommend! -
What's on for Out on the Shelves 2025
June is the Out on the Shelves campaign month, and to celebrate we're running a fantastic range of events for tamariki and rangatahi across our libraries. -
Out on the Shelves: Book lists
We've put together some book lists for Out on the Shelves to help you start your reading journey! -
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! -
G'Day, Kia ora, Hello! A Global Hangout for Rangatahi
11-15 years old? Sign up for our Global Hangout to meet other teens from overseas online, play games, and eat snacks! -
The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... Captain America
The star-spangled man with a plan... to help you read his adventures! It’s the Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to Captain America! -
Summer Reading Adventure: Announcing our Grand Prize Winners
The Summer Reading Adventure is over for another year and now it's time to announce the winners of our twelve Grand Prize Packs! -
Our 2024 picks: Young Adult favourites of the year
We're very lucky that YA books keep getting published and we keep getting to read them. And even luckier that we get to write about the YA books we like! Read on for our librarians' top picks of 2024. -
The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... The Joker and Harley Quinn
Here’s our not-so-serious guide to The Joker and Harley Quinn! -
Spooky YA reads to keep that Halloween 👻spirit👻 going
We get it. You're a fan of the uncanny and all October has just been leading up to the evening of the 31st. But once it's over, how do you keep those spooky vibes going? With a spooky book, of course! -
Sign up for our Teen Newsletter Please
DID YOU KNOW that we have a newsletter that goes out monthly for teens?! If you did, surely you're signed up for it already. If you didn't, read this and let us convince you to sign up! -
Mental Health Awareness Week: A librarian's guide to big sad thoughts and other weird growing-up things
Growing up is weird and sometimes you might not feel ready to talk to your parents about some topics. So for Mental Health Awareness Week, we thought we’d share some useful resources for young people. -
The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... Batman
It’s the Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to Batman! -
Queer Fantasy NOT for Pride Month! Because everyday is LGBTQ+!
Fantasy is the best genre. Obviously. You can do whatever you want in fantasy. Anything a “normal” book can do, fantasy can also do, AND have dragons. It’s also the perfect place for queer stories. -
The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... Wolverine
I’m the best at what I do, but what I do is tell you how to read comics in publication order. It’s the Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to Wolverine! -
The Defence of Poetry! Proving Poems Aren't All Bad for Bad Poetry Day
Do you think poetry is bad? / I’ll bet you it has made you mad / -
The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... Deadpool
It’s the Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to The Merc with a Mouth, The Regeneratin’ Degenerate, Deadpool!