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Library friends stack up for Big Bargain Book Sale
Libraries | 15 Mar 2021At nearly 90, Elizabeth Williams helps oversee the volunteers running the two-day Big Bargain Book Sale at the Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre this month.
Council proposing changes to libraries' opening hours
Financial matters, Libraries | 23 Feb 2021A streamlining of opening hours at Christchurch libraries is among the cost-saving measures proposed in Christchurch City Council’s 10-year draft budget.
Digital exhibition captures community earthquake images
Libraries | 16 Feb 2021Several seldom seen photos capturing post-earthquake life in Christchurch will go on show in a new digital exhibition by Christchurch City Libraries to mark the 10th anniversary of the quakes.
Library lending by the numbers – what are we reading?
Libraries | 21 Dec 2020Christchurch’s prolific book and audio borrowers are keeping city libraries busy, borrowing more than 4 million items in the last year.
Game on for League of Legends fans at Tūranga
Libraries, Things to do | 13 Oct 2020Christchurch teenagers are bringing their A-games to Tūranga to battle for League of Legends supremacy at the biggest esports tournament hosted by a library in New Zealand.
Don’t write off Big Bargain Book Sale – it’s back
Libraries, Things to do | 12 Oct 2020Christchurch City Libraries’ annual Big Bargain Book Sale is back on this month following two COVID-19-enforced delays.
Eco-friendly design earns Tūranga 5-star rating
Libraries | 1 Sep 2020The awards and accolades keep coming for Christchurch’s central library building, Tūranga.
Reap rewards at Great Library Seed and Plant Swap
Libraries | 1 Sep 2020People can sow the seeds of sustainability at The Great Library Seed and Plant Swap this month.
Opawa turns page on stunning new library
Libraries | 31 Aug 2020A striking new “edition” of a dedicated community library has opened in Opawa.
Library bargains a turn-up for the book lovers
Libraries | 10 Aug 2020Literature lovers will be out to bag a bargain at the annual Christchurch City Libraries Book Sale this month.
Libraries offer bumper crop of homegrown fruit and veg tips
Libraries | 27 Jul 2020People can learn more about reaping the financial and health benefits of growing their own vegetables with a little help from South Library.
Unlikely Librarian raises literary community bar
Libraries | 14 Jul 2020Poetry and book lovers can soak up a conversation in a local bar with Lyttelton creative Ben Brown during a new Christchurch City Libraries outreach series.
Performers strike right note in Tūranga studio
Libraries | 29 Jun 2020An upbeat approach by five teenagers to fundraising during the World Vision 40 Hour Famine has produced a 10-song album in 40 hours at Tūranga.
Lights, camera, clay – put your film career in motion
Art & creativity, Libraries | 23 Jun 2020Budding filmmakers – inspired by two prehistoric stop-motion stars – can get animated this KidsFest.
Canterbury Stories site plates up 1900s photo collection
Libraries | 16 Jun 2020Images of the early 1900s taken from a collection of fragile photographic glass plates are now in focus on the Christchurch City Libraries’ digital heritage site, Canterbury Stories.