February 2008
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On the bedside table
Readers of this blog might not know that I have been away over the last month staying with my father and 2nd Mum. Of course time away meant lots of library visits and reading time. I was very impressed with both the Motueka and Richmond libraries. Nice atmosphere and a great selection of books although I was surprised to be charged for my non- fiction reads. However on the upside of this I then...
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Where did all these men come from!!
Chrissie Fernyhough entertained almost 200 people at Waipawa Town Hall on Monday night. As District Librarian Sue Fargher laughingly said - “How very unusual to get this many men at a library event!!” But everyone was enthralled by Chrissie’s tales of her life at Castle Hill Station. CHB District Libraries would like to thank Random House NZ for their support for this event and...
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So how are we doing?
Just remember we would love to hear your comments about how the libraries are doing and what you want to see on the blog. It is really easy to post a comment on the blog - just go to comment at the bottom of a post and click on it. You can then write your comment in the empty box. Then just type out the red letters as you see them on the screen (That’s the word verification box). Choose an...
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Library Fun over the summer holidays
The children and young adults are all settled back at school - WE HOPE :-) So let us have a quick look back at the summer that was:
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A sad farewell to Isabelle
Well, We knew it had to happen sometime but we really thought it would be later rather than sooner!! Isabelle is leaving us next week to wend her way home to England. We will really miss her. Readers will remember that she came over last year on an exchange with Janette our librarian at Waipukurau. It has been great to have her contribution on our blog...
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Chrissie Fernyhough IS coming to CHB
Join us for a fun evening to celebrate her book: The Road to Castle Hill: A High Country Love Story. Monday 25 February @7.00pm Waipawa Town Hall Tickets $15 from Waipawa & Waipukurau libraries. Christine Fernyhough is well known as a leading Auckland philanthropist, having set up Books in Homes and then the Gifted Kids Programme for high achieving children in low decile schools. In 2004 she...
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Valentine's specials
For all you girls and boys out there with romantic hearts, here are a couple of our new books that will put you in the mood for a special Valentine’s Day. MaryJanice Davidson: The Royal Mess In a world nearly identical to ours, The North won the Civil War, flannel is the new bling, and Russia never sold Alaska to the US. Instead, Alaska is a beautiful, rough-and-tumble country ruled by a...
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From Page to Screen to Page...
A lot of books have been turned into movies recently. Maybe you want to read the book before you see the movie or have you seen the movie and now want to read the book? Here is a small taster of what you could get yourself into: Cormac McCarthy: No country for old men Khaled Hosseini: The Kite runner Philip Pulman: The golden compass Lauren Weisberger: Devil wears prada Dick King-Smith: The...
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Waipukurau children are all fired up for the...
Waipukurau library celebrated the finale of their “Rocket into Reading” Summer Reading Programme on Friday 25th January in Russell Park. For this programme the library enrolled 155 children of which 110 completed it. To complete the programme the children had to read a minimum of 4 books over a period of 6 weeks. Each child reported in at the rocket in the library and spoke to the staff about...
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Gallivanting through New Zealand
As Ngai announced in an earlier posting, I have recently been on a 2 week holiday with my sister who has come to visit me in New Zealand. We had a fabulous time travelling to all kinds of interesting places. One of the highlights was our walk along the beach to Cape Kidnapper. We were fascinated by the gannets and since we started our walk at 6am, we had the beach to ourselves for the first few...
