Good reads

Recommendations & news

Christchurch City Libraries Blog: "Our mission is to keep you in touch withour world, sharing views, opinions and ideas on reading, listening and watching. Our world is the world of information, so our team spend their working (and private) lives exploring books, movies, magazines, music, the web and more."
Books made into film and television: Our listing of books made into movies and spin-offs from TV shows.
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If you like...: Good books and authors in different styles.
Literary Prizes: For the award winning books of the year.
New Titles: For the latest titles in our libraries - updated at the end of each month. Also available by email or weekly as a RSS feed.
Read the book - then see the film: Do you want to read a book before you see the film rather than the other way around? If so, we've gathered together most of the movies coming up that are based on books so that you can get in first.

Kids - Fun to read and Fun to do: A fun way to find great reads - follow our quests & mazes
the Pulse - Read: Get your great reading here. We've got heaps of book reviews and suggestions.

Escape to another world the power of imagination: Our imagination has an amazing ability to take us from the routines of everyday life to a different place from where we emerge energised, curious, inspired, transformed, entertained.
How to speak yachtie: Sarah Ell tells us about her new book, Shoot the Breeze; a useful introduction to what can be a strange-sounding and colourful world for landlubbers.
The role of New Zealand literature: New Zealand has produced influential and internationally respected authors like Katherine Mansfield and Janet Frame. They are remembered for their striking use of language, a strong New Zealand focus, and their reflections on the interior life.