Auckland Libraries blog

Love is Love display at Central Library We celebrated the fabulous  Auckland Pride Festival  from 1 - 26 February and Valentine’s Day on 14 February with a fun Auckland Libraries promotion. Customers were encouraged to borrow three or more romances from our shelves or via Libby/OverDrive over February for a chance to win a Love is Love prize pack. Love is Love: Take 3 Romances competition winners 🎀 Teresa from Botany Library was the lucky winner of our romantic picnic hamper valued at $200, and runner-up Kate from Whangaparāoa Library won a $50 ‘shop and munch’ gift card from Bunnings Warehouse.  Our Love is Love romantic picnic prize pack Find your perfect book match 💞 It’s never too late to swipe right on these hot tips for finding your next romance read!  Browse books labelled ‘Romance’ on our shelves or in our  library catalogue . Libby/OverDrive is open 24/7 for sweet and steamy romance on-demand! Check out what’s available right now in our  Romance eBook collections  and listen

Love it or loathe it, it's Valentine's Day again! Whether you’re whipping up a romantic dinner or having a quiet night in with your Beamafilm subscription , we have put together our top seven reads for whatever the occasion. This year we are celebrating all types of love – from self-love to diehard romance, there’s something for everyone! Princesses behaving badly: real stories from history without the fairy-tale endings by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie You think you know her story. You've read the Brothers Grimm, you've watched the Disney cartoons, you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But the lives of real princesses couldn't be more different. Sure, many were graceful and benevolent leaders - but just as many were ruthless in their quest for power, and all of them had skeletons rattling in their royal closets. Eat your heart out: love stories from around the world by Peta Mathias Peta Mathias has encountered many a