Auckland Libraries blog

Goodbye to eBook waitlists! Auckland Libraries have just launched a new service which guarantees you immediate access to a selection of popular eBook titles - with no waiting for the reader ahead of you to return their copy! Perfect for book clubs Are you a member of a book club?  The Book Clubs eBook collection contains acclaimed novels and memoirs. It will hold a special attraction for book clubs who read the same book, as it guarantees every member a copy at the same time! Check out literary fiction guaranteed to be available now. Handy for travellers Travelling, preparing to travel - or just dreaming about it? Now you can borrow many of our fantastic Lonely Planet travel guides to top destinations, regardless of whether anyone else has already checked them out. Start packing: grab one of our Lonely Planet travel guides, guaranteed to be available now. Browse OverDrive online or download the Libby, by OverDrive app to your smartphone, tablet ...

If you haven’t had a chance to see the exhibition Don’t leave town till you’ve seen the country on Level 2 of Tāmaki Ngā Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, we recommend you go to enjoy its visual richness. In the meantime, we offer you an opportunity to listen to a selection of exhibition interviews in the comfort of your favourite chair, or on your commute. The first track is an interview with Principal Curator Georgia Prince giving a background to the exhibition content and selection process. Georgia shares with interviewer Haunui Royal a couple of highlights including Cecil Burleigh’s diary. The diary begins in 1932 when he was 22, and records his regular holiday trips around New Zealand. Georgia Prince looking at Cecil Burleigh’s diary. Photograph by Sue Berman 2018 The hand-drawn map displayed in the exhibition charts three road trips he took with his mother in 1948 and 1949. In March 1949 they travelled from Auckland to Waiouru and back before he returned to...

Librarian Karen and literary biographer Joanne Drayton Karen chats with acclaimed literary biographer Joanne Drayton, whose works include the NY Times bestseller The Search for Anne Perry , about the Christchurch schoolgirl killer who forged a new life as a writer of popular historical crime novels. Her new book about TV chefs Hudson and Halls is due out this year. Listen to this episode on the Auckland Libraries podcast . Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35 pm. Listen to recent shows via the Auckland Libraries podcast.

Auckland Libraries are excited to present our new databases for 2018!  There's something for everyone! Our new databases include Drama Online, BWB Texts Collection, World Almanac for Kids, World Geography and Culture Online, and Road to IELTS. Road to IELTS – General and Academic There has always been a high demand for IELTS study guides from students learning English as a second language. Great news! We offer free access to the world-class Road to IELTS online preparation courses for both the General and Academic modules. These interactive, self-study preparation courses can be accessed online anywhere anytime – allowing you to work at your own pace and in your own time. Check out Road to IELTS General , Road to IELTS Academic  or search the library website. Drama Online Drama Online is an award-winning digital library of over 1,700 playtexts, 350 audio plays and 150 hours of video from leading theatre publishers and companies offering a complete multimedi...

This week on Books and Beyond, librarian Karen talks with poet Serie Barford about her work and the influence of her mixed Samoan and European descent. Serie reads from her latest book Entangled Islands  and the new anthology of political poetry Manifesto Aotearoa . Listen to this episode on the Auckland Libraries podcast. Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35 pm. Listen to recent shows via the Auckland Libraries podcast .

As of Monday 9 April 2018, it will be much easier to request your favourite magazines! Our catalogue display will now let you view copies of a particular issue of a magazine in expandable lists, making it easier to browse for the magazine issue you're looking for. Additionally, when you click request you will find it much easier and faster to select your desired issue. Our staff are working through all our magazine titles as quickly as possible - if your usual read hasn't become easier to request, don't worry - it soon will be! If you need help with requesting magazines, or would like to go through the process with a staff member, chat to your local librarian, or contact us online or over the phone at 09 377 0209.

Join Karen and Louisa on Books and Beyond this week, to explore works from some of New Zealand's finest Pasifika writers.  Listen to this week's episode on  PlanetFM's website  and read on for all the books mentioned in the show. A celebration of Pacific literature: Slavers in Paradise by Henry Evan Maude The Adventures of Vela by Albert Wendt Tupaia: The remarkable story of Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator by Joan Druett The sea! The sea! by Peter Jay Mātini by Rachel Reeves   Auckland Libraries' new radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and... beyond.  Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm. Recent shows can be listened to via the Auckland Libraries podcast .