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Always on the look-out for interesting themes for children's Storytime, our team have collated a bunch of book...
15 August 2022
Here's a look at one of the books that recently made The Booker Prize longlist. If you're worried that this mean...
5 August 2022
This is the final category in this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and YA. It’s amazing that three of these...
29 July 2022
The Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award recognises the best in books for children written in te reo...
24 July 2022
Wonderful artwork can really make a story. These are the books on the shortlist for the Illustration award in thi...
16 July 2022
You'll spot some familiar names in this year’s line-up for the NZ Book Awards for Children and YA Non-Fiction...
12 July 2022
Emma shares poetry collections our staff have loved.
9 July 2022
I don’t know how the judges are going to decide on a winner for this year’s Young Adult Fiction Award – a hotly...
8 July 2022
We’re taking a look at the Picture Book Award in our second post on the NZ Book Awards for Children and YA. Alway...
4 July 2022
We’re running a few posts on the books that have made the finals in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young...
28 June 2022
The group at Flaxmere Library Book Chat have had enjoyed some terrific reads in recent weeks. Here are just a few...
17 June 2022
The latest Vera Stanhope mystery and number nine in Cleeves's super-popular series is the perfect book you can...
10 June 2022
A novel about a fictional Hollywood star that reads like a memoir. - our reviewer will have you putting this one...
26 May 2022
Here’s a snapshot of the books that recently made the shortlist for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Formerly...
4 May 2022
Here's the pick of the bunch from a great list of books the group have been sharing at Book Chat.
30 April 2022
Take a trip back to 1995 with a diary written by rock influencer, Brian Eno, with some oddly interesting insight...
27 April 2022
Here's some fiction just perfect for that Easter break, or anytime really, all available at the library.
13 April 2022
Since his death, Bowie has inspired a bunch of books, like this book of andecdotal encounters from Bowie obsessive...
10 April 2022
The library has a great selection of movies from a wide range of genres. Here's a quick review of two French...
3 April 2022
These are the books we read with a torch under the bedcovers, thinking, "just one more chapter".
1 April 2022
Here's an assortment of old favourites that have been treasured for all kinds of reasons including story...
27 March 2022
Here are our favourite early readers - the books that first got us or our children launched into independent...
23 March 2022
We're celebrating Children's Book Day on 2 April by sharing the children's books we loved when we were small. Such...
18 March 2022
Here's look at two graphic novels that take you into the world of the Watchmen.
16 March 2022
The new Kate Quinn novel looks at the important work of three women code breakers of Bletchley Park, their...
12 March 2022
JAM is happy to discover a new book from Marika Cobbold, an entertaining novel about fake news and the trouble it...
3 March 2022
Graphic Novel fans will be sure to recognise the Fables series by Bill Willingham. Rob reviews this classic...
19 February 2022
Here's how to keep track of all those books you want to read using My Lists.
11 February 2022
Here are some brilliant self-help book recommendations from Andrea, who doesn't read a lot of non-fiction but...
4 February 2022
Claire Fuller recently won the Costa 2021 Novel Award for Unsettled Ground. Here's what our reviewer, JAM, thought...
24 January 2022
Our first Book Chat for the year was at Flaxmere Library where the group got off to a flying start with some...
17 January 2022
Hastings District Libraries recently interviewed Marie Munro whose book "Nana's Shed" - "The Wharau of Kui"...
14 January 2022
Our Li reads a lot of books so her top selection from 2021 is bound to be interesting.
12 January 2022
Here are some of the best non-fiction and graphic novels we read as well as one serious disappointment as we wrap...
8 January 2022
The YA section of the library is well worth checking out for some thought-provoking and entertaining reads. Here...
3 January 2022
Including genres of science fiction and fantasy these books are packed with interesting worlds - some of them huge...
30 December 2021
There's nothing like a good mystery or a ripping yarn packed with suspense. This is a very mixed batch of novel...
27 December 2021
When we live in uncertain times, it can be a blessing to escape into a book to another time and place, where...
24 December 2021
Contemporary Fiction is one of those terms we give to books that are not any particular genre but tend to mirror...
21 December 2021
We've been asking library staff the tough question: What books did you enjoy most in 2021? We'll be running a...
17 December 2021
Every year there’s a swag of new books with a Christmassy theme, just perfect when you want to take a break from...
15 December 2021
A new series of Irish detective stories begins with this novel set in 1980s Dublin. Fans of Benjamin Black and...
14 December 2021
Our reviewer had his first experience of an e-audiobook with this sci-fi thriller and surprised himself with how...
10 December 2021
Bluetooth is shortwave wireless technology that can connect devices. Did you know that many hearing aids have thi...
7 December 2021
Wine Books and More met again after a spell of several months so they had a lot of bookish conversation to catch...
5 December 2021
Many readers enjoy screen adaptations of books, but if you’re like me, you prefer to read the book first – just in...
30 November 2021
Flaxmere Book Chat met up again for the first time in a while, eager to share and discuss their favourite read...
20 November 2021
According to the blurb, Esther Freud's latest novel is 'about love, motherhood, secrets and betrayal - and how...
8 November 2021
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts focussed on Advanced Pre-Teen Readers (APTRs)
- Library Li
1 November 2021
This is the seventh in a series of blog posts focussed on Advanced Pre-Teen Readers (APTRs)
-Library Li
1 November 2021
This is the sixth in a series of blog posts focussed on Advanced Pre-Teen Readers (APTRs)
- Emma L
1 November 2021
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts focussed on Advanced Pre-Teen Readers (APTRs)
- Emma L
1 November 2021
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts focussed on Advanced Pre-Teen Readers (APTRs)
- Emma L
1 November 2021
This is the third in a series of blog posts focussed on Advanced Pre-Teen Readers (APTRs)
- Emma L
1 November 2021
This is the second in a series of blog posts focussed on Advanced Pre-Teen Readers (APTRs)
- Emma L
1 November 2021
One murder. Fifteen suspects. Can you uncover the truth? A clever debut that puts the reader into the minds of two...
29 October 2021
This is the first in a series of blog posts focussing on Advanced Pre-Teen Readers (APTRs)
- Emma L
28 October 2021
A book about "Pop songs", not the top ten on the hit parade, but the songs by Iggy Pop. 'Til Wrong Feels Right...
15 October 2021
Here's our review of a novel about a small community, the families that live there and what happens when different...
28 September 2021
A brilliant selection of new crime/mystery books (fiction and non fiction) made the Ngaio Marsh longlist thi...
22 September 2021
Here's a pacey read which teams a New York college girl with a small problem with a reclusive alcoholic former spy...
20 September 2021
It's been a few months since we had an update on the reading habits of our Wine Books and More attendees. Let'...
30 August 2021
Our reviewer happened upon this e-audiobook when browsing the library's e-collection and was pleasantly surprised...
27 August 2021
There's nothing like curling up with a book as winter sets in. Flaxmere Book Chat has been reading some terrific...
19 August 2021
Read our review of this authorised biography of The Who's John Entwistle by Paul Rees, music journalist. Entwistle...
15 August 2021
The longlist is out for the 2021 Man Booker Prize. Often considered the cream of the crop of the fiction award...
10 August 2021
If you're doing the Turn Up the Heat reading challenge this year, you may have come across the task: Millennial...
29 July 2021
Librarians and booksellers alike sometimes get challenging requests for a book, including the much quoted line: "I...
15 July 2021
Looking for some book ideas for the TUTH challenge: Millennial Problems? The Famoux by Kassandra Tate could fit...
11 July 2021
In an undisclosed small American town strange things are afoot. An unlikely trio try to get to the bottom of...
5 July 2021
Rāhoroi 29th Haratua Saturday 29th May, standing at the waharoa of Waipatu marae, the kaikaranga calls us on, we...
4 June 2021
“She just wanted – had always wanted – a good book to read.”
25 March 2021
I have always admired origami and have been slightly (read more than slightly) jealous of people who could...
24 March 2021
From picture books to young adult to adult fiction and some seriously thought-provoking non-fiction, Emma pick...
20 March 2021
I’ve been on a Stephen King binge this year – my ultimate goal is to read all of his works within in next couple...
18 March 2021
JAM reviews Isabel Allende's latest historical novel.
It's a moving love story set in difficult political...
17 March 2021
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