Fiction and Literature

About the Fiction and Literature Zone

The Fiction and Literature Zone is located on the First Floor of the Central Library - a spacious and relaxing area to visit and browse.

Looking for a good book? Check out our Books page.

Staff at the Fiction desk are there to help you. Please ask!

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Collections and resources

The Fiction Zone is home to a range of collections from literary and genre fiction to graphic novels, large print collections, audio books on CD, cassette, and MP3, magazines and reference material.

Online reference databases such as BookBrowse, NoveList Readers Advisor and Literature Resource Centre are available on free access computers (and from home to most Library members) to help you find your next great read.

Fiction Living Rooms

The main Fiction Living Rooms are:

Awards

Classics

Contemporary

Crime/Mysteries

General

Graphic novels

Humour

International

Literature

New Zealand Writing

Romance/Sagas

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Supernatural/Horror

Thrillers/Adventure

New Book Display

A selection of new Fiction titles are put out each Friday morning and remain on display for one week. Borrowers are able to reserve these titles in the Library, or online via the Library catalogue (instructions).

See this weeks New Fiction titles

What's new in the Fiction and Literature this week

The Penguin book of contemporary New Zealand short stories. Edited by Paula Morris

Penguin book of contemporary New Zealand short stories

The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories, edited by acclaimed novelist Paula Morris, provides a fascinating snapshot of New Zealand fiction in the early twenty-first century.

The 31-story collection includes significant work from our foremost fiction writers - including C. K. Stead, Patricia Grace, Fiona Kidman, Witi Ihimaera, Damien Wilkins, Owen Marshall, Vincent O'Sullivan, Fiona Farrell and Emily Perkins - alongside exciting work by a strong group of new, younger rising literary stars, such as Eleanor Catton, Carl Nixon, Julian Novitz and Alice Tawhai. The stories come from a variety of previously published sources, with a handful published here for the very first time.

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