Pathways - the library newsletter
The August/September issue of Pathways is now available from the library website. In this month's issue you can read about:
- Community Reads
- Library Week 2008
- Community Reads website
- 80th birthday celebration
- Lunch Time Talk - Professor Jacqueline Rowarth
- Stand-up Poetry Launch
- Writers Read - Martin Edmond
- Digital Audio Books
- Must Reads
Library Week 18-24 August 2008 : What's Your Story? Nou te Korero?
We're expecting a huge turnout for New Zealand's biggest storytime. Libraries all over New Zealann will be reading of Piggity Wiggity Jiggity Jig written by Diana Nield of Palmerston North.
We also have an opportunity for our teenaged members to get their overdue fines waived if they can beat our Overdues Librarian at Guitar Hero. Plus there will be our first ever Book Swap. If this is even half as popular as our book sale you can guarantee that the library will be buzzing during Library Week 2008.
Come into the library during Library Week to see what other surprises we might have up our sleeves.
Guitar Hero Amnesty
If you are 13 to 19 dual the Overdues Librarian and you could get your fines waived.
4:00-5:00pm each day from Monday 18 August to Friday 22 August
The
Basement, Ground Floor, Central Library
Book Swap
Palmerston North City Library are holding it's first Book Swap.
Bring in your unwanted Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction books and swap with something else. No childrens books, magazines or audio-visual material.
During Library Week 18-24 August, during normal library opening hours.
1st Floor of the Central Library
No charge, one-for-one.
Standup Poetry - launch
Bring 5 minutes of your original poetry to read.
With Helen Lehndorf.
Free coffee and cake.
Special guest poet : Sean Monaghan
Friday 20 August at 7:00pm
Sound & Vision Zone, Ground Floor,
Central Library
New on the Library Website
Olympic games
Heaps of information on the Olympics games for kids and adults. Visit these websites for information about the Olympic Games past and present, the NZ team, medal tally and the latest news:
Kids at the Library Olympic Games page
Website Survey
Our new library website is now over 18 months old so we've decided to do a bit of a review, find out what you do and don't like and then make it even better.
If you do use our website please complete the short survey on our website and tell us what you do and don't like.
If you don't use our website please complete the survey and tell us why you don't.
All of your feedback and suggestions will be considered.
Coming up soon
For Kids
New Zealand's biggest storytime - Piggity Wiggity Jiggity Jig
Join in a reading of this ever popular read aloud happening right across the country.
Central Library - 10.30am
Awapuni Library - 10.30am
Highbury
Library - 10.30am
Roslyn Library - 10.30am
Ashhurst Library - 1.30pm
Jumping Jellybeans
Jumping Jellybeans dates and times
For Everyone
Community Reads events
Wednesday 13 August
Visit from Jill Trevelyan,
author of Rita Angus : an artist's life
Saturday 23 August
Bus trip to Te Papa and guided
tour of the Rita Angus exhibition with Jill Trevelyan
Wednesday 27 August
Join us for a discussion of
Jill Trevelyan's "Rita Angus" and movie screening of "Lovely Rita".
Filmmaker of "Lovely Rita" Gaylene Preston, filmmaker, will join us
for this event.
Lunch Time Talk
Wednesday 6 August
Food and Environment - it must
be both Prof.
Jacqueline Rowarth, CNZM, is the Foundation Chair of Pastoral Agriculture and the Director of Massey Agriculture.
Bring your lunch. Tea and coffee provided.
Writers Read
Friday 22 August
7:00pm
Martin Edmond - writer, actor, stage manager and lighting designer.
A morning with...
Snr Sergeant Brett Amas will be speaking about the work he did in Afghanistan with the Police and community.
Thursday August 28.
Morning tea - 10.30am
Talk - 11.00am
For more information on these and other library events please check our Events Calendar: