Coming Soon....

COMING SOON…

Timaru District Libraries’ new computer system is launching on 20 September 2012.

There will be limited library services at Timaru, Temuka and Geraldine Libraries from 5pm on Monday 17 September and for two full days: Tuesday 18 & Wednesday 19 September. There will be no lending, renewals, reserves or catalogue available on these days.

Other library services including returns, browsing of collections, in-library reading, newspapers, free Internet and Wifi access will be available.

eBooks may be borrowed and returned as usual via the library website.

Press Display will continue to be accessible from the website.

The Geraldine Service Centre and Temuka Service and Information Centre will provide customer service as usual.

Full library services will resume on Thursday 20 September.

New features will include one-step searching of physical library collections and electronic databases making it easier to access the contents of all of the libraries’ collections and resources.

Honouring Margaret Mahy (1936 - 2012)

Honouring Margaret Mahy (1936 - 2012)

 

Timaru District Libraries will be taking part in a Nationwide Margaret Mahy Storytime in the Timaru Library Children’s Area on Saturday 11th August at 10.30am. Owen Marshall and others will read some of Margaret’s best-loved stories. Everyone is welcome to come along and join in.

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012)

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012)

Gore Vidal, the American writer, controversialist and politician manqué, who has died aged 86, was celebrated both for his caustic wit and his mandarin's poise. His public career spanned seven decades and included 25 novels, numerous collections of essays on literature and politics, a volume of short stories, five Broadway plays, dozens of television plays and film scripts, and even three mystery novels written under the pseudonym Edgar Box.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal

Maeve Binchy (28 May 1940 – 30 July 2012)

Maeve Binchy (28 May 1940 – 30 July 2012)

It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of Maeve Binchy on 30 July, in Dublin.

Maeve was a weaver of magic whose stories touched the hearts of millions. She died far too soon; she had many more stories to tell.

She will be sorely missed by her family, her friends, her publishers and her readers throughout the world.

http://www.maevebinchy.com/

Author Tour - Jenny Pattrick 'Skylark'



Meet best-selling author Jenny Pattrick and hear all about her delightful new historical novel, Skylark.

Jenny Pattrick's hugely successful and beloved Denniston Rose series captured the hearts of generations of Kiwis. Fans are sure to fall for Jenny's enchanting new leading lady, 'the astonishing Lily L'Alouette, singer, actress, acrobat, artiste par excellence'

Thursday 16th August at 6.30pm

Timaru District Library

Books available for purchase and signing at event

Free entry

New Zealand Poetry Day 27th July 2012

New Zealand Poetry Day 27th July 2012

To celebrate New Zealand Poetry Day we will be announcing the New Zealand Poetry Competition Prize Winners at our Poetry Readings on Friday 27th July from 5pm.

All Poets and Poetry lovers are encouraged to come along and share their work and celebrate New Zealand Poetry Day.

Timaru District Friends of the Library presents...200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens

Timaru District Friends of the Library presents...

200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens…

He gave us Uriah Heep in "David Copperfield", the Artful Dodger in " Oliver Twist", Ebenezer Scrooge in "The Christmas Carol"...characters who live on not just in books but also in the English language itself.

As the world celebrates 200 years of Charles Dickens so do we at Timaru District Libraries

Come along to the Timaru District Friends of the Library Dickens night on Wednesday 25th July 7pm @ Timaru District Library.

We have guest readers sharing their favourite passages from Dickens, plus a Dickens quiz and light refreshments...

All welcome – even come along dressed as your favourite Dickens character.