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Manners Street 1864. Looking up Manners Street towards the intersection with Willis and Boulcott Streets. The Union Bank of Australia is on the left. Photographer: William Thomas Locke Travers. It looks like a muddy road, there's a horse and cart in the middle distance, a rickety wooden fence running up the left side and in the distance there's the bank and a couple cottages.

Manners Street 1864. Looking up Manners Street towards the intersection with Willis and Boulcott Streets. The Union Bank of Australia is on the left. Photographer: William Thomas Locke Travers. 

What's Happening in October

Senior's Week, Cuentacuentos: storytimes in Spanish and our WCL Mini app.

Here are the results from last month's survey! 
Poetry vs Essays! Poetry 40% Essays 60%.

Did you know that Wellington City Libraries interviews local writers? You can watch our past interviews online through our YouTube channel.
Thumbnail from our interview with Emergency Weather author Tim Jones

Now, to this month's question...

Crime or romance fiction?
Crime!
Romance!

Te Wiki Kaumātua - Seniors' Week Week
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Te Wiki Kaumātua Seniors' Week runs 1-8 October and 2023's theme is pēperēkou, tōna ao katoa – the whole person.

 

We're running a range of fun and free events in our libraries for our beloved senior communities. Come join us across the week to learn, connect and meet like-minded people!

 

Retire Inspired: Navigating the 6 Phases of Retirement

Wednesday 4 October, 12-1pm

Karori Library

 

Stories of Dementia

Saturday 7 October, 2-3pm

Karori Library

 

Seniors Week Sunday

Sunday 8 Oct, 4:30-6:30pm

Johnsonville Library

 

And don't forget our regularly scheduled free library programmes, including book clubs, 'knit'n natter groups, digital catchups and movie nights!  Visit our event calendar for more details.

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Check out our full events calendar

Children's Corner
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Cuentacuentos - Storytimes in Spanish

Buenas noticias! We are happy to announce a new programme called Cuentacuentos. Storytime sessions entirely in Spanish!

Join us at Te Māhanga Karori Library every first Saturday of the month at 11 AM. 

Get ready for engaging storytelling and exciting activities that will entertain the whole whānau.
Next session is Oct 7th

WCL Mini app. Sort your libraery to-dos in 5 minutes. Drawing of a person on their phone, smiling.

Sort your library to-dos in 5 minutes with our WCL Mini app!

It’s easy to fit in a quick trip to the library while you wait for your bus home, or on your lunch break!  


Use our WCL Mini app to: 

  • Issue your items from your phone, no waiting in a queue! (Available at Te Awe, Miramar, Karori, Kilbirnie and Johnsonville).
  • Renew your items and check the status of your reserves. 
  • Pay fees.
  • Quickly find your nearest libraries and their opening hours.
  • Live chat with a librarian (during 9:30am-4pm Mon-Fri). 
Learn more

Wellington Jazz Festival
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We're hosting two events in the Wellington Jazz Festival!

Black Spider Trio 
Saturday, 28 October, 3 – 4pm                                                                                                Te Awe Library

A Pinch of Jazz at the Library
Sunday, 29 October, 1 – 2pm                                                                                                Johnsonville Library

 

Local jazz enthusiasts also have access to our eLibrary database Naxos Jazz Library with their library card. Listen to over 210,500 tracks of jazz from more than 17,930 CDs. Includes over 32,000 jazz artists.

Collection Spotlight
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He Kete Pupuri Mahara: Memory bags

Memory bags | He Kete Pupuri Mahara are a collection of vintage items and images to encourage conversation and reminiscence for people with dementia or memory loss. They also contain specialised items and conversation cards to inspire discussion.

How does it work?

  • You can borrow a bag for three weeks and renew for another three weeks.
  • Memory Bags are free to borrow and free to reserve.
  • Memory Bags can be found on the catalogue.
  • For a mostly or completely damaged or lost memory bag, there is a $50 charge.

 
More information

Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020 (Gale). The Economist presents the world's political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments and the connections between them. Access every weekly issue for free with your Wellington City Libraries card.

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Wellington City Libraries
PO Box 1992 Wellington 6140
Phone: (04) 801 4040