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Always delicious: New cookbooks
Here's a collection of some very delicious recipe books, new to our collection. Have a browse! -
Highlights from Books Alive 2025
On the 13th of August a horde of children's librarians, writers, illustrators, translators, and students descended on Wellington for a day filled with book talks, workshops, and presentations. -
New Music for August - Part 1
We check out some new music added to our catalogue. -
新西兰中文周2025简体中文 (New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2025 - Simplified Chinese)
参加丰富文化活动，聆听精彩讲座，学习中文，领取免费手工图样。 -
New Zealand Chinese Language Week, August 31 - September 6
Cultural events and talks, language learning tools, papercrafts and more! -
新西蘭中文周2025繁體中文 (New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2025 - Traditional Chinese)
參加豐富文化活動，聆聽精彩講座，學習中文，領取免費手工圖樣。 -
Lessons from Aotearoa Business People
The late Sir Michael Hill shared his business experiences and knowledge in several books. In this blog we acknowledge his achievements and offer up some other business stories from Aotearoa. -
Together We Read: Smoke by Michael Brissenden
This August, Wellington City Libraries will be joining the Together We Read promotion by offering unlimited eBook and eAudio copies of Michael Brissenden's compulsive read, Smoke. -
Wonderland: Local history & author talk, 11 September
Join us for this fabulous event about the life and times of Miramar’s very own amusement park, from the early 1900s. -
The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... Supergirl
Your go-to site for the Maid of Might, it's the Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to Supergirl! -
Wellington Music: New Album - Hobnail
We interview Pōneke band, Hobnail about their new album. -
Being Sun Smart: an interview with Dr Tony Bittar, Front End Solar. Part 2
In Part 2 of this interview, we continue discussing solar and alternative energy with industry pioneer, Dr Tony Bittar of Front End Solar. -
Family History Month 2025
This Family History Month we're highlighting some key resources at Wellington City Libraries that can help uncover your ancestry or whakapapa. -
Remembering children's author Allan Ahlberg
Beloved children's author Allan Ahlberg has died at age 87. We look over some favourite books of his in our collection. -
New Equipment for Loan: Podcast/Zoom Kit
Discover our new Podcast/Zoom Kit with a new Zoom H8 to enable you to start your journey into podcasting. -
What Happened? New History Titles
Browse the latest history books to hit our collection. -
Now it all makes sense: New health books
Mental, physical, emotional - just a few of the new health books added to our collection. -
Being Sun Smart: an interview with Dr Tony Bittar, Front End Solar. Part 1
Continuing our interviews with Wellington business owners, this week we discuss solar and alternative energy with industry pioneer, Dr Tony Bittar of Front End Solar.