Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries

Join Alison and Ineka as they look to the stars and celebrate the appearance of Matariki. Books mentioned on the show can be requested using the Auckland Libraries catalogue links below: Matariki - Kirsten Parkinson and Kitty Brown (2022): https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ec9bdec7-6e7b-5d66-a11c-031a75bbefca&entityType=FormatGroup Matariki around the world: a cluster of st...

What do you do when your world is falling apart, and the dog has eaten your chemistry homework? Find out on this Literary Lounge episode of Books & Beyond with Alison and Ineka. Books mentioned on the show can be requested using the Auckland Libraries catalogue links below: All day is a long time / David Sanchez / 2022 / Available in Adult Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search...

On Thursday June 9 2022, Auckland Libraries rare book specialist Jane Wild invited the Mackelvie Society to a close up exploration of a very special rare book - Mary Lawrance’s ‘A collection of roses from nature’ printed from 1799. This breathtakingly beautiful volume of hand painted plates was donated to Auckland Libraries by the Mackelvie Society adding a significant Collection item for enrichin...

Join Ineka and Alison in the Literary Lounge for an episode full of conundra, collective consciousness, rakes, scoundrels and algebra. Yay! Books mentioned in the show can be requested from our catalogue using the links below. Many are also available in multiple formats – check the links to see what else is available for loan. Helen Kelly: her life / Rebecca Macfie / 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction NZ –...

In 1920, Roy Alstan Lippincott and Edward F Billson won the competition to design Auckland University College’s new Arts Building. Now known as the Old Arts Block, it has become a landmark building for central Auckland. Lippincott was an American architect who worked in New Zealand during the 1920s and 1930s. He designed other buildings for the university as well as the Farmers Tea Rooms, a six-st...

Not that long ago, in a place not that far away. A group known as the librarians gathered to talk about classic children's books. Join us each month as we open the gateway to different worlds found in our favourite stories. Each episode we will choose moments from a classic children's book to share with you and we will talk about what makes them so special to us. We hope you love them as much as w...

Episode One: Join librarians Clare and John as they talk about their favourite absurd words and crack some silly puns in this week's stories from Alice in Wonderland. In this episode our hero Alice meets the mournful Mock Turtle and hilarious Humpty Dumpty and finds them both awfully confusing. If you enjoyed these excerpts, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the stories of Alice...

The Central Area Model is a 1:480 scale model of central Auckland carefully built during 1967 and 1968 to replicate the city in precise miniature. The model recreates the areas of central Auckland bordered by the motorways which now surround the inner-city area. For more than two decades Council planners used the model to visualise the way proposed construction would alter the character and physic...

Alison and Ineka get grounded with some gritty and granular books from Aotearoa and further afield. Books mentioned in the show The Leonard Girls / Deborah Challinor / 2022 Aotearoa NZ author – Adult Fiction Historical: bit.ly/3PIlRKr Polaroid nights / Lizzie Harwood / 2021 Aotearoa NZ author - Adult Fiction Crime: bit.ly/3GmcZpB The guide / Peter Heller / 2021 Adult Fiction Action: bit.ly/3sY4yeC...

Mortality, morals, mothers and metafiction collide in this Literary Lounge episode of Books and Beyond. Books mentioned in the show Grand: becoming my mother’s daughter / Noelle McCarthy / 2022 Plum / Brendan Cowell / 2021 My friend Natalia / Laura Lindstedt / 2021 The very last list of Vivian Walker / Megan Albany / 2021 Voyeur / Francesca Reece / 2021

Oral historians and authors Ruth Greenaway and Megan Hutching, talk about the history of this Auckland organisation which began with an orphan home in the central city in 1858 and now works with its community in south Auckland. While society has changed since the mid-nineteenth-century, the problems of today’s clients bear a marked resemblance to the issues confronting those who came for help in t...

Alison is joined by senior music librarian Marilyn who tells us what Auckland Libraries have planned for NZ Music Month – the time when we celebrate the music industry. To jazz things up, we discuss three must-read music novels and a kiwi classic. Books mentioned in the show: The conductor/ Sarah Quigley https://bit.ly/3FvLSIm An equal music/ Vikram Seth https://bit.ly/3kUPt9j Run, Rose, Run/ Doll...

Alison talks to super librarian Anne about her number one go-to comfort read The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, a post-war children’s classic about love, goodness, animals and beauty. Hot Tip: don’t read this book when you are hungry because the descriptions of food are beyond belief! The Little White Horse can be requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue: https://bit.ly/littlewhiteh...

Alison & Ineka discuss the four General Non-fiction finalists of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. The winners will be announced on 11 May - visit nzbookawards.nz for updates on the livestreamed awards ceremony. For more details of the shortlisted titles in the General Non-Fiction category, visit their website: bit.ly/3qs9Q0v or read extracts from each title with the Ockhams General Non-Fic...

Alison & Ineka discuss the four fiction finalists of the 2022 NZ Book Awards. The winners of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will be announced on 11 May. For more details of the shortlisted titles for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, visit their website: https://bit.ly/3qs9Q0v or read extracts from each with the Ockhams Fiction Sampler (PDF): https://bit.ly/35542mi Explore the f...

In this episode, Alison and Ineka talk about some new art, music and books released in time for Pasifika month. They are helped by Auckland Libraries’ Senior Pacific Content Specialist Veronica Ligaliga. Fa'afetai lava Ronnie. Books mentioned in the show All books discussed in this episode of Books and Beyond can be requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue: Vā: stories by women of the moana...

This episode has a focus on women and women’s writing. Alison and Ineka talk about breaking the bias and discuss the 2022 Women’s Prize longlist of 16 titles which has just been announced. #breakthebias #womensprize For more information on International Women’s Day, please see their website: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ Explore the full Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 longlist here: http...

International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global day where we celebrate the achievements of women, raise awareness of bias and take action for equality. Revisiting our 2021 International Women’s Day episode, Alison and Ineka celebrate women who challenge to make change happen. This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 7 March 2021. Recorded under lockdown conditions, sound quality will va...

Episode 8 – Karl Steven This month, Dedee spoke to Karl Steven about his first solo album, All of Human Emotion on Microfiche. They talk about a few tracks and music videos and the stories behind them. Other topics include Karl's preference for monochrome over colour, the philosopher Wittgenstein, and the Wittgenstein quotes he used for his track ‘Utterance and Inscription’. We also talked about h...

In this special Pride episode, Alison and Ineka highlight the gutsy, inspirational, bold and bright LGBTQI+ folk who walk, stomp and sashay amongst us. Books discussed in this episode can be found and requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue: All the young men: a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the America South / Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O’Leary / published 2020 / Adult Non-...

Revisiting our 2021 Pride edition of Books & Beyond, Alison is joined by Queerleaders Lil O'Brien (author of 'Not That I'd Kiss a Girl') and Tanya Johnson (founder of Women in Tech NZ) who discuss their recent and all-time fave queer reads. Visit Auckland Libraries' 'Queer Reads' blogpost to request titles featured in this episode: https://bit.ly/3LxxAt8 Part of the Auckland Pride Festival 2022, S...

The Love Boat meets the L-word on this special PRIDE/ Love edition of Books and Beyond. Join Alison and Ineka in the LGBTQI+ lounge where they’ve been reading the most fabulous rom coms featuring a cast of gorgeous hotties and rabble rousers. Books mentioned in this episode of Books and Beyond are available to request now from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below: Jay’s gay agend...

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge where they’ve been reading about the lives of families from all over the world. Heartbreaking dilemmas sometimes lead to desperate acts in these stories, but there is always hope. Books mentioned in this episode of Books and Beyond can be borrowed and requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue: A Clear Dawn: new Asian voices from Aotearoa New Zealan...

Episode 7 – Night Lunch Dedee chats to Liam Clune and Liam Hoffman from Dunedin duo Night Lunch about their EP Table for Two, released in August 2021. They talk about how Clune and his Dad both made diddley bows —a slide guitar style instrument also known as a zither— which Clune plays in the band. And we look at the making of their music video for the award winning single ‘House Full of Shit’. Ot...

It’s the time of the year where Beach Reads and Beach-adjacent Reads are our jam. Listen to Alison and Ineka review tales of guncles, Cher-alikes and glamorous villains. Books mentioned in this episode of Books and Beyond can be borrowed and requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue: The visit of the Spanish Lady by Brucculeri and Whelan published 2021 / Adult Graphic Novel (NZ): https://bit....