Books Alive Special Events

Posted on 26 July 2021

LIANZA and the New Zealand Book Awards Trust are bringing together another year of Books Alive online events and virtual storytimes.

Waipā District Libraries have been chosen again to host a Books Alive Meet the Finalists event and two Virtual Storytimes.

Egg & Spoon, an illustrated cookbook by Alexandra Tylee, will be presented as a Zoom event, while Hound the Detective and This is where I stand will be presented as virtual storytimes.

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Best reads - Librarian's choice 2020

Posted on 12 January 2021

This year’s list of Best Reads according to our Librarians' choices is many and varied.

Non-fiction items, teen books and junior fiction were popular this year as well as the usual fiction items. The year of publication varies widely.

Best Reads 2020 - Librarians' Choice

The Seven Sisters, Lucinda Riley (Fiction)
The night fire, Michael Connelly (Fiction)
Zero Day, David Baldacci (Fiction)

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Best Reads 2019 - Librarians' Choice

Posted on 31 December 2019

This year’s list of Best Reads according to our Librarian's choices is many and varied.

Non-fiction items were as popular this year as fiction items. The year of publication also varies widely.

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