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Delve into our Collections and discover your next read with curated lists and suggestions from Hamilton City Libraries staff.
Friday Film Review: Emma
Friday 17 December | Adult Fiction,
David from Hillcrest Library reviews films each Friday. This week, he reviews Emma, directed by Autumn de Wilde.
The Four Winds Reading Map
Friday 10 December | Adult Fiction,
If you liked The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah because of its strong female lead and Depression-era setting, we have some more suggestions we think you'll like!
Bookception
Friday 12 November | Adult Fiction,
We're excited to welcome you back to our community libraries! Jessa has put together this display of books about books for all of you bookworms who were missing us.
NZSA New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards 2021
Monday 1 November | NZ Titles, Adult Non-Fiction, Adult Fiction, Children,
The New Zealand Society of Authors announced the winners and runners-up of this year's New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards at the Christchurch Heritage Festival on 22 October.
Lockdown: After Twilight
Friday 29 October | Young Adult,
It's Halloween this weekend, so what better time to read books about vampires?
Librarian's Choice: Navigating the Stars
Friday 22 October | Adult Non-Fiction, Librarians Choice, NZ Titles,
This beautifully rendered, oral history retelling, weaves together the history of New Zealand, as known in Maaori traditional narratives.
Lockdown: Funny, Funky, Feminine Fun
Friday 15 October | Adult Fiction,
In the mood for something on the lighter side? These funny "chick lit" titles could be just the thing to listen to this weekend!
World Space Week
Wednesday 6 October | Children,
It’s World Space Week! The theme for this year’s event is Women in Space, celebrating accomplishments and contributions of women to the space sector and sciences.
Green Thumb Inspiration
Friday 1 October | Adult Non-Fiction,
With the warmer spring weather there's no better time to get out into the garden.
Reading Map: All Our Wrong Todays
Friday 24 September | Adult Fiction,
As we're getting ready to put our clocks forward this weekend for Daylight Saving time, Time Travel is one of the themes in this reading map!
Best of the West
Friday 17 September | Adult Fiction,
Stories of hardship, loss, love, revenge and betrayal are common themes in these Wild West and Frontier novels which have been turned in to movies or TV series.
Novels in Verse
Friday 10 September | Young Adult,
National Poetry Day was last month, during lockdown, but we've been waiting until our libraries were open again to share this booklist of novels in verse!