Upper Hut t Cit y Librar y
NEWSLETTER July 2 017
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Beyond the Page
Smar t Returns
Victim Suppor t
Join one of more than 100 free events and activities in our children and youth literary festival taking place these school holidays. Page 2 and 4 –5>
Find out how returning your books will be even easier with our new Smart Returns Shelf. Page 3 >
Find out more about Victim Support and their valuable work in the Hutt Valley. Tuesday 25 July 10.30 – 11.30am. Page 6 >
CONTENTS
B E YO N D T H E PA G E M ATA R I K I C E L E B R AT I O N S
2 Beyond the Page Matariki celebrations 3–6 Notices and Events 7 Hot Seats 8 – 9 Events Calendar 1 0 Regular Programmes 11 New Nonfiction 12 New Fiction 1 3 New DVDs 14 –15 Children’s and Teens 1 6 Recollect
COVER Don't miss our awesome regionwide events during the school holidays 8 – 23 July. Storytelling like never before at Beyond the Page!
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A CELEBRATION OF MATARIKI at Ōrongomai Marae will involve education through the art of Raranga (weaving), using the Poi, singing and learning Waiata and Mau Rākau (traditional Māori weapon). Come along and join us on Friday 14 July and Friday 21 July from 10am–12noon.
W H AT ' S N E W I N L I B R A R Y S M A R T R E T U R N S S H E L F – R E T U R N A N D WA L K AWAY ! Return your items as soon as they touch the shelf! The screen displays each item as it is returned, so there is no need to put them through the self-service kiosk. Staff will be on hand to assist.
UPPER HUTT CITY LIBR ARY
POETRY COMPETITION
THEME: ‘1997’ COMPETITION DATES: Entries Open: Monday 10 July Entries Close: Sunday 13 August Poetry Awards night: Friday 25 August
THERE ARE THREE ENTRY CATEGORIES: Children (up to 12) Youth (13 – 18) Adults (over 18 years)
Upper Hutt City Library’s annual Poetry Competition returns this year. 2017 will be the 20th year celebration of National Poetry day. Celebrate this milestone with us by writing a poem based on the theme '1997'. www.upperhuttlibrary.co.nz/upper-hutt-poetry-competition/ w w w. u p p e r h u t t l i b r a r y. c o . n z
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UPPER HUT T EVENTS
Join us at Upper Hutt City Library for Beyond the Page, a Children & Youth Literary Festival being held during the July school holidays. All events are free, but events marked with a
require registration.
For more information on all events visit www.beyondthepage.nz.
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UPPER HUT T EVENTS
Te Reo Wainene o Tua (te Reo Storytelling) 1.30pm, 2.15pm Upper Hutt City Library
Meet Lynley Dodd 10am Expressions
The World of Wearable Art with Fifi Colston 10.30am Upper Hutt City Library
Lego Challenge 2pm Upper Hutt City Library
Tales from The Royal New Zealand Ballet 11am Upper Hutt City Library The Mystery Hunter: Dark Secrets of the Library 10am-4pm Upper Hutt City Library
Animal Tales 10.30am Upper Hutt City Library
Author Visit: Des Hunt 10.30am Upper Hutt City Library Stop Motion Animation 2pm Pinehaven Library
Rainbow Storytime 10.30am Upper Hutt City Library Zine Workshop 2pm Upper Hutt City Library
Hairy Maclary Story Time 9.30am Expressions Celebrate Matariki 10am Orongomai Marae Manga Workshop 1pm Upper Hutt City Library
Meet the Robots! 10.30am Upper Hutt City Library Beyond Amazing Youth Quiz 6pm Upper Hutt City Library
Rhubarb Storytelling 10.30am Upper Hutt City Library
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Starts 4 July
Colouring, card making and scrapbooking Every Tuesday, 10–12pm
Tuesday 25 July, 10.30 –11.30am Upper Hutt Central Library Come along and find out what Victim Support does, how to get support, how to be a volunteer and some interesting facts about their work in the Hutt Valley.
www.upperhuttlibrary.co.nz
H O T S E AT S Do you have knowledge to share with our c o m m u n i t y ? Contact us on 04 527 2171 or libraryprogrammes@uhcc.govt.nz for more information about becoming a Hot Seat Expert. Computer Mentors Volunteers are available to assist with computer support including establishing email accounts, preparing documents and forms, and using your own devices. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10–12pm and Friday 1–3pm.
H o u s i n g N e w Z e al a n d Get information and have your questions and concerns heard. Fortnightly on Wednesdays, 2.30–3.30pm K ASAGIP Filipino community support group. Third Wednesday of the month, 5.30– 6.30pm
Genealogy Advice on tracing your family history, and J u s t i c e o f t h e P e a c e resources available for ongoing research. JPs available to witness signatures, Second Monday of the month, 10–12pm verify documents and more. Every Thursday 10 –11am, also first & third Thursday, 5.30 – 6.30pm Communit y L aw Legal info and advice on accessing free A l z h e i m e r s We lli n g t o n legal services. Every Monday, 2– 3pm Information and advice about dementia/memory issues and what G r i e f R e li e f help is available. Second and fourth Advice on loss and grief-related matters. Tuesday of the month, 11–12pm Third Tuesday of the month, 10 –12pm P r o b l e m G a m b li n g F o u n d a t i o n Providing access to free, confidential P u b li c Tr u s t counselling services and information Estate planning and asset protection for people affected by gambling. advice. Third Wednesday of the month, Third Friday of the month, 10.30 –11.30am 10.30 –12.30pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Our Picks:
Nex t Meetings: 5 July — Theme: On the dark side 2 Aug — Theme: Extra special people MORE THAN BOOKS: RE ADING WITH E YES, E ARS AND E'S Nex t Meetings: 1 3 J u l y — T h e m e : Arts and craft 1 0 A u g — T h e m e : Memoirs
The kill list Frederick Forsyth
61 hours : a Reacher novel Lee Child
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J U LY P R O G R A M M E S + E V E N T S 1
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1–3pm
Movie Magic
1–3pm
Computer Mentor
10 –12pm
Computer Mentor
10 –12pm
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Sunday
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Busy Bodies
10.30 –11am
Computer Mentor Community Law
10 –12pm 2–3pm
Tu e s d a y 10 –12pm NEW! 10.30 –11am 1.30 –3pm 3.30 – 4.30pm
Book Discussion Group Busy Babies Disabled Resources Trust Book Discussion Group
10.15 –11.30am 10.30 –11am 10.30 –12pm 1.15 –2.30pm
Computer Mentor Housing New Zealand
10 –12pm 2.30 –3.30pm
10 –12pm 10.30 –11am 11–12pm 5 – 5.45pm 5.50 – 6.50pm
Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace Justice of the Peace
10 –12pm 10 –11am 5.30 – 6.30pm
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Friday Fables It’s Write Easy Batteries Not Included
10.30 –11.15am 1.30 –3pm 3.30 – 5pm
Computer Mentor
1–3pm
BE YOND THE PAGE S TAR TS, see page 4 to 5
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10 –12pm 2–3pm
Tu e s d a y Paper Craft Creations Unscripted
10 –12pm NEW! 1.30 –3pm
Alzheimers Wellington
11–12pm
Wednesday Disabled Resources Trust 10.30 –12pm Local History Group 1–2.30pm Computer Mentor
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Friday
10 –12pm
POETRY COMPETITION OPENS
Thursday Knit + Knatter Busy Bodies Take a Fresh Look at Art Ukes for Beginners UH Ukes
10 – 4pm
Monday Geneology
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Wednesday
Sunday Sunday Funday
10 – 4pm
Monday
Paper Craft Creations Busy Bodies at Pinehaven Unscripted Bubbles, Bangs and Boos 5
Saturday
Movie Magic
Sunday Funday 3
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Saturday
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10 –12pm
Thursday Knit + Knatter Take a Fresh Look at Art Ukes for Beginners More Than Books UH Ukes
10 –12pm 11–12pm 5 – 5.45pm 5.30 – 6.30pm 5.50 – 6.50pm
Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace
10 –12pm 10 –11am
Friday It’s Write Easy
1.30 –3pm
Computer Mentor
1–3pm
Saturday Movie Magic
1–3pm
Computer Mentor
10 –12pm
Sunday Sunday Funday Family History Group
10 – 4pm 1–2pm
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Monday 10 –12pm 2–3pm
Tu e s d a y Paper Craft Creations Baby Wearing Meet-Up Unscripted
10 –12pm NEW! 10.30 –11.30pm 1.30 —3pm
Grief Relief
10 –12pm
Computer Mentor Public Trust Housing New Zealand K ASAGIP
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10 –12pm 10.30 –11.30am 2.30 –3.30pm 5.30 – 6.30pm
10 –12pm 11–12pm 5 – 5.45pm 5.50 – 6.50pm
Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace Justice of the Peace
10 –12pm 10 –11am 5.30 – 6.30pm
1.30 –3pm
Problem Gambling Foundation Computer Mentor
10.30 –12.30pm
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1–3pm
Saturday Movie Magic
1–3pm
Computer Mentor
10 –12pm
Sunday Sunday Funday
10 – 4pm
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Friday It’s Write Easy
Monday Busy Bodies
10.30 –11am
Computer Mentor Community Law
10 –12pm 2–3pm
10 –12pm NEW! 10.30 –11am
Alzheimers Wellington
11–12pm
10.30 –11.30am 1.30 –3pm
Wednesday
Computer Mentor
Thursday Knit + Knatter Take a Fresh Look at Art Ukes for Beginners UH Ukes
Paper Craft Creations Busy Bodies at Pinehaven CAB - Guest Speaker Victim Support Unscripted
Disabled Resources Trust 10.30 –12pm Busy Babies 10.30 –11am
Wednesday Disabled Resources Trust 10.30 –12pm
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Tu e s d a y
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Thursday Knit + Knatter Busy Bodies Take a Fresh Look at Art Ukes for Beginners UH Ukes
10 –12pm 10.30 –11pm 11–12pm 5 – 5.45pm 5.50 – 6.50pm
Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace
10 –12pm 10 –11am
Friday Friday Fables It’s Write Easy Batteries Not Included Hackathon
10.30 –11.15am 1.30 –3pm 3.30 – 5pm 5.30 –7pm
Computer Mentor
1–3pm
Saturday Hackathon Movie Magic Timebank Public Meeting
10 – 4pm 1–3pm 2–3pm
Computer Mentor
10 –12pm
Sunday Hackathon Sunday Funday
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10 –12pm
10 – 4pm 10 – 4pm
Monday Busy Bodies
10.30 –11am
Computer Mentor Community Law
10 –12pm 2–3pm
Hot Seat – see pg 7 for more details This event requires registration
REGUL AR PROGR AMMES Take a fresh look at art with Anna Hewett. Every Thursday, 11–12pm
Colouring, card making and scrapbooking. Every Tuesday, 10 –12pm
NEW! Starts 4 July
Baby Share your carriers and Wearing experience. Third Tuesday of Meet-Up the month, 10.30 –11.30am
Theatre sports – Impromptu Drama Group for those aged 50+. Creative and fun sessions. Every Tuesday, 1.30 –3pm
U k e s f o r B e g i n n e r s (age 8+) Every Thursday, 5 –5.45pm Upper Hut t Ukes Every Thursday, 5.50 – 6.50pm
Storytime, fun and sharing for adults with disabilities. Every Friday, 10.30 –11.15am (runs during school term only)
It’s write easy to write your own family history. Every Friday, 1.30 –3pm
Table top games for teens 13+ Every Friday, 3.30 –5pm (Runs during school term only) Chat with Dorothy about your Disabled connections in Upper Hutt. Resources Trust Meet-Up Every Wednesday, 10.30 –12pm
Share and enjoy the stories of our ancestors. Second Wednesday of the month, 1–2.30pm
Share morning tea while knitting or crocheting over a good yarn. Every Thursday, 10 –12pm
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Research your family history with like-minded people. Third Sunday of the month, 1–2pm
A D U LT B O O K C L U B S Sharing books on a different theme each month. First Wednesday of the month, 10.15 –11.30am and 1.15 –2.30pm NEW! More than Books: reading with eyes, ears and e’s. Second Thursday of the month, 5.30 – 6.30pm
NE W BOOKS: Nonfiction
S o ci al m e d i a m a r ke t i n g a ll - i n - o n e by Jan Zimmerman
W h o's b u r i e d w h e r e i n London by Peter Matthews
E i n s t e i n : h i s li f e and universe by Walter Isaacson
Wo n d e r Wo m a n : the ar t and making o f t h e f il m by Sharon Gosling
Stolen girls : sur vivors o f B o ko H a r a m t e ll their stor y by Wolfgang Bauer
Her space : she sheds, back rooms and kitchen tables by Marilyn Jessen
What cancer taught me by Jake Bailey
Surrounded by spirit by Kelvin Cruickshank
S l o w c o o ke d by Allyson Gofton
A n E n g li s h g o v e r n e s s i n t h e G r e a t Wa r : t h e secret Brussels diar y of Mar y Thorp by Mary Thorp
Crocheted animal hats : 3 5 super simple hats to make for babies, kids, and the young at hear t by Nicki Trench
When Lions roared : t h e L i o n s , t h e A ll Blacks and the l e g e n d a r y t o u r o f 19 7 1 by Tom English
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NE W BOOKS: Fiction
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Game over by Quintin Jardine
If wishes were horses by Karly Lane
Into the water by Paula Hawkins
No middle name by Lee Child
F u ll w o l f m o o n by Lincoln Child
H i g h s t a ke s by Fern Michaels
T h e f all e n by Eric Van Lustbader
The forever house by Veronica Heley
Raw wounds by Matt Hilton
One quiet woman by Anna Jacobs
Tal k o f t h e t o w n by Rachael Johns
Love me not by M. J. Arlidge
Wa n t y o u g o n e by Chris Brookmyre
See you in September by Charity Norman
Price of dut y by Dale Brown
NE W DVDs Olive Kit teridge Award-winning miniseries spanning 25 years in the life of an outspoken teacher. Miss Sloane Riveting political thriller set in the murky world of the US Congress. For anybody who enjoys House of Cards. Divorce: the complete first season New comedy series starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Frances, a woman who begins to reassess her life and marriage but finds that making a fresh start is harder than she thought. Notes on blindness Startlingly inventive documentary about writer and theologian John Hull, who kept a series of audio diaries recounting his experience after losing his sight. Live by night In 1926 Joe Coughlin, a WWI veteran and son of the Boston police captain, falls in love with Emma, mistress of a notorious gangster.
Red dog: true blue Prequel to the Aussie classic Red dog, this film tells the beginning of the legend when young Mick is shipped off to his grandfather's cattle station and finds adventure and friendship with a special dog.
The last kingdom: season two More epic battles and breathtaking landscapes in the second season of this series based on Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories.
Logan A fitting finale to the Wolverine franchise, following past-his-prime Logan on a road trip across America for one last mission.
A place to call home: season 4 Sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Australia.
T 2 Tr a i n s p o t t i n g Twenty years after the events of the first classic film, Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home… and finds Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie waiting.
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Come along to Upper Hutt City Library and be introduced to the brilliant science of bubbles! We’ll be making bouncing bubbles and mini-explosions with carbon dioxide bubbles. Recommended for children aged 5 and over.
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BUBBLES, BANGS AND BOOS Tuesday 4 July 3.30–4.30pm
CHILDREN’S AND TEENS
Ch il dr e n’s Programmes M o v i e M a g i c Check at the library for this week’s movie. Saturdays, 1— 3pm
B U S Y S E S S IO N S for pre - schoolers
Busy Babies Enjoy songs, nursery rhymes and musical playtime with your baby. Wednesdays, 10.30am
Busy Bodies Sunday Funday An active session stimulating body Enjoy family time with and mind with songs, dance, rhymes board games and activities. and stories. For children up to 5 years. Sundays, ALL DAY Mondays & Thursdays, 10.30am Busy Bodies at Pinehaven Tuesdays, 10.30am Sessions run during the term only.
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N E W H E R I TA G E C A L E N D A R B A C K B Y P O P U L A R D E M A N D Following last year’s successful launch of our inaugural Heritage Collections Calendar work is now well underway on the 2018 edition. This will go on sale in September and will again feature attractive frameable images of historic Upper Hutt taken from our archives. Get ready to order yours soon!
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