Upper Hutt City Library - June 2017

Upper Hut t Cit y Librar y

NEWSLETTER June 2 017

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B o o k S al e

Big Librar y Read

Wo r l d K n i t t i n g D a y

It's that time again so come in and pick up some amazing bargains on ex-library books, magazines and DVDs. Page 5 >

Become part of the world's largest digital Reading Club with ePukapuka's Big Library Read.

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The Library’s Knit and Knatter group will be knitting beanies at the Library on Saturday 10 June 12 – 2pm.

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CONTENTS 2 Database Highlight: Big Library Read 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 Book Sale bargains available in the Rotary Lounge from the 17 – 25 June.

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BIG LIBR ARY RE AD B e c o m e a p a r t o f t h e w o r l d ’s l a r g e s t d i g i t al e B o o k R e a d i n g C lu b a t U p p e r H u t t C i t y L i b r a r y w i t h e P u k a p u k a’s (O v e r D r i v e) Big Librar y Read.

This June, Upper Hutt Library will once again be taking part in the Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club through public libraries that connects millions of readers around the world with the same eBook at the same time. For a two-week period beginning 13 June and finishing 27 June, Upper Hutt City Library’s OverDrive users will ALL be able to borrow the “The other Einstein” by Marie Benedict. No wait lists or holds needed!

Meet Mileva Marić; the woman behind one of the most famous men of the twentieth century: Albert Einstein.

“The other Einstein” by Marie Benedict offers a window into the fascinating story of Einstein’s first wife. A brilliant physicist in her own right, her contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated and may have been inspired by her own profound and very personal insight. Marie Benedict has written an historical novel which offers readers a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein’s enormous shadow.

“The moment I first learned about Mileva, I discovered that she was fascinating in her own right and I felt compelled to tell her tale,” said Marie. “The more I researched Mileva and came to know her through her letters, I realized that her story was powerful and important in itself, and instrumental in understanding our own history and the role of women in it. I hope that you enjoy 'The other Einstein' and that Mileva’s story sparks many spirited conversations with other Big Library Read readers.”

If you do not already have OverDrive on your computer or device, you can follow the ePukapuka instructions on our website’s ebooks and Audiobooks page at http://www.upperhuttlibrary.co.nz/digital-resources/ebooks/ We also have a handout at the Issue Desk which you can take home.

If you have any problems setting up OverDrive, just bring your computer or device into the library and ask for staff assistance.

NEW GROUP

U p p e r H u t t L o c al H i s t o r y G r o u p This group of enthusiasts share a passion for our local history and have a vast and varied knowledge of the city from its earliest days. The group is currently sharing their project and research work, which includes archaeological digs, manuscripts for new books, street names and their origins, artefacts found in garages and much, much more.

It’s fun, interesting and valuable to preserving our heritage, so please come along and enjoy the stories of our ancestors.

Second Wednesday of the month, 1–2.30pm, Learning Centre

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The Knit + Knatter group will be knitting beanies at Central Library on World Knitting Day. The beanies will be distributed to locals by the Salvation Army.

Please feel free to join us!

10 June, 12—2pm Rotary Lounge

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Digital Literacy Information Evening for Employers 20 June, 5.30pm Upper Hutt City Library

RSVP: Tel 04 528 0286 Email readwriteplus@xtra.co.nz

UPPER HUTT CITY LIBRARY

BOOK SALE 17 – 25 JUNE

GREAT READS AT A GREAT PRICE

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Seeking Performers The library is looking for individuals, duets or groups with musical talent to perform a “Sunday Recital” for our community.

Please contact Helen Thomas 5272182 or email helen.thomas@uhcc.govt.nz

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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.

MS Suppor t Information, support and advice on living with Multiple Sclerosis. First Wednesday of the month, 1–2pm K ASAGIP Filipino community support group.

Third Wednesday of the month, 5.30– 6.30pm Genealogy Justice of the Peace Advice on tracing your family history, and JPs available to witness signatures, resources available for ongoing research. verify documents and more.

Second Monday of the month, 10–12pm 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 Advice on loss and grief-related matters. help is available. Second and fourth Thursday of the month, 1–2pm Third Tuesday of the month, 10 –12pm A d a p t i v e Te c h n o l o g y P u b li c Tr u s t Advice on assistive technology for Estate planning and asset protection people with a range of disabilities. advice. Third Wednesday of the month, Third Friday of the month, 1– 3pm 10.30 –11.30am P r o b l e m G a m b li n g F o u n d a t i o n H o u s i n g N e w Z e al a n d Providing access to free, confidential Get information and have your questions counselling services and information for people affected by gambling. and concerns heard. Fortnightly on Third Friday of the month, 10.30–12.30pm Wednesdays,2.30 – 3.30pm BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Our Picks:

Nex t Meetings: 7 June — Theme: Wit & humour 5 July — Theme: On the dark side MORE THAN BOOKS: RE ADING WITH E YES, E ARS AND E'S Nex t Meetings: 8 J u n e — T h e m e : Protectors & bodyguards 1 3 J u l y — T h e m e : Arts and craft

Burial rites Hannah Kent

Wolf Winter Cecelia Ekback

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JUNE PROGR AMMES + EVENTS 1

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Thursday Knit + Knatter 10 –12pm Busy Bodies 10.30 –11am Take a Fresh Look at Art 11–12pm Ukes for Beginners 5 – 5.45pm UH Ukes 5.50 – 6.50pm Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace Justice of the Peace

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10 – 12pm 10 – 11am 5.30 – 6.30pm

Friday Friday Fables It’s Write Easy Batteries Not Included

11 10.30 –11.15am 1.30 –3pm 3.30 – 5pm

Movie Magic

1–3pm

Computer Mentor

10 –12pm

Sunday

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M o n d a y CLOSED FOR QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY

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Tu e s d a y Rainbow Colours Busy Bodies at Pinehaven Unscripted

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10 -12pm 10.30 –11am

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Wednesday 10.15 –11.30am 10.30 –11am 10.30 –12pm 1.15 –2.30pm

Computer Mentor MS Support Housing New Zealand

10 –12pm 1–2pm 2.30 –3.30pm

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Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace Alzheimers Wellington

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10 –12pm 10 –11am 1–2pm NEW!

Computer Mentor

1–3pm

Saturday World Knitting Day Movie Magic

12-2pm 1–3pm

Computer Mentor

10 –12pm

Sunday 10 – 4pm

Monday Busy Bodies Geneology Upper Hutt Preparedness Course

10.30 –11am 10 –12pm 7– 9.30pm

Computer Mentor Community Law

10 –12pm 2–3pm

Tu e s d a y 10 –12pm 10.30 –11am 1.30 –3pm

Wednesday Disabled Resources Trust Busy Babies CAB workshop Local History Group

10.30 –12pm 10.30 –11am 10.30 –11.30am 1–2.30pm NEW!

Computer Mentor

10 –12pm

Thursday Knit + Knatter 10 –12pm Busy Bodies 10.30 –11am Take a Fresh Look at Art 11–12pm Ukes for Beginners 5 – 5.45pm UH Ukes 5.50 – 6.50pm Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace Justice of the Peace

Thursday Knit + Knatter 10 –12pm Busy Bodies 10.30 –11am Take a Fresh Look at Art 11–12pm Ukes for Beginners 5 – 5.45pm More Than Books 5.30 - 6.30pm UH Ukes 5.50 – 6.50pm

10.30 –11.15am 1.30 –3pm 3.30 – 5pm

Card Making Busy Bodies at Pinehaven Unscripted

1.30 –3pm

Book Discussion Group Busy Babies Disabled Resources Trust Book Discussion Group

Friday Fables It’s Write Easy Batteries Not Included

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Saturday

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Friday

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10 –12pm 10 –11am 5.30 – 6.30pm

Friday Friday Fables It’s Write Easy Batteries Not Included

10.30 –11.15am 1.30 –3pm 3.30 – 5pm

Problem Gambling Computer Mentor Adaptive Technology

10.30 –12.30pm 1–3pm 1–3pm

Programme information is considered to be true and correct at the date of publication.

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Saturday STARTS 1–3pm

Computer Mentor

10 –12pm

Sunday Sunday Funday Family History Group

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Computer Mentor

Library Book Sale Movie Magic

10 – 4pm 1–2pm

Monday

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10.30 –11am 7– 9.30pm

Computer Mentor Community Law

10 –12pm 2–3pm

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Rainbow Colours Busy Bodies at Pinehaven Baby Wearing Meet-Up Unscripted Digital Literacy Evening

10 -12pm 10.30 –11am

Grief Relief

10 –12pm

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Wednesday

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10 –12pm 10.30 –11.30am 2.30 –3.30pm 5.30 – 6.30pm

Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace Alzheimers Wellington 23

10 –12pm 10 –11am 1–2pm NEW!

Friday Friday Fables It’s Write Easy Batteries Not Included

10.30 –11.15am 1.30 –3pm 3.30 – 5pm

1–3pm

Computer Mentor

10 –12pm

Sunday ENDS 10 – 4pm

Monday Busy Bodies Upper Hutt Preparedness Course

10.30 –11am

Computer Mentor Community Law

10 –12pm 2–3pm

7– 9.30pm

Tu e s d a y Card Making Busy Bodies at Pinehaven Unscripted

10 –12pm 10.30 –11am

Mayor's Clinic

10.30 –11.30am

1.30 –3pm

Wednesday

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10 –12pm

Thursday Knit + Knatter 10 –12pm Busy Bodies 10.30 –11pm Take a Fresh Look at Art 11–12pm Ukes for Beginners 5 – 5.45pm UH Ukes 5.50 – 6.50pm

Thursday Knit + Knatter 10 –12pm Busy Bodies 10.30 –11.30pm Take a Fresh Look at Art 11–12pm Ukes for Beginners 5 – 5.45pm UH Ukes 5.50 – 6.50pm

Movie Magic

Disabled Resources Trust 10.30 –12pm Busy Babies 10.30 –11am

Disabled Resources Trust 10.30 –12pm Busy Babies 10.30 –11am Computer Mentor Public Trust Housing New Zealand K ASAGIP

Saturday

Library Book Sale Sunday Funday 26

Busy Bodies Upper Hutt Preparedness Course

1–3pm

Computer Mentor Justice of the Peace 30

10 –12pm 10 –11am

Friday Friday Fables It’s Write Easy Batteries Not Included

10.30 –11.15am 1.30 –3pm 3.30 – 5pm

Computer Mentor

1–3pm

Hot Seat – see pg 7 for more details This event requires registration

REGUL AR PROGR AMMES BYO materials and create easyto-make any occasion cards.

Fortnightly on Tuesdays, 10 –12pm

Colouring in for adults. BYO colouring book and pens.

Fortnightly on Tuesdays, 10 –12pm

Chat with Dorothy about your Disabled connections in Upper Hutt.

Resources Trust Meet-Up Every Wednesday, 10.30 –12pm

Baby Share your carriers and Wearing experience. Third Tuesday of Meet-Up the month, 10.30 –12pm

Take a fresh look at art with Anna Hewett. Every Thursday, 11–12pm

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) Theatre sports for those aged 50+. Every Tuesday, 1.30 –3pm

Share morning tea while knitting or crocheting over a good yarn. Every Thursday, 10 –12pm

Share and enjoy the stories of our ancestors. Second Wednesday of the month, 1–2.30pm NEW!

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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

Never theless : a memoir

by Alec Baldwin

Folded book ar t : 3 5 beautiful projects to transform your books

by Sally Bedell Smith

Recipes from my mother : delicious recipes filled with memories

by Rachel Allen

Dronescapes : the new aerial photography from Dronestagram

by Ayperi Karabuda Ecer

T he real pe t de tec tive : t r u e t al e s o f p e t s l o s t and found

by Tom Watkins

The ISIS hostage : one m a n's t r u e s t o r y o f 13 months in captivit y

by Puk DamsgĂĽrd Andersen

S i d e w al k g a r d e n s o f N e w Yo r k

by Alicia Whitaker

One lovely day : creating moments

by Claire Donaldson

Hand car ving your own w al k i n g s t i c k

by David Stehly

The energy guide : a step-by-step plan to finding the energy you need to flourish

by Libby Weaver

From cradle to stage : stories from the m o t h e r s w h o r o c ke d a n d r ai s e d r o c k s t a r s

by Virginia Hanlon Grohl

Night duel over Germany : Bomber Command's battle over the Reich during WWII

by Peter Jacobs

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L e a p o f f ai t h

by Jenny Pattrick

S t ill d a r k

by Alex Gray

The restless dead

by Simon Beckett

A game of ghosts

by John Connolly

No easy target

by Iris Johansen

Golden prey

by John Sandford

16 t h s e d u c t i o n

by James Patterson

The fix

by David Baldacci

Fast & loose

by Stuart Woods

Any day now

by Robyn Carr

A g ai n s t all o d d s

by Danielle Steel

A dark so deadly

by Stuart MacBride

The stars are fire

by Anita Shreve

The songbird sisters

by Rachael Herron

The thirst

by Jo Nesbo

NE W DVDs Jackie Intimate psychological portrait of America’s First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, in the aftermath of her husband’s assassination.

Hidden figures Uplifting untold story of the brilliant AfricanAmerican women who worked at NASA in the 1960s.

The catch Heartwarming Kiwi film based on a true story of cheating in the annual fishing contest on the beautiful Kaipara Harbour.

Lion Astonishing true story of a young man born in India but raised in Tasmania and desperate to find the family he lost more than two decades earlier.

The hollow crown: season one Epic adaptation of four of Shakespeare’s most celebrated history plays, starring Jeremy Irons, Tom Hiddleston and Ben Whishaw.

Francofonia Masterful mix of documentary footage and dramatic reconstructions describing how the director of the Louvre and a German officer worked together to protect French artworks from the Nazis during WWII. The assassin Beautifully filmed martial arts tale set in 9th century China.

Fences Adapted from a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a black rubbish collector in 1950s America, prone to taking out his frustrations on his family.

Moonlight Winner (eventually) of the Academy Award for Best Picture, following the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world.

Ve r s a i l l e s : t h e c o m p l e t e series one Sumptuous historical drama set in the court of French king Louis XIV.

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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 NE W BOOK PICK H o c u s P o c u s , I t 's F all!

By Anne Sibley O'Brien, illustrated by Susan Gal

Busy Bodies at Pinehaven Tuesdays, 10.30am Sessions run during the term only.

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NE W EPHEMER A DOCUMENTS ONLINE The Library’s Heritage Team has recently been uploading lots of new images of printed ephemera to our Recollect website.

This includes material like newspaper ads, posters, brochures, stamps, postcards, etc. Check out these documents by visiting uhcl.recollect.co.nz and clicking on the "ephemera" button on the home page or search "ephemera".

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