Flying books at the Richmond Club

One of Christchurch’s coolest buildings is for sale. canterbury.bayleys.co.nz/listings/com...

PETRICHORRRRRRRR! (Step outside Ōtautahi, it smells so good out there)

I went to a Geek Quiz last night. Turns out me and my team are MOR Geeks. To be fair, when it came to video games I was ...

Dog House and Cat’s Pyjamas are back! Dcypher x Ghostcat collab bringing back a bit of old Chch. It is on St Asaph Street by Little High Eatery.

We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 shortlist – six books that ‘are all brilliantly written and brilliantly human’. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025

"My axe is my buddy, we both cry with the trees Me and my axe will bring the devil to his knees" First time I've read a book that had an epigraph by Insane Clown Posse. 🪓🤘 christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... Whack Job: a history of axe murder by Rachel McCarthy James

Sign o’ the times.

Christchurch book lovers there’s a nice little book sale at Avebury House 10 to 2 today. Mostly crime novels but the odd other gem too. Completists ahoy. Lovely place, nice walks too. Coffee cart and also Riverlution. 📚🇳🇿

The national day of solidarity, Rā Whakamana, will take place on the 28 October, to “reaffirm the tino rangatiratanga of Tangata Whenua and protect the rights and wellbeing of all

Have a read of this - Bino by @erikkennedy.com is on ReadingRoom newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/20/s...

Hello all! My cat needs a bunch of tests and realistically probably treatment and i do not currently have a job. please help us out and get some cool art in the process!

Big Ōtautahi sky

Mō te Rāpare nei, te rā tuawhā o Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, e whakanui ana mātou i tētahi rangatira nui whakaharahara: pānuihia tēnei Whakatauira nō Te Whaea o te Motu: Whina Cooper me Te Hīkoi Roa mō Te Manatika. shorturl.at/YjzQ1

Okioki by Great Pastry Co has just opened at 177 Victoria Street. It has bilingual signage and a te Reo Māori name meaning “rest”. Reportedly “stacked to the brim with cookies”. 🍪❤️

Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit

Bangers on the Bus www.mixcloud.com/dmrobertson/...

All the President’s Men, Three Days of the Condor, The Candidate, Quiz Show, The Winter Soldier. You could do a course on American media and politics through Redford’s work

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori at Tūranga and in Cathedral Square, Ōtautahi. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/te-wiki-o-te...

#BusNews: Metro Canterbury buses' LED displays are carrying a special 'Not in service' message for the 50th anniversary of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week). The signs read 'Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Celebrating 50 Years!'

Hīkoi mō te Reo Māori - Ōtautahi.

“… Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui is more than just a cool building. It’s returning part of the city’s heart to itself.” A fascinating peek inside Te Matapihi, Wellington’s new / old Central Library - opening in March 2026 (Joel MacManus, The Spinoff) thespinoff.co.nz/society/16-0...

Perimenopop is such a great name for an album.

A beautiful Ōtautahi day. Went on a big walk and discovered that Mona Vale has a 1979 gazebo with stained glass.

Popped into Reverie Bookshop in Edgeware. Always lots of good stuff in here, and eye candy bookshelves.

Vortex on the washing line.

I spotted this record at Penny Lane and gasped. Listened to this so much as a kid. And how pretty is the cover.

We are excited for our Wellington whānau & friends. Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui (The Window to the Wider World), is opening in March 2026 wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve... Wonderful to see J.C. Sturm’s poem Brown Optimism (she was a poet, writer, and one of Aotearoa’s first Māori librarians). ^DR

Cool things I saw this morning on the way to work

Loved listening to Pickle Darling play their beautiful songs at Penny Lane - perfection, emotion, transformation. Thanks @pickledarling.bsky.social

Evening all. Apparently I look like either a strawberry 🍓 or a parrot 🦜 today.

Ooooh! Tūranga is in the new music video CORTIS (코르티스) 'FaSHioN' www.youtube.com/watch?v=42wf... A million plus views on YouTube and it's only been online 14 hours. Our neighbours @thepress.co.nz have the story: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608... ^DR

“Provisions for a new land” by Paul Dibble. One for @museumbums.bsky.social at Ravenscar House in Christchurch.

I just crossed busy intersection and my scrunchie fell out. Ran quickly back to pick it up and my skirt fell off. Hooked it all up and went on my merry way. A police car was first in the line so got a good view of this clown show.

Visited my fave magnolia. Magnificent.

big cuties n lil cuties

Biography by Kelly Ana Morey, published today on Reading Room. newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/06/s...

Out and about with magnolias, blossoms, and daffodils.

Saga, Spent, Perfume, and Polkinghorne: My August reading summed on @thestorygraph.com 10 books read, taking me to 70 for the year so far. Quick reviews at: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/keba... christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/users/750... #booksky #pukapuka

My current reading stack is accidentally 🌈

I sent my sis this pic and she thought my boys Werner Herzog and Harris Dickinson were at #WORDChch. Hell to the Yeah!

I was listening to this on the bus. The main character Istvan was in the Munich BMW Museum and was going on about the marque, when I turned my head and saw a BMW up a driveway. There is a kind of physical magic to audiobooks sometimes.

Well that explains the garish yellow.

Roimata Smail's Te Tiriti for Beginners event at #WORDChch was an absolute banger. Read Daniel's report on this workshop: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/t...

Kiddo is super into Cabaret (the musical) especially Alan Cumming and Jane Horrocks and I seem to have been mildly infected too, occasionally breaking into song.

WORD Christchurch Festival 2025 is over - what a great ride it has been! Kia ora and congratulations to our friends at #WORDChch & all the WORD workers. Thanks to the writers, and readers who came along to sessions. Check out our coverage at my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc...

Love is Rife.

I highly recommend a visit to Ōtautahi Zinefest today. It is on until 4pm at the Art Gallery. SO MUCH AWESOMENESS! Here’s my zine & sticker booty from yesterday.

Every time I come in here, I go “whose wig is that?”

Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds the Marlon Williams is going to be on Whakaata Māori on Monday.