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Newly Received Items - click on catalogue collection lists

Book Chat - book discussion groups at the libraries

If You Like - finding similar books by author or style

Databases - our fiction and literature resources online

Book Awards - book news from NZ & around the world
          Montana NZ Book Awards
 

Websites - including bestseller lists, book reviews on National Radio etc.
 

 

  Book Chat

Book Chat discussion groups are held regularly at Hastings and Flaxmere Libraries, and from time to time at Havelock North Library. See below for times >>

Come along and talk with others about the books you’ve read, your favourite authors and much more.

 

 Newly Received Items
Want to see the new items received in your favourite collection? For example DVDs, Mysteries etc?

Click here to go to the New Items - by Collection  page on the Catalogue, for recently received books, DVDs, CDs listed by collection.
 
You may also find this page from the left hand menu of the Catalogue, under Recently Received Items.

Also on the Newly Received button above.

Depending on the size of the collection, pages can sometimes be slow to load.

As usual, you may place reserves from the lists using your library card number and PIN number.  

New Titles - click here to list new items added to the Catalogue during the last two months.  Items may be reserved online.  You may also narrow the list to your our particular subject or collection by clicking on the Refine button.

New Magazine Issues - lists the latest magazine issues received in the libraries. 

new page


 Book Chat
Come along and enjoy meeting others and hearing about what they are reading.  Librarians will have some new titles for you to borrow. 

Regular Book Chat sessions are held at Flaxmere and Hastings Libraries

From time to time Book Chats are held at Havelock North Library. Check Library News Update for upcoming sessions there.


Above: Flaxmere Library has a very enthusiastic Book Chat group


 
Hastings Library Book Chat
Meets once a month on Wednesdays at 10:30am.
Flaxmere Library Book Chat
Meets every second Tuesday at 10:30am.
 
 If You Like...
If you like books by a particular author or a certain style, the following websites may help you find similar good reads.

Christchurch City Libraries - If you like page
Timaru District Libraries - Reading guide page
 

 Fiction Databases

 
For Login Patron ID: please use your full Hastings, Flaxmere or Havelock North  library card number.
Click to go to NoveList NoveList
An outstanding database for lovers of fiction.  Want to find books similar to your favourites? A favourite author or title search is available to locate other authors and titles of interest.  Browse full text reviews, book discussion guides, learn about authors.  Enter here >>
 

Books & Authors

Books and Authors
Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favourites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together.  Enter here >>
 
Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner Writers Series Online, Twayne's Authors Online Literature Resource Center
More than 415,000 full-text journal articles from more than 250 literary journals. Thousands of critical essays, plot summaries, and work overviews, author biographies and portraits, definitions of literary terms, and links to authoritative related Web sites.  An EPIC database.  Enter here >>
 

 Websites

Booksellers NZ Best Sellers
- lists of NZ current best sellers.

Booksellers NZ Speaking Volumes - lists of book reviews on National Radio, TVNZ's Good Morning Book Reviews and Children's book reviews on Nine to Noon, TV3's Campbell Live Book Club

Booksellers NZ Premier Best Sellers - lists of books that have achieved outstanding sales in NZ.

Book-Club NZ - all about books and bookclubs - reviews, discussions.

New Zealand Book Council
Includes NZ literary events, news, writers' biographies


New Zealand Society of Authors - Useful information for authors

New Zealand Writers - NZ Book Council - over 350 pages on NZ writers.

Suported by National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga O Aotearoa

New Zealand Literature Links
National Library - Te Puna's extensive list of sites
  


Fantastic Fiction http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/  (UK website)

The Bookseller.com

Book Reviews by Allreaders.com  (International) Comprehensive Readers' Advisory site

Literary Index - Main Menu (International)

Literature Awards (International)

PublishMe: http://www.publishme.co.nz - Would you like to publish but are not sure how to go about it?  PublishMe supports you through the process of self-publishing your work, from one copy to many, and has an on-line shop if you wish to market your book too. 

Yahoo Literature & Review Links (International) Extensive list of reviews

link to new Book News

<%20LASTMONTH")&QRYTEXT=New%20Titles&NRECS=20>Graphic Novels

Link works:

http://catalogue.hdc.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=06601\>%20(ITMFADTE:%20"LASTMONTH-THISMONTH"%20-%20MINOR:%20ITD16%20%2B%20(ITMCOL:933)%20)%20-%2006601%5C>%20(ITMFADTE:%20"<%20LASTMONTH")&QRYTEXT=New%20Titles&NRECS=20

But when you copy and paste link as it ends up like this.  Need to correct green items.

http://catalogue.hdc.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=06601%5C%3e%20(ITMFADTE:%20%22LASTMONTH-THISMONTH%22%20-%20MINOR:%20ITD16%20%2B%20(ITMCOL:933)%20)%20-%2006601%5C%3e%20(ITMFADTE:%20%22%3c%20LASTMONTH%22)&QRYTEXT=New%20Titles&NRECS=20

 


Mysteries (AMYS)
Science fiction (ASFF)
NZ fiction (NZS)
Non fiction - adult (ANF)
CDs

New Book List Nov 2008 (Pdf, 68KB)
New Book List Oct 2008 (Pdf, 113KB)
More booklists >>

These documents are in PDF format.  Click here to download your free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
 
 Book Chat
Come along and enjoy meeting others and hearing about what they are reading.  Librarians will have some new titles for you to borrow. 

Regular Book Chat sessions are held at Flaxmere and Hastings Libraries

From time to time Book Chats are held at Havelock North Library. Check Library News Update for upcoming sessions there.


Above: Flaxmere Library has a very enthusiastic Book Chat group


 
Hastings Library Book Chat
Meets once a month on Wednesdays at 10:30am.
Flaxmere Library Book Chat
Meets every second Tuesday at 10:30am.
Next meeting 16 Dec 2008.
First meeting next year: Tues 10 Feb 2009
 If You Like...
If you like books by a particular author or a certain style, the following websites may help you find similar good reads.

Christchurch City Libraries - If you like page
Timaru District Libraries - Reading guide page

 

 Databases

For Login Patron ID: please use your full Hastings, Flaxmere or Havelock North  library card number.
Click to go to NoveList NoveList
An outstanding database for lovers of fiction.  Want to find books similar to your favourites? A favourite author or title search is available to locate other authors and titles of interest.  Browse full text reviews, book discussion guides, learn about authors.  Enter here >>
 

Books & Authors

Books and Authors
Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favourites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together.  Enter here >>
 
Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner Writers Series Online, Twayne's Authors Online Literature Resource Center
More than 415,000 full-text journal articles from more than 250 literary journals. Thousands of critical essays, plot summaries, and work overviews, author biographies and portraits, definitions of literary terms, and links to authoritative related Web sites.  An EPIC database.  Enter here >>
 
 Montana NZ Book Awards

 
 

Click here for winners of the Montana Book Awards >>

 

 Websites

Booksellers NZ Best Sellers
- lists of NZ current best sellers.

Booksellers NZ Speaking Volumes - lists of book reviews on National Radio, TVNZ's Good Morning Book Reviews and Children's book reviews on Nine to Noon, TV3's Campbell Live Book Club

Booksellers NZ Premier Best Sellers - lists of books that have achieved outstanding sales in NZ.

Book-Club NZ - all about books and bookclubs - reviews, discussions.

New Zealand Book Council
Includes NZ literary events, news, writers' biographies


New Zealand Society of Authors - Useful information for authors

New Zealand Writers - NZ Book Council - over 350 pages on NZ writers.
Suported by National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga O Aotearoa

New Zealand Literature Links
National Library - Te Puna's extensive list of sites
  


The Bookseller.com

Book Reviews by Allreaders.com  (International) Comprehensive Readers' Advisory site

Literary Index - Main Menu (International)

Literature Awards (International)

Yahoo Literature & Review Links (International) Extensive list of reviews