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Bluebell MaryWritten by Michelle MacKinnon Illustrated by Josephine PowerBook launch with special reading. Come along dressed as your favourite fairy!

Sunday 8 February 1.30pm Children’s Zone, Central Library

Stand Up Poetry 09Poets: Bring 5 minutes of your best writing to share.

Poetry lovers: Come & enjoy the words with special guests, poets & musicians Hinemoana Baker & Christine White.

Friday 13 February 7pm Sound & Vision Zone, Ground Floor

by Katie Roiphe

Drawing on the memoirs, letters and diaries of a group of British intellectuals writing between 1910 and the Second World War, UNCOMMON ARRANGEMENTS paints a witty and insightful portrait of seven 'marriages a la mode', each triumphantly casting off Victorian inhibitions and pursuing bohemian ideals of freedom and equality. But as well as love and passion, there were tolerance, denial, anger, jealousy and drama. This is both a fascinating exploration of love,

affection and friendship in marriage, and a brilliantly entertaining account of a dazzling era of high-society high living. (BookData Online)

I loved the chapter on Katherine Mansfield - providing insights into not only her relationship with John Middleton Murry, but also into how failing health influenced and fed her writing ....

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New Zealand Poets: the Laureate series

by Elisabeth Gilbert

Recently I've discovered a fabulous series of poetry readings on CD called 'New Zealand Poets: the Laureate series'.

We have two in the library - by Jenny Bornholdt, and Bill Manhire.

There is something very personal and intimate about hearing a poet read their own poetry - as compared say with reading lines in a book. There is a music in the sounds of the words - in the intonation of the voice, and in the pauses - the silences - between words.

Both Jenny and Bill read beautifully and, I confess, after hearing Jenny Bornholdt's CD, I went out and immediately ordered my own copy.

If you love the sound of words, then these two recordings are not to be missed.

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Stand Up Poetry 09

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“to inspire people to explore the pathways to the world - te ara whanui o te ao”

the City library ConneCts people to knowledge and information, Creativity and inspiration. our programme of events has been designed to enhanCe the library “experienCe” for all users. we want to exCite and surprise!we have some real treats over the next month

what’s on!

EtymologyBook launch for the dazzling debut poetry collection from local award winning poet Bryan Walpert.Bryan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University.

Friday 27 February from 6.30pm Fiction Zone, Central Library

Uncommon Arrangements: seven portraits of married life in London literary circles 1919-1939

It’s always interesting to look at the list of most requested titles in the library. There are some that you can safely guarantee will appear in people’s “I need to read...” list at this time of year...and this year has been no different, but there are also surprises because you can never predict what is going to appeal most at any one time.

New romance and saga novels have been released by Nora Roberts, Danielle Steele, Maeve Binchy and Bryce Courtenay. For those readers preferring thrillers or

crime fiction we’ve seen the lastest in the Scarpetta series from Patricia Cornwall and shiny new

books by P.D. James, James Patterson and Michael Connelly.

It’s not just adults placing reserves with abandon – of the 20 most requested titles over summer, four of those titles were parts 1 to 4 of the incredibly popular vampire-romance Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer.

Three recently released DVDs have made our top-20 list as well – Dark Knight, Second-Hand Wedding and Mamma Mia. These will no doubt continue to be popular for quite some time.

While there are always newly published novels by bestselling authors at this time of year we can also rely on a few surprises that generate a huge amount of interest

from our readers. These are a few of the popular surprises from the last couple

of months:

• Dewey:thesmall-townlibrarycatwho touched the world, written by Iowa Librarian Vicki Myron

• DearFatty,thebiographyofwomancomedian Dawn French

• Parky:myautobiographybyMichaelParkinson

I’m sure 2009 will bring many more wonderful treasures for us to reserve and enjoy.

Do you want to redesign your kitchen, learn how to grow your own vegetables or landscape your back yard? You will find plenty of information and inspiration in the many books, magazines and DVDs on offer in ‘House and Garden’ which combines the former ‘Plants & Gardening’ and ‘Home Maintenance & Design’ living rooms into a more inclusive and useful collection.

Maori Folk-Poet and Chanteuse, Hinemoana Baker will re-launch the Palmerston North City Library's popular Stand Up Poetry nights on Friday February 13th at 7pm, Sound & Vision Zone.

Hinemoana Baker is a published poet, fiction writer and playwright. She is also a song and spoken word performer with a voice which has been compared with Joan Baez and Cleo Laine.

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NORTH CITY LIBRARY

Stand Up Poetry is an open-mike poetry event held monthly at the Palmerston North City Library and is held on the first Wednesday of the month. The event launched in August 2008, and guest poets so far have been local poetry stars Sean Monaghan, Margaret Mitcalfe, Tim Upperton and Wellington poet, Maria McMillan.

"We wanted to kick-start the Stand

Up Poetry nights for 2009 with an

outstanding poet of national repute - someone

to inspire local poets and thrill poetry-lovers.

Hinemoana most definitely fits that description.

She is an electrifying and unforgettable

performer. On this occasion we are doubly

lucky, as Hinemoana is bringing her partner

Christine White, and they will be singing a

couple of songs at the end of the evening."

– Helen Lehndorf, Stand Up Poetry co-organiser.

For more information about Hinemoana Baker, visit:

http://www.hinemoana.co.nz/bio.html

http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/bakerhinemoana.html

For more information about Stand Up Poetry:

Helen Lehndorf – helen@stripysockstudio.com – Ph (06) 353 8827

Genny Vella – genny.vella@pncc.govt.nz – Ph (06) 351 4101

Jill Pearcey – jill.pearcey@pncc.govt.nz – Ph (06) 351 4101

All poets are invited to read five minutes of their best work in the open mike slot of the evenings. "Just turn up and write your name on the board. It's that simple. Everyone is welcome." – Helen Lehndorf

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HOUSE &GARDENNEWNON-FICTION LIVING ROOM

Quick Fiction UpdateJust before Christmas we managed to do a quick revamp of the main Fiction area on the 1st floor. Some living rooms were moved around enabling us to now have a continuous sequence for the General Fiction Living Room. The Contemporary Living Room was disbanded and the titles relabelled and assigned to other living rooms. The Crime Living Room has expanded and Humour slightly reduced. Overall the area appears more spacious and feedback from users has been very positive.

Genealogists start back Sunday 1st FebWould you like some help with your genealogy research? Volunteers from our local branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists are here to help you every Friday morning 10:30am-1pm, Saturday and Sunday afternoon 1pm-4pm.

Their help is FREE and they will be only too pleased to help you with your family history research! No appointment necessary.

ALSO, don't forget we have free access to "Find My Past" and "Ancestry.com" - just ask us at the New Zealand and Pacific Islands desk, 2nd floor, Central Library.