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Queer fiction for intermediate readers
By Madeline Stevens
4 April 2022
Looking for LGBTQIA+ books for intermediate age readers? Here are some ideas.
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Learning about the mysterious workings of the National Library
By Rauhine Coakley
23 March 2022
Rauhine Coakley shares her experience as a 2021 Helen Zwartz scholar.
Behind the scenes
The mayfly | Here today gone tomorrow
By Audrey Stratford
18 March 2022
The first in a series of upcoming blogs about archiving ephemera at the Alexander Turnbull Library
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week in your school library
By Maxine Ramsay
14 March 2022
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (21-27 March) is a good time to reflect on different ways that school libraries can support neurodiverse learners.
Libraries and learning
A week at National Library as a Zwartz scholar
By Michelle Kupenga
10 March 2022
Diary of Michelle Kupenga one of the 2021 Helen Zwartz scholars.
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Living history while documenting it
By Abi Beatson
8 March 2022
Archiving the 2022 Wellington protests.
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From a hikoi to a sprint, passing the baton
By Chris Szekely
25 February 2022
Celebrating the release of ‘Te Kupenga, 101 stories of Aotearoa from the Turnbull’
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Making it easier to find great read alouds
By Amanda Bond
21 February 2022
We’ve made it easier for teachers and librarians to find great read-aloud books in our Schools Lending Collection.
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Paw-some cat books for the feline inclined
By Mini Prasad
9 February 2022
CATS! CATS! Books about cats! What more do you need from life? Here's a tiny selection from our school lending collection.
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Continuity and contingency planning for your library
By Miriam Tuohy
9 February 2022
Have you planned how to keep your school library services running when you're faced with disruptions to business as usual?
Libraries and learning
Waitangi Day: Rā maumahara, rā whakanui
By Tereora Crane
1 February 2022
Out of the dust of 2021, Waitangi Day 2022 is an opportunity to reflect upon our journey as a people and as a nation.
Libraries and learning
Cartoons call the shots: An interview with Toby Morris
By Abi Beatson
27 January 2022
We talk to cartoonist Toby Morris about the COVID-19 cartoons created with Siouxsie Wiles.
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Ep.7 Christmas in the collections 2021
By Seán McMahon
21 December 2021
We showcase some Christmas cards and Christmas ephemera from the collections.
Library Loudhailer podcast
Highlights of 2021 from the Turnbull Library’s Arrangement & Description team
By Sascha Nolden
17 December 2021
The annual retrospective with observations and reflections from the Turnbull Library team who make our collections easier to find and use.
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Ngā Tānga Reo Māori on Papers Past
By Melanie Lovell-Smith
8 December 2021
Read about the Ngā Tanga Reo Māori project on Papers Past.
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Re-visioning Joseph Divis and Waiuta
By Caroline McQuarrie
24 November 2021
Recovering details from the photographs of a small West Coast mining town.
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Our best children's and YA books for 2021
By Services to Schools staff
22 November 2021
Here's a round-up of Services to School staff picks for best children's and young adult (YA) books published in 2021.
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Curios and convict bricks
By Jared Davidson
17 November 2021
Was Turnbull House made from prison bricks? Jared Davidson gets to the bottom of some convict curios in the collection.
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Trouble in Paradise exhibition is open
By Tim Kong
10 November 2021
Tim Kong’s speech at the opening of Trouble in Paradise. A lucid blend of insight and reflection on themes of paradise and home.
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Mystery solved
By Sam Orchard
27 October 2021
Delving into the Cartoon and Comics Archive to help a researcher find answers.
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