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Putaiao Reading Challenge

Read for two hours in 15 minute slots, and go into the draw to win one of four mystery prizes up for grabs, it’s that easy. Pick up a challenge form from the children’s area or download digital form here from September 23. Ages 0-17 years.

Tairāwhiti Social Crafters

Night Owls - is at HB Williams Library and is an unstaffed event where you can bring your own DIY craft projects to work on in a casual setting with other like-minded crafters. Quiet and portable crafts could include anything from art, beading crochet, cross stitch, digital art, embroidery, miniature-painting, paper crafts, weaving, and writing!

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by Paul Kenyon
An utterly compelling, wickedly sharp narrative history of one of the strangest countries in Europe, by the bestselling author of Dictatorland. In Children of the Night, broadcaster and author Paul Kenyon explores the darkest reaches of the modern history of Romania - the mythical land of vampires.
Folded in the Hills
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Marilynn Webb: Folded in the hills is a substantial bilingual publication to mark the monumental retrospective of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa and Ngāti Kahu artist Marilynn Webb (NZOM) (1937–2021) at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. It presents essays by curators Lucy Hammonds, Lauren Gutsell, and Bridget Reweti, extant poems by Cilla McQueen and Hone Tuwhare and two new ekphrastic poems by Essa May Ranapiri and Ruby Solly.
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Everything you need to know about recognising and diagnosing ADHD in women, and how to live a full and fulfilling life after. When Julie Legg was diagnosed with ADHD at age 52, suddenly her life made sense. Bringing together her own experience along with research studies and personal stories from other Kiwi women with ADHD, this book is a go-to reference no matter where you are in your journey.
Around the world in 80 years : a life of exploration
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