Culture Waitaki Blog
The collaborative blog of Culture Waitaki, featuring thoughts and ideas from the Forrester Gallery, Waitaki Museum and Archive, Waitaki District Libraries.
Ever wondered what the staff at the Ōamaru Library are reading? Well here's your chance!
Check out our list below for all the goodies the staff are reading and their reviews for this month.
A horrifying yet mesmerising modern retelling of an Arthurian Legend.
Perfect for fans of Sarah J Mass and Toni Adeyeni.
Her current read is Cursed by Thomas Wheeler and illustrated by Frank Miller.
Steampunk is a retro futuristic subgenre in Science Fiction literature that incorporates technology and aesthetic design inspired by 19th-century industrial steam powered machinery.
Check out our top ten Steampunk books that are part of our collection here at Ōamaru Library.
War, Windrunners and fugitive witches...
Check out what is new to the Ōamaru Library this month. There is something for everyone, DVD's, fiction, non fiction, children and young adults!
The front of the Waitaki Museum & Archive is now open again. After having this space closed for refurbishment it is a joy to be welcoming visitors back to the museum.
A gripping young adult thriller that keeps you guessing after each chapter
Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Courtney Summers
Her current read is The June Boys by Court Stevens
Ever wondered what the staff at the Ōamaru Library are reading? Well here's your chance!
Check out our list below for all the goodies the staff are reading and their reviews for this month.
Cozy reads, festive foods and good-feeling christmas movies.
Check out our list of favorite reads and dvds to get you in the spirit of Christmas!
Quality Street Girls by Penny Thorpe (Large Print, THO)
Space Battles, Secrets, Sorcery and more! Check out what is new to the Ōamaru Library this month. There is something for everyone, DVD's, fiction, non fiction, children and young adults!
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (Adult Fiction Rental, PAO)
Anna McIntosh’s name and face have popped up several times while I have been looking through historical Burns Memorial Art exhibition records, so I thought I would get her in to talk to about her involvement with the exhibition.
Anna Wild was the exhibitions curator at the Forrester Gallery from 2004- 2007.
Her colleagues at the gallery were Warwick Smith, Director, Rob Douglas and John Mitchell
We asked her a few questions about her memories of the Burns Memorial Art Exhibition.
George Burns whom the Burns Memorial Art Exhibition is named after was previously involved with another exhibition called the Children’s Art Show in the 1960s. It toured around the South Island and was sponsored by the Christchurch Star where George Burns was editor.
My involvement with Oamaru school art exhibitions predates Burns’ Memorial. As a pupil at Waitaki Boys in the early sixties my art teacher, the late Colin Wheeler, encouraged me over several years to submit a number of paintings to the Christchurch Star Sun South Island Secondary Schools' Art Ex
As I opened the gallery this morning, I was met by a woman waiting to meet her friend. I was to find out soon she was Louise Rayner from Waimate and her friend was Jane Edwards from Dunedin.
Instantly captivates and keeps you hooked
Perfect for fans of Renee Ahdieh and Holly Black
Her current read is ‘Spin the Dawn’ by Elizabeth Lim
This instalment of Riveting Reads come to you from Assistant Youth Librarian Kerrie Gamble
Misfits, mayhem, mysteries and more! Check out what is new to the Ōamaru Library this month. There is something for everyone, DVD's, fiction, non fiction, children and young adults!
Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (Young Adult Fiction, MEY)
Love books but do not have the time or concentration to read them? Why not try a film adaptation? Listed below is ten fabulous adaptations from books spanning all age ranges and interests. Give one a try today!
Anne with an E (TV Series)
Romance, reconnection and more! Ever wondered what the staff at the Oamaru Library is reading? Well here's your chance! Check out our list below for all the goodies the staff are reading this month.
I am a local Ōamaru artist. I moved here from Wellington and love the Otago region. I have a small space in my house where I am very happy painting. My work could be described as an assemblage of images (at first glance, seemingly unrelated) forming an harmonious whole. People see it as surreal.
Romance, intrigue and a quest. What more could you ask for?
Perfect for fans of Kiera Cass and Renee Ahdieh
Her current read is ‘The Beholder’ by Anna Bright
This instalment of Riveting Reads come to you from Assistant Youth Librarian Kerrie Gamble