Rainbow Warrior Quilt and Greenpeace Memorabilia Exhibition

The Whangarei Art Museum is pleased to announce the display of the Rainbow Warrior Quilt and Greenpeace memorabilia at the Art Lounge in the Whangarei Central Library until 1st September 2010. For more information click on the link below:
  Go to Art Lounge at the Library page
 

Longlist Announced for
Man Booker Prize 2010
 

The judges for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction have announced the longlist for the prize, the leading literary award in the English speaking world.

For the list of titles and authors click on the link below:
  Go to The Man Booker Prize website

Windows to
our World
Photo Competition
and Exhibition
  

The Whangarei Mid Winter Arts Festival 2010 is holding a photography competition for both amateur and professional photograhers to celebrate the uniquely diverse ways we experience life in Northland.
  
The categories are:
1 Northland – What being in Northland means to you.
2 Youth (under 20 years) – A window to your world; what’s important to you.
3 International – An image that celebrates your culture.
4 Professional - Celebrating Northland.
 

The photographs are being exhibited at Whangarei Central Library until 1st August 2010. The public can buy prints of these photographs for $5 each with winners determined by the number of prints purchased. The winners will be announced on 1st August 2010 during the closing ceremony of the Mid Winter Arts Festival.

This photo competition is held in partnership with Whangarei Libraries, Whangarei Friends of the Library and Calders Design and Print.

  Go to Whangarei Mid Winter Arts Festival 2010 website for full festival programme.

Rugby World Cup 2011 Volunteers Campaign
 

Rugby New Zealand is looking for 5,000 volunteers to help host the Rugby World Cup in September next year.
If you are 17 years and over and keen to be involved then visit the Rugby World Cup 2011 website to find out more about being a volunteer by clicking on the link below:
 Go to Rugby World Cup Volunteer

If you want to register click on this link:
Go to Rugby World Cup Volunteer Registration Form

Registrations will close at the end of August 2010.
 
If you need help to register come into any of our Libraries.
We are providing free internet access for people who are registering to volunteer.

Mobile Library will be off the road . . .
 
The Mobile Library will be out of service for maintenance from 9 to 15 August 2010. Normal services will resume again on 16 August. Please check the timetables to find out when the Mobile Library will be visiting your area.

 
Read the latest editions of major newspapers and magazines from New Zealand and around the world on the day they are published. Press Display gives you access to over 900 newspapers from 75 countries including back issues up to 60 days from the current date.

 
Whangarei Libraries members can access Press Display by using their library card number to log in on our Online Resources page or click on the link below:
  Go to Press Display library member log in

 
Press Display is also available free of charge by visiting Whangarei Central Library.

Library Book Club Meetings
 
If you are interested in taking in part in our Library Book Clubs please register on the waiting list either by sending an email to Gaylene Town-Treweek and include your name with your daytime phone number or by leaving your name and contact details at the Information Desks at any of our libraries.
 
Afternoon Book Club meets at 1 to 3 pm on the 1st Monday of each month. The next meeting will be on 2 August 2010.

Click on the link below for topics and book lists:
Go to Afternoon Book Club page
 
Evening Book Club meets at 5.30 to 7.30 pm on the 2nd Monday of each month. The next meeting will be on 9 August2010.

Click on the link below for topics and book lists:
Go to Evening Book Club page