Hamilton City Libraries

This thriller set in the back country of New Zealand is a gripping and intelligent read. The plot has much in common with many unsolved crimes in this country - it involves the disappearance of a female hitchhiker from the forecourt of a country garage. For this and more new titles, see our Adult Fiction pages.... more...

The Hamilton Community Arts Council is presenting its Spring Writers Series, (formally known as the Winter Writers Series), during the month of September. The series introduces some exciting new events, and presenters include travel writer and columnist Joe Bennett. Events details.... more...

The Friends of the Library are delighted to have Deborah Challinor as their September speaker, at the Chartwell Library, Lynden Court, on Monday 15th September 2008 at 7.30pm. There is more information on our website.... more...

Hamilton City Libraries have signed up for a one-month trial of PressDisplay, billed as “the world’s largest online newspaper kiosk”. Library users can access complete copies of more than 650 newspapers from 76 countries in 37 languages. Papers include the Waikato Times, New Zealand Herald, Sydney Morning Herald and many more. A very big bonus of PressDisplay is that the papers are available the s... more...

This year is the 60th anniversary of the tornado that ripped through Frankton causing huge damage to property and several deaths. There are several first hand accounts of what it was like to experience this disaster, found in the Oral History collection on Level 3 of the Central Library. Our Heritage page has more details.... more...

September is NZ book month - drop your issues slip into the box provided at each of our libraries during September, and be in to win a copy of The six pack: three, a collection of winning pieces by New Zealand writers.... more...

The ancient bones of New Zealand - the latest New Zealand Geographic magazine has a fascinating article on fossils found in New Zealand and what they tell us about the early life forms here and their development.... more...