Hi my name’s Lucy Lit and I have a confession...

Yes its official folks and I’ve come out of the bookshelves about it! I love Urban Fantasy. That’s not so wrong is it?

After all, myths and legends telling of times when supernatural beings lived among humans are read to us as children, and studied from primary school right through to university. We’ve all read or heard about the Olympic Gods ruled by Zeus, and Norse Gods like Thor and the mischievous Loki. Dracula and his undead kin have fascinated and repelled mankind for ages. The book industry cheered JK Rowling when her witches, wizards, house elves and griffins enthralled children and encouraged a whole new generation of readers.

So yes, I’m proud to say I enjoy reading about vampires, shape shifters and werewolves! Hold on to your inner child and let your imagination soar free….

Try these authors:
Kelley Armstrong
Holly Black
Jim Butcher
Charlaine Harris
Kim Harrison
Bill Willingham

Hastings District Libraries Poetry Competition

We’ve had it all go here at the Libraries! Music Month is over and we rolled straight into celebrating World Environment Day and Matariki. We’ve been sculpting, stargazing and harvesting.

Next it’s time to celebrate the Montana Book awards and as you know Poetry Day. You will have seen the details of the Hastings District Libraries Poetry Competition and yes, the theme this year is sustainability. Something we should all be familiar with aye? Especially as we can't turn around without hearing about it.

How can you write a poem about sustainability? Well the only limit is your imagination! Any interpretation of this theme is acceptable and here is a list of but a few topics:

Food sources, fuel, waste management, water, footprint, trees, cycling, power, ocean, keep it green, keep it natural, chemicals, environment, earth, climate change, recycling, rubbish, trash or treasure, life changes.

Here’s an old favourite from my childhood that I bet some of you remember well:

Nobody loves me anymore
I’m going down the garden to eat worms,
Long thin slimy ones
And big fat furry ones.
Long thin slimy ones go down easily,
Big fat furry ones don’t.

The big fat furry ones stick to your teeth,
And the juice goes slurp down your throat!

Let those literary juices flow!
Lucy Lit

May - NZ Music Month

Well Rockers, Mods, Bodgies and all you cool groovers out there, NZ Music Month is underway and we’re boogying down in your Libraries! We love to support our local talent, young, old or in between, and have some seriously talented musicians entertaining us, oops, I mean you, this NZ May Music Month 2008.

Which brings me to what I was doing yesterday….listening to a ‘melodic death metal’ band that are coming to play at the Hastings Library! Yes folks, “Signed in Blood”, although not everyone’s taste, impressed my Professional Thrash Metal Assessor who accompanied me on this endeavour, so they will be performing during the last week of May, which is also Youth Week. I am told they have “awesum riffz”. My ears are still ringing…
Rock on! Lucy Lit

Lucy Lit hungry for fashion

Hi folks, Lucy Lit here.

I have only recently come to work in Hastings and decided it was time to get out and about in my new town, so I attended the 2008 Edible Fashion Awards on Saturday! The theme was “futuristic” and did the entrants ever use their imaginations! The use of lollies as colour sure made my taste buds tingle and I think I put on weight just watching, lol. I really should have had lunch before I went :-/

It was encouraging to see a strong focus on sustainability and the future, with many winning costumes reflecting the designer’s thoughts on recycling, healthy foods and biodegradable materials. May I say, in my humble opinion, the overall winner was well deserved!

For those of you inspired to enter next year’s competition - don’t forget to check out our selection of books on fashion and design. Here are a couple of goodies;

• Fashion accessories : the complete 20^th century sourcebook with over 2000 full-colour illustrations


• Men’s fashion : the complete sourcebook


• Glue & go costumes for kids – super duper designs with everyday materials


• Vintage fashion – collecting and wearing designer classics

Happy reading for now!
Lucy Lit