Library membership is by annual subscription. To enroll you need to give us your contact details and pay a membership fee, $5 for beneficiaries and between $10 and $20 for non-beneficiaries.
You will be issued with a membership number and card. Use this number to borrow books (if you forget it we can look it up).
The library operates on a self-issue system. It’s opening hours are:
Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm and
Every Saturday lunchtime, 11am-1.30pm
Using the Library
Books can be borrowed for four weeks. You can take out as many books as you want.
Borrow books by writing your library number and stamping the date on the book’s pocket card. Leave the card in the card box. Date-stamp the slip inside the back cover with the return date.
Renew books by calling or emailing with the author’s name, book title and your name. Email us at
info@womenz.org.nz.
Return books to the basket in the library, or after hours to the letterbox on the porch.
Fiction Books
An ever evolving collection of contemporary fiction by women:
Classic literature by women
Science fiction and fantasy
Crime and detective fiction
Stories for young women
Modern women’s writing
Lesbian novels, romances, erotica, short stories, crime fiction
Poetry, plays, humour and short story anthologies
And a selection of drama on videotape.
Non-Fiction Books
A collection of feminist inspired books on issues relating to women:
Feminist theory, analysis and herstory
Te Tiriti o Waitangi and wahine Maori
Personal growth and self help
Autobiographies, biographies and memoirs
Art and literature
Lesbian feminism, families, lives
Violence against women
Health - menopause and menstruation, pregnancy, birth and parenting, illness and wellness, alternative medicine etc
Resources
Journals, newsletters and magazines
A complete collection of Broadsheet, newsletters from women’s groups and other Women’s Centres, lesbian magazines from NZ, Australia, USA and UK, the Women’s Studies Journal (NZ).
Information files on topics in women’s rights and women’s health:
Abortion, adoption, lesbian rights, alternative medicine, violence against women, menopause, pornography...
Auckland Women’s Centre wishes to thank the following organisations for financial assistance in providing the Women’s Library:
ASB Charitable Trust
Auckland Lesbian Business Association
Women's Bookshop
