Check out our display at Turangi Library for World ME Day

Visit the display in front of the lifts on the third floor to check out our information posters and some of the books that the library has that may be of interest to those with ME/CFS and living with chronic illness.

The display is scheduled to run from Monday, 4th May to Sunday, 17th May. World ME Day falls on Tuesday, 12th May, but the whole of May is a time to raise awareness.

The Tūranga library is located at 60 Cathedral Square, Central Christchurch. There are two mobility carparks directly outside.

Free Zines

Our stand has a couple of free zines by Hazel Camp at hazyhappiness.com for you to read and take away.

• The Things You Don’t See: Invisible Illness – life with severe ME/CFS

• Kind Reminders – Non-toxic positivity for when things suck a lot

Our own Zine 'Five ways to support mental wellbeing for ME/CFS' is also available.

Book Recommendations

The Library has books that may be of interest on shelf 616 – Diseases. The Dewey Decimal Classification code or call number for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is 616.0478. Books on Long COVID are included in the Pneumonia Covid DDC code  616.2414. There are books on living with long term chronic illness in 616.044 and elsewhere.

Books we recommend from the Christchurch City Libraries collection include:

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/M.E. - Symptoms, Diagnosis, Management by Rosamund Vallings

• Classic Pacing for A Better Life With ME by Ingebjørg Midsem Dahl

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalitis - It's Mitochondria, Not Hypochondria by Sarah Myhill

• Lighting up A Hidden World CFS and ME by Valerie Free

• A Still Life - A Memoir by Josie George

• The Puzzle Solver - A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness That Stole His Son by Tracie White

Audio Books we recommend from the Christchurch City Libraries collection include:

• Waiting for Superman - One Family's Struggle to Survive and Cure Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Tracie White

• Breath - The New Science of A Lost Art by James Nestor

• The Long Covid Handbook by Gez Medinger

• The Yin and Yang of Self-compassion - Cultivating Kindness and Strength in the Face of Difficulty by Kristin Neff

eBooks we recommend from the Christchurch City Libraries collection include:

• How to Be Sick A Buddhist-inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers by Toni Bernhard

• Long Covid - Expert Advice, From Diagnosis to Treatment and Recovery : A Practical Guide for Those Affected, Their Loved Ones, and Medical Professionals by Steven Faux

Our own Library

MECFS Canterbury also has our own library of books available to our members. If you can’t get to our office or one of our meetings, we can post these out to you along with a post-paid return bag.

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Posters for our library display for World ME Day

Check out our posters here.