Kerry Ferrand

@kferrand

Yet another tedious GenXer on yet another social media app, yay.. Collects way too many books and reads too few of them.. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand youtube.com/@kferrandCRB mastodon.nz/@kferrand pixelfed.social/@kferrand2

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Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· 13h

#BookSky not quite a fanatic, honest

A chubby-faced middle-aged man in spectacles holds up a copy of Paperback Fanatic magazine issue 48

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· 6d

I have the t-shirt!🙂 (from jimll.co.uk/products/mil...)

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· 13d

Crash diving towards Monday

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· 27d

Important messages for all citizens

3 small black rectangular signs with white text in the same style as official Christchurch City Council signage mounted on the outside of a building.

A small black rectangular sign with white text in the same style as official Christchurch City Council signage mounted on the outside of a building. This sign says ‘Don’t’ with smaller text saying ‘Penalties may apply’

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· 28d

Umm..helpful

An advertising video screen on the side of an old 80s vintage building shows an image of an orange cat wearing sunglasses and holding a bottle - the text says ‘Did you drink water today?!!’ (it looks like AI slop)

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jul 14

#BookSky Maybe if you’re ancient like me you’ll remember all the amazing art that used to grace the covers of SF novels - a lot of it can be seen again in this gorgeous book.

A bespectacled chubby faced man holds up a copy of “Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s” by Adam Rowe

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jul 12

#booksky Making a start on reading the third installment in this bestselling local series:

A chubby faced bespectacled middle aged man holds up a trade paperback copy of “The Bookshop Detectives: Murder and Mojitos” by Gareth Ward & Louise Ward.

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jul 12

Please enjoy these Ferns

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jun 16

#booksky After finishing a couple of other heavy duty books in the weekend, I think it’s time for some David Sedaris in my life..

A chubby-faced middle aged man in glasses holds up a paperback copy of David Sedaris’ “The Land and Its People”

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jun 14

Early morning neon

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jun 14

Stick no bills

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jun 13

One NZ

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jun 13

Pointy

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jun 13

8am

Buildings and Seagull on Manchester Street, Christchurch on Sunday morning June 14 2026.

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Jun 1

I guess its fitting that King’s Birthday holiday sees me in Queenstown..

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· May 30

Happy 50th, Scorpio Books!

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· May 16

A rose by any other name

Somehow I photographed this on Mother’s Day @ The Canterbury Memorial Gardens where my Mother’s ashes lay. A red rose looking glorious in the morning sunlight.

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· May 2

Obligatory shots from One NZ Stafium @ Te Kaha open day this morning.

Signage near one of the Stadium entrances

The view upon entering the stadium at ground level

Yours truly up in the slightly scary stands

Another view from the stands - probably my favourite photo of the day.

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Apr 26

Some Autumn colours from the Botanic Gardens.

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Mar 29

Mural - Colombo Street near Kilmore Street, Christchurch.

An elaborate mural showing types of marine life in the ocean adorns the side of a commercial building.

An elaborate mural showing types of marine life in the ocean adorns the side of a commercial building - wide angle view

An elaborate mural showing types of marine life in the ocean adorns the side of a commercial building - detail

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Mar 21

#booksky Christchurch City Libraries’ book sale is still on at Pioneer Stadium..get yourself down there, quick!

Pioneer Stadium entrance with book sale sign

People looking at books on trestle tables

More people looking at books on trestle tables

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Mar 15

Central Christchurch on Saturday

The sun shining through the green leaves of trees in a park like setting near the river Avon. A statue of a WW1 soldier looks small in the distance

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Mar 8

#booksky Flew up to the NZ capital Wellington yesterday and did a whirlwind tour of the bookshops I usually only deal with online.. 4)Arty Bees on Manners Street - the motherlode of Wellington bookshops (well to me, I first visited it in 2004). A vast array of new and used titles here. Recommended

Me again, in front of some signage at Arty Bees

Exterior of Arty Bees books on Manners Street

Some idiot lurking among the shelves at Arty Bees

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Mar 8

#booksky Flew up to the NZ capital Wellington yesterday and did a whirlwind tour of the bookshops I usually only deal with online.. 3)The Ferret Bookshop. A block or so past the Cuba mall is this well-stocked 2nd-hand bookshop. On the smaller size but a few gems to be found here too.

Signage for The Ferret Bookshop on Cuba Street

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Mar 8

#booksky Flew up to the NZ capital Wellington yesterday and did a whirlwind tour of the bookshops I usually only deal with online.. 2)Pegasus Books, off Cuba Street. An old style crazy bookshop of the type the earthquakes stole from us in Christchurch. Great experience just being in there.

Exterior of Pegasus Books - Left Bank, Cuba Street, Wellington.

Kerry Ferrand@kferrand· Mar 8

#booksky Flew up to the NZ capital Wellington yesterday and did a whirlwind tour of the bookshops I usually only deal with online.. 1) Unity Books on Willis Street - gave me an impression of being a close equivalent of Scorpio Books in Christchurch..perhaps a little less specialised in some genres