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The Last Wireless Books show.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
Guest Gareth West comes in for a chat about archival and library work. We discuss what we're reading and play a poem by Raymond Antrobus.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
Holly & Bella Chat Books - The Athenaeum's new librarian Holly Fletcher speaks with Bella King, about writers Sinéad Gleeson, Laureen Groff, Louise Erdich and Ottessa Moshfegh. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
Hello Holly - It is a time of change at the Athenaeum. Christine has retired and we have a lovely new librarian Holly Flecther. In todays show we introduced Holly and talk a little about her background and of course we have new books to talk
Even more St Kilda - We return to St Kilda's past where the fear of being inundated by the sea did not put people off removing sand from the sand dunes. We call them Karens' but they were just busy bodies back then and we have some examples
Censorship at the Athenaeum - One of our members took out an old Ken Follett and when she brought it back she said 'what's the story with the missing pages?' and she showed me that six pages were missing. So Rosalie the librarian before me had
More St Kilda - We have a host of new books. Christine provides an update on our favourite ancient Greek Aeschylus and tells us more about the borough of St Kilda.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
History of St Kilda - Not that long ago Dunedin was a compact city surrounded by independent Boroughs one of the last of which was St Kilda. Something reminded Christine that people living in St Kilda had to pay a non-residents fee to borrow b
Maids of Honour - Beth is back on deck hitting all the buttons at the right time (sort of) and Christine is very happy to see her. We have new books and old-time tips on economical ways to keep your leather shoes in tip top shape.Broadcast
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
Books, books, books - The Athenaeum Library reopens on Monday the 29th of January and Christine runs through some of the great new books you can borrow then.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
Books for Christmas - It's starting to look a lot like Christmas and one of the great Athenaeum Christmas traditions is being about to take a double lot of books over the summer break and Christine is busy buying up new books to meet the demand
Randolph Churchill - Randolph was the only son of Sir Winston Churchill (Britain's war time prime minister) and famous for his volcanic tempter. The Athenaeum has a biography written by his cousin Anita Leslie in the collection and Christine s
The Dangers of Lawn Tennis - A hundred years ago people were worried that women were ruining their figures by playing lawn tennis becoming lean, tough and unattractive. But here in the present we have new books to talk about.Broadcast on O
Waving Ghost - A recent haunting in Dunedin turned out to be much less spooky than it originally appeared. The police were called and soon got to the bottom of it. Christine has all the details as well as lots of new books to review.Broad
Suffragette City - New Zealand women have been able to vote for 130 years now.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
Goodbye Durham Town - Christine and Beth are sorry to hear of the death of Roger Whittaker.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
Granny's Chips - Queen Mary was renowned for her fabulous jewelry and Christine lists the incredible gems she wore to her coronation in 1911, many of which Queen Camilla used in her own coronation. The diamond Cockade and the diamond Stomacher
A Real Who Dunnit! Theft at the British Museum - The thefts from the British Museum that are hitting the headlines have not been the first ones from the museum in recent years. Christine lists some incredible security failures.Broadcast o
By Dickens! - Barbara Kingsolver's novel Demon Copperhead was modeled on David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and when Christine mentions this Beth reveals a surprising amount of knowledge about the great man's ten children.Broadcast on OA
New Books - So many books to talk about, they make up most of the show.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
We hope you are all enjoying this Matariki weekendBroadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
A Stack of Books - The Athenaeum was lucky enough to have a stack of books donated to us in the last week so Christine's rundown of new books is longer than usual this episode.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
The History of the Mountain of Light - The Mountain of Light is the Koh-i-noor one of the world's biggest diamonds. Christine gives a very quick run through it's complicated history to explain how India, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Tal
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
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