We have refurbished our table
Posted October 18, 2021
I don’t know why I haven’t shown this earlier because we are very proud of how the new table top looks. From the very early days the Athenaeum hosted the Dunedin Chess Club and as a homage to that history the replacement top has two chess or checker boards inlayed in wood. We think that… Read More
Essie Summers Plaque in Octagon Writers Walk Unveiled
Posted May 10, 2021
As part of the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2021 a plaque to Essie Summers was added to the Writers Walk in the Octagon. The Essie Summers plaque is situated at the foot of the Robbie Burns statue in the upper Octagon. The was a good turn out and most people then moved to the… Read More
Athenaeum Book Club Selections for 2021
Posted April 28, 2021
We have made our book selections for 2021 13 May 7pm – Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 17 June 7pm – The Messenger by Markus Zusak 8 July 7pm – The Mitford Girls by Mary S. Lovell 12 August 7pm – The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde 9 September 7pm… Read More
Successful Event Celebrating 150 Years in the Athenaeum Building
Posted December 8, 2020
Our lightning talks celebrating 150 years for the Dunedin Athenaeum Library in the Athenaeum Building.
150 Years in the Athenaeum Building
Posted November 16, 2020
The feature article in the Star Community Newspaper about our plans to celebrate the 150th year of the Athenaeum Building
New 2020 readling list for Athenaeum Book Club
Posted June 19, 2020
The Covid 19 lockdown really mucked up the ABC schedule but we have finished all the books we chose in 2019 and have selected five news books to take us through to 2021. We are skipping July this year and start again on the 13th of August at 7pm with Woman, Girl, Other by Bernardine… Read More
Athenaeum Book Club
Posted August 20, 2019
It is always lovely to get a compliment. The ABC has been going a few years now and has settled into a small but dedicated band. After our last meeting I received the following lovely email from one of our members. Just wanted you to know how much I enjoy book club. Pretty well all… Read More
We have completed reading the Janet Frame autobiography
Posted May 8, 2019
We started weekly readings of Janet Frame’s To The Is-land in June last year and steadily worked our way through all three volumes. In total it took us about nine months and we ended up with a small but passionate group who adored getting to know Janet Frame in this way. We all agreed that… Read More
Book Launch – then the wind came by Iona Winter
Posted December 18, 2018
Iona’s book launch went off without a hitch. She had a good crowd and sold a lot of books which was great to see. I have included a number of photo’s I took on the night.
September 2018 Newsletter
Posted September 28, 2018
It is always slightly anxiety provoking holding an event. After the initial excitement of coming up with what you think is a good idea, you start to harbour doubts as the nominated date comes closer and all the ways that things could go wrong begin to haunt you. So I am delighted and slightly smug… Read More