Charlotte Macdonald presented the Friends of the Turnbull Library Founder Lecture, Looking down the barrel of history: tragedy and heroism at Te Ranga, 21 June 1864
Jock Phillips spoke on his role in developing and eventually completing the huge online project, Te Ara, Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
Rachel Barrowman discussed the research for her acclaimed biographies of RAK Mason and Maurice Gee. Rachel is the author of The Turnbull: a library and its world.
Wellington historian Malcolm McKinnon gave a lively talk, drawing on his experience researching and writing New Zealand economic history to probe the often unpredictable journey from the archive to the book.
Lydia Wevers retired last year after 17 years as Director of the Stout Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington. She has written and edited many anthologies and books on literary topics and is a well-known literary historian and critic. We are delighted that she has agreed to give this year’s Founder Lecture, which commemorates the 1918 death and bequest of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. At Parliament’s Grand Hall, by invitation only.
Anthropologist and historian Dame Anne delivered the 2020 FoTL Founder Lecture