Dr de Hamel, world-leading authority on mediaeval manuscripts, will talk to members of the Friends of the Turnbull in an address entitled: “The Migrant: Christopher de Hamel on how he and De Musica came to the Turnbull”. He will talk about the Boethius, De Musica, which is the only mediaeval MS bought by Alexander Turnbull himself.
Charlotte Macdonald speaks about her recent publication Garrison World. Redcoat Soldiers in New Zealand and Across the British Empire (BWB, 2025)
Join Charles Ferrall as he talks about his most recent book, ‘South by South: New Zealand and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration’, which draws on the Library’s Joseph Kinsey collection.
In the 2026 Founder Lecture Catherine Hammond will discuss the role and impact of photographic archives as complex repositories of memory and research, drawing on her career working with artists archives in major cultural institutions in Aotearoa over the past two decades.
Hosted by Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand, and featuring an exceptional cast of readers including Stephen Lovatt, Geneva AM and Amelia Reynolds, Letters Out Loud will be a night of celebration – of correspondence and of the written word.
Hosted by Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand, and featuring an exceptional cast of readers including Stephen Lovatt, Geneva AM and Amelia Reynolds, Letters Out Loud will be a night of celebration – of correspondence and of the written word.