Letters Out Loud 2025
An evening of historical letters brought to life by famous voices
$60
6 events found.
Events
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Taiwhanga Kauhau – Auditorium National Library Wellington 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand
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Jeffrey Sissons: The Forgotten Prophet and the Taranaki Iconoclasm
Taiwhanga Kauhau – Auditorium National Library Wellington 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New ZealandJeffrey Sissons will revisit material from his book The Forgotten Prophet and present a new understanding of the politically significant yet overlooked Taranaki iconoclasm
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Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson: The art and writing of Emily Cumming Harris
Taiwhanga Kauhau – Auditorium National Library Wellington 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New ZealandJoin Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson, authors of “Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris” (2025), as they explore the life and work of one of Aotearoa’s foremost botanical artists.
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John E. Martin: A man of many parts: Isaac ‘Petatone’ Featherston
Taiwhanga Kauhau – Auditorium National Library Wellington 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New ZealandCome along to this talk by historian and author John E. Martin to hear more about the life and work of Isaac Featherston, also known as Petatone, and his impact on colonial Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Charlotte Macdonald: Travelling the ‘garrison world’ — 19th century history that speaks to the 2020s
Taiwhanga Kauhau – Auditorium National Library Wellington 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New ZealandHear from Charlotte Macdonald as she embarks on a journey of what she terms the ‘garrison world’ — soldiers, sailors, and their families stationed across the British empire in the 19th century.
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The People Behind the Letters
Te Kupenga, National Library Wellington, 70 Molesworth Street, Wellington, New ZealandThe 2025 ‘Letters Out Loud’ highlighted letters from a range of fascinating people, including devoted prison reformer and writer Blanche Baughan, famous guide and academic Maggie Papakura, American writer Mary Redmer, and English dancer and actress, Diana Gould Menuhin. Three of these women were writing to a man and one to a woman. In this lunchtime talk, Professor Emerita Barbara Brookes will discuss their backgrounds and how their letters survived to be placed in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
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