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Wireless Books

Summary: Christine and Beth explore our city's rich literary heritage, with people who are passionate about the printed word. Thanks to Dunedin Athenaeum Library and Mechanics Institute

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  • Artist: Christine Powley and Beth Sizemore
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Podcasts:

 Wireless Books - 09-03-2024 - History of St Kilda | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:14

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 books from the Dunedin City Library and in trying to research that she stumbled upon lots of other interesting information about the creation of St Kilda. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 24-02-2024 - Maids of Honour | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:8

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 on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 10-02-2024 - Flying Solo | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:27:11

Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 27-01-2024 - Books, books, books | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:42

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

 Wireless Books - 02-12-2023 - Books for Christmas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:25:18

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. In todays episode she reviews some of the new books.

 Wireless Books - 18-11-2023 - Randolph Churchill | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:11

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 shares some of the funnier stories contained in it. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 04-11-2023 - The Dangers of Lawn Tennis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:4

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 OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 19-10-2023 - Waving Ghost | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:25:48

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. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 07-10-2023 - Suffragette City | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:20

Suffragette City - New Zealand women have been able to vote for 130 years now. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 23-09-2023 - Goodbye Durham Town | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:29

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

 Wireless Books - 29-07-2023 - New Books | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:39

New Books - So many books to talk about, they make up most of the show. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 15-07-2023 - Matariki | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:8

We hope you are all enjoying this Matariki weekend Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 01-07-2023 - A Stack of Books | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:34

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

 Wireless Books - 17-06-2023 - The History of the Mountain of Light | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:48

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 Taliban all feel they have a claim for it's return from the British government. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

 Wireless Books - 03-06-2023 - Struck by Lightning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:26:23

Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

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