World Peace Day Reading 21 September 2023
Posted September 27, 2023
For the second year the Athenaeum was the venue for these readings.
Athenaeum Book Club 2023
Posted June 8, 2023
We are half way through the year and I have just realised that I haven’t posted anything about the ABC’s selections for 2023. We have already discussed We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman and Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and tonight in our third meeting we are doing A Gentle Radical: The Life… Read More
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