For those who love hearing great literature, Reading Allowed offers a monthly treat of two selections, one read by Paul Tankard and the other by Lorraine Johnston. Whether revisiting an old favourite or wanting a fun introduction to a book you know you should have read, Reading Allowed offers something for everyone.
Readings take place at the Moray Place Dunedin Public Library at 5:30 on designated Wednesdays.
Here’s the schedule:
March 13
Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck
Possession: A Romance. A. S. Byatt
April 10
The Pilgrim’s Progress. John Bunyan
A Short Story by Saki
May 8
Boswell’s Life of Johnson. James Boswell
Flight of the Fantail. Steph Matuku (NZ)
June 12
The Changeover. Margaret Mahy (NZ) (Note: It is 40 years since The Changeover won the Carnegie Medal – the second Carnegie won by Mahy/other was in 1982 for The Haunting – (she was second person to win it twice – but first from outside UK and first woman). Also Mahy is the “Theme” for Continued Sense of Wonder on June 19.
A Short Story by P. G. Wodehouse
July 10
The Children of Green Knowe. L. M Boston
The Book of Secrets. Fiona Kidman (NZ)
August 14
The Secret Agent. Joseph Conrad – to be read by Lorraine (100 years since Conrad died)
The Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien
September 11
The Golden Key. George MacDonald
Heidi. Johanna Spyri
October 9
A History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Henry Fielding
Howl’s Moving Castle. Diana Wynne-Jones
November 6 (1st Wednesday of the month – to accommodate for second November reading)
The Woman in White. Wilkie Collins (200 years since Collins born)
Inside Dope by Paul Thomas (NZ)
November 27 (in lieu of a December offering)
1066 and All That. W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman
The Lady of Shalott. Alfred, Lord Tennyson