AN INVITATION FROM DONALD KERR,
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO

2009 is deemed Charles Brasch Year; his birth in 1909 means many anniversary celebrations, especially in the South.

As part of the Dunedin Heritage Festival, there is planned “An Evening with Charles Brasch”, at Marama Hall, University of Otago, Friday 20 March, 5.30 to 7.30 pm.

Please pass this message on to those whom you know will be interested; and please do come along to this event.

The Programme (with approximate times) is below:
5.30pm Pictorial visuals of Charles Brasch
5.35pm MC
Emeritus Professor Jocelyn Harris
5.38pm Introduction
Gary Blackman
5.45pm Reflections from friends of Charles
Margaret Scott, Alan Roddick, Richard Skinner, Emeritus Professor Alan Horsman, Reading of OE Middleton’s contribution
6.10pm Legacy of Charles Brasch
Hocken Library: Natalie Poland, Curator of Pictorial Collections, Hocken Collections
Otago Museum: Dr Dimitri Anson
Landfall: Emeritus Professor Lawrence Jones
Reading with Charles Brasch: Dr Donald Kerr
6.50pm Overview
Emeritus Professor Jocelyn Harris
7.00pm Audio of Charles Brasch’s poem
7.05pm Drinks & nibbles – mingle
7.30pm Finish

Cheers
donald
Dr. Donald Kerr, F.L.S. Special Collections Librarian University of Otago,
P.O. Box 56 Dunedin, New Zealand
Phone: (03) 479-8330 Email: donald.kerr@otago.ac.nz

Current Exhibition:
A Record of Achievement: The 50th Birthday of the Otago University Press
19 December 2008 to 27 March 2009