In this episode of the Awekura series we talk with Renée Orr, Rare Book specialist and Curatorial Services Team Leader at Auckland Council Libraries Heritage Collections. Renee shares with us a rare 17th Century book, its history and provenance, to this recently donated gift to the Heritage Collection.
It’s a bit of a tongue twister of a title! "The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation: Namely, that True Prophet, and Faithful Servant of God, and Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus, Edward Burroughs, who Dyed a Prisoner for the Word of God, in the City of London, the Fourteenth of the Twelfth Moneth, 1662".
The book was printed in 1672 in London and is a collection of the writings of influential Quaker, Edward Burrough.
Read more about the book and find links to related material here:
https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/11/awekura-edward-burrough-1634-1663.html
Image: A collage produced by Julian Lubin from photographs of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
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In this episode of the Awekura series we talk with Renée Orr, Rare Book specialist and Curatorial Services Team Leader at Auckland Council Libraries Heritage Collections. Renee shares with us a rare 17th Century book, its history and provenance, to this recently donated gift to the Heritage Collection.
It’s a bit of a tongue twister of a title! "The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation: Namely, that True Prophet, and Faithful Servant of God, and Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus, Edward Burroughs, who Dyed a Prisoner for the Word of God, in the City of London, the Fourteenth of the Twelfth Moneth, 1662".
The book was printed in 1672 in London and is a collection of the writings of influential Quaker, Edward Burrough.
Read more about the book and find links to related material here:
https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/11/awekura-edward-burrough-1634-1663.html
Image: A collage produced by Julian Lubin from photographs of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we explore the theme and concept ‘The Empty City’. This theme stretches across time, art, literature, and imagination as we examine the many ways that the empty city, or the city emptied of its people, has been represented in science fiction.
Joining Sue Berman to discuss this theme is Other Worlds exhibition curator Andrew Henry.
Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:
www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibition
For recommended reads visit:
www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-reads
Books mentioned in the podcast:
Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold. London: a pilgrimage. London: Grant, 1872.
Europa's fate, or, The coming struggle: a history lesson in New Zealand A.D. 2076. London: Griffith and Farran, 1875.
Nevil Shute. On the beach. Melbourne: Heinemann, 1957.
Craig Harrison. The quiet earth. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1981.
New worlds SF, vol. 49, no. 152. London: Roberts & Vinter, July 1965.
Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren. New York: Bantam Books, 1975.
Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/
Image credit: Cover image from Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren. New York: Bantam Books, 1975.
Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries
In this episode of the Awekura series we talk with Renée Orr, Rare Book specialist and Curatorial Services Team Leader at Auckland Council Libraries Heritage Collections. Renee shares with us a rare 17th Century book, its history and provenance, to this recently donated gift to the Heritage Collection.
It’s a bit of a tongue twister of a title! "The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation: Namely, that True Prophet, and Faithful Servant of God, and Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus, Edward Burroughs, who Dyed a Prisoner for the Word of God, in the City of London, the Fourteenth of the Twelfth Moneth, 1662".
The book was printed in 1672 in London and is a collection of the writings of influential Quaker, Edward Burrough.
Read more about the book and find links to related material here:
https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/11/awekura-edward-burrough-1634-1663.html
Image: A collage produced by Julian Lubin from photographs of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
