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Better off Read

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In this episode I talk with Sylvan Spring about their incredible book Killer Rack.https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/killer-rack/In this episode we talk about a few things, so here are some links:Sylvan spoke with kitten author Olive Nuttall i
In the most recent episodes I've been talking to people about where they are up to in their creative projects. I've asked these people to bring along an object they are 'using' for this stage of the project. This episode was recorded at Randal
Last Thursday, Whiti Hereaka was kind enough to come into Wellington Access Radio and have a chat with me on the occasion of the end of the year.I love talking to Whiti and I always learn heaps from her.Whiti has amazing recommendations. I th
Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be sharing some short chats I’m having with some of my favourite people. These are recorded at Wellington Access Radio and first appear on the Friday Drive show which I host with Amy Delahunty.In thi
On 28 October 2023, City Gallery Wellington hosted an event to celebrate the opening of Angela Lane’s amazing exhibition PhospheneAs part of this event Joan Fleming and Aaron Lister wrote and read responses to these works. Joan wrote a beauti
I’m incredibly grateful to Jared Davidson and Verb Festival for letting me podcast this amazing event.Jared’s book Blood & Dirt: Prison Labour & the Making of New Zealand (Bridget Williams Books, 2023) is an outstanding work of scholarship and
As I mentioned in my last post, I am at a really strange moment - without a project, unsure if there will be another one - and in this series, I am speaking to people at various stages of a project to talk process. I’m interested in talking to
This is a photo of me not writing in my End Greyhound Racing New Zealand T-shirt. You should totally check out this amazing compilation album which raises awareness and support to end greyhound racing - here’s a linkI have been not writing for
For this episode I wanted to share a story that I’ve revisited recently after a question that Jane Arthur asked me at a recent event at Good Books.Jane asked:Even before reading Audition, I’d clocked that your inspiration for it was basically
This is a recording of an event that took place on a very rainy and cold Sunday afternoon at one of my favourite places, Book Hound book shop, with one of my favourite people, Annaleese JochemsIt was such a wonderful afternoon with excellent p
In this episode I talk to Murdoch Stephens about his writing and in particular about the new Renters United edition of his novel Rat King Land Lord. Murdoch has just returned form a tour around Aotearoa launching this beautiful publication and
Joy Holley’s collection of short fiction Dream Girl published by Te Herenga Waka University Press is an amazing read. I loved talking to Joy about it.Joy chose as a starting point to talk about laughter and writing the 2022 film Bodies Bodies
5ever is an underground publishing house based at Rebel Press, Trades Hall in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. We print, splice, bind and chop pesky dank little books. Our scope is nebulous. Form and sense of disciplinarity remains plural. But our target i
I’m really grateful that James took the time to talk to me a few weeks ago. James is really busy - in ways that make it very enjoyable to be a fan of his work.His podcast Fair Game: Pacific Rugby Against the World which he made with John Danie
Eamonn Marra was another amazing person who agreed to perform at the Verb After Hours event which was run last year. Eamonn is a person whose work has made me consistently laugh and cry since I first encountered it a few years ago. He’s an incr
I was so grateful when Gabby Anderson agreed to be part of Verb After-Hours Beyond a Joke. In this episode, Gabby and I talk about her performance at that event. The episode starts with a recording of that night.Gabby and Orine Ruaine-Prattle
This is the final in this holiday series of ‘things I wrote in 2022’.In this episode I’ve recorded a talk I have at the 2022 Brisbane Writers Festival. I’ve made the decision to record it as I presented it on the day (including quite a few stu
Hi All,This episode a short one, because I figure most of you will be well on your way to New Year’s plans.I recorded this version of a talk I gave in November for a Brooklyn School fundraiser which is called Appetites. It was a fun night, B
Hi Everyone,Welcome to this episode of Better off Read.First of all, apologies for no podcasts in November. Things got a bit on top of me and I wasn’t able to record an episode.Beyond a Joke will be back in January, with more conversations w
Subscribe to Better off Read at https://betteroffread.substack.comAnna and Kelly Pendergrast’s latest work is More Zeros and Ones a book they edited which is published by BWB. This book brings together essays from incredibly interesting thinke
Marolyn has been on the podcast once before in an episode we recorded about the show From the 4410 to the 4412 which Marolyn made with Helen Lehndorf and Charlie Pearson last year. In this episode we touch briefly on that show.I loved recordin
Rijula Das’ award-winning novel Small Deaths is an amazing book. Set in Shonagachhi and orbiting the violent murder of a sex worker it is one of the most compelling and felt reading experiences I have had this year. It is astounding.Read more
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