Ep 164: Terri Te Tau and pip adam talk about The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances
September is such an exciting month because it sees the launch of The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances an amazing novel written by Terri Te...
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Better off Read
A podcast about reading and writing. Pip Adam speaks with writers about a book as a starting point to discussions about the craft of writing and the act of reading and how these two feed eac...
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20 of 107 episodesEp 163: Molly Crighton and pip adam talk about The Body and the Blood
i loved talking to Molly Crighton over Zoom earlier this month about her new novel The Body and the Blood out with Hachette New Zealand i fi...
Ep 162: Tīhema Baker and pip adam talk about One Day A Taniwha
i'm really grateful to Tīhema Baker for speaking with me about his new novel One Day a Taniwha (Hachette) i was a massive fan of Tīhema's la...
kluge: four covers four events
My new novel kluge is released in Aotearoa this week. Read about kluge Thanks to the amazing work of Te Herenga Waka University Press and To...
Ep 161: Asher Emanuel and pip adam talk about The Valley
i'm really grateful to Asher for taking the time out of a really busy month to chat with me about writing The Valley: Crime and Punishment i...
Ep 160: Joseph Trinidad and pip adam talk about Lucky Creatures
It was so great to catch up and chat with Joseph Trinidad about his new book Lucky Creatures (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2026) Readin...
Ep 159: Shana Chandra and pip adam talk about Banjara at Unity Books Te Whanganui-a-Tara
On 22 April, at Unity Books Te Whanganui-a-Tara i spoke with Shana Chandra about her accomplished and beautiful novel Banjara (Moa Press | H...
Ep 158: Eva Wyles and pip adam talk about Deliverywoman at Unity Books Te Whanganui-a-Tara
On 10 February this year at Unity Books Te Whanganui-a-Tara i talked with Eva Wyles about her stunning collection of short stories Deliveryw...
Ep 157: Jordy Rosenberg and pip adam talk about Night Night Fawn at The Open Book
In February this year at The Open Book in Tāmaki Makaurau, i got to speak with Jordy Rosenberg about his new book Night Night Fawn. It was a...
Ep 156: Ray Shipley and pip adam talk about a tarot deck and 'My Body is a Horror Film'
Ray Shipley has done many very cool things: stand-up comedy, slam poetry, book-selling, librarianship. Ray's latest awesome thing is a book...
Ep 155: Jo Randerson, Sarah Maxey and pip adam talk about Secret Art Powers: How Creative Thinking Can Achieve Radical Change
On September 14, at Unity Books in Wellington, I got to talk with Jo Randerson and Sarah Maxey about Secret Art Powers: How Creative Thinkin...
Ep 154: liz breslin and Pip chat about a pair of scissors
On July 31 2025, liz launched the new collection of poetry show you're working out (Dead Bird Books) in Wānaka. As I type this liz is embark...
Ep 153: Erik Kennedy and Pip chat about a pair of slippers
On July 10 2025, Erik launched his new collection of poetry Sick Power Trip at Scorpio Books in Ōtautahi. It was so great to speak with Erik...
Ep 152: poupeh missaghi پوپه میثاقی and Pip chat
On June 10, my book Audition came out in the United States with Coffee House Press and Canada with Strange Light To celebrate this, and with...
Ep 151: Zeke Caligiuri and Pip chat about a section from The Hours by Michael Cunningham
On June 10, my book Audition came out in the United States with Coffee House Press and Canada with Strange Light To celebrate this, and with...
Ep 150: Danielle Dutton and Pip chat about Marine Object by Eileen Agar
On June 10, my book Audition comes out in the United States with Coffee House Press and Canada with Strange Light To celebrate this, and wit...
Ep 149: Saraid de Silva and Pip chat live at Featherston Booktown
This recording was made live at Featherston Booktown on 10 May 2025. It was a really sunny day and Saraid and I sat in the Featherston Libra...
Ep 148: Erin Harrington and Pip chat
I've been a fan of Erin Harrington's work for a long time. I love her writing and research. Over the past six months I got to work on the sa...
Ep 147: Isabelle McNeur and Pip chat
It was so great to catch up with Isabelle before Christmas and talk about her work. Isabelle writes writes LGBT Romance, Paranormal and Horr...
Ep 146: Olive Nuttall and Pip chat at Verb 2024 LitCrawl
Very grateful to Damien Levi for programming this live recording of Better off Read with the amazing Olive Nuttall at Verb Wellington 2024 T...