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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...
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...
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...
Ray Shipley has done many very cool things: stand-up comedy, slam poetry, book-selling, librarianship. Ray's latest awesome thing is a book...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
It was so great to catch up with Isabelle before Christmas and talk about her work. Isabelle writes writes LGBT Romance, Paranormal and Horr...
Very grateful to Damien Levi for programming this live recording of Better off Read with the amazing Olive Nuttall at Verb Wellington 2024 T...
Una and I spoke on the day her amazing book The Chthonic Cycle (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024) was released into book shops. I have...
It was so great to talk with Claudia. I am a huge fan of Claudia's book Biter published by Auckland University Press. It is an amazing, amaz...
My novel I'm Working on a Building has been out of print for a long time. In November it is being reissued in a really stuning B-Format edit...
It was so great to chat with Kerry Donovan Brown. Kerry and I have been friends for a long time and I always love talking to them. In this c...
I have been a fan of Shilo Kino's writing since reading her award winning book The Pōrangi Boy (Huia, 2020) a few years ago. What I love abo...
I always find talking to Rose really inspiring. Rose's writing is so good and I love hearing about Rose's practice. In this episode Rose use...
Today is Budget Day in Aotearoa. I wanted to replay this episode because James talks so well about money and art. Specifically getting paid...
In this episode I talk with romesh dissanayake. romesh's amazing novel when I open the shop (Te Herenga Waka University Press) was launched...
In this episode I talk with Sylvan Spring about their incredible book Killer Rack. https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/killer-rack/ In this epi...
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 br...
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...
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 W...
On 28 October 2023, City Gallery Wellington hosted an event to celebrate the opening of Angela Lane’s amazing exhibition Phosphene As part o...
I’m incredibly grateful to Jared Davidson and Verb Festival for letting me podcast this amazing event. Jared’s book Blood & Dirt: Prison Lab...
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 serie...
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 albu...
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...
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 sho...
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 La...
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...
5ever is an underground publishing house based at Rebel Press, Trades Hall in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. We print, splice, bind and chop pesky dan...
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...
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 whos...
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 perfo...
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 Write...
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 ta...
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...
Subscribe to Better off Read at https://betteroffread.substack.com Anna and Kelly Pendergrast’s latest work is More Zeros and Ones a book th...
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...
CW: This podcast contains discussion of Gender-Based violence. Rijula Das’ award-winning novel Small Deaths is an amazing book. Set in Shona...
As this arrives in your email Dominic Hoey’s new novel Poor People With Money will have just been launched at Soap in Auckland. A couple of...
As you will know, in this series I’m asking guests to identify ‘something that has made them laugh’. Sarah offered the TV series The Good Pl...
As you will know, in this series I’m asking guests to identify ‘something that has made them laugh’. Brannavan offered Kira Muratova's film...
In this episode, Rachel O’Neill and I are talking about Pockets and Everything Everywhere All At Once two films made by Daniel Kwan and Dani...
As you may know by now, this year I’m producing a series called Beyond a Joke where I speak with writers and other artists using something t...
I loved talking to Jordan so much. I’ve been a fan for a while and it was so great to sit down and chat about poetry and humour. Jordan Hame...
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