Professor Lydia Wevers is a literary historian and critic awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to literature. She tells us about her new book and why she's so fascinated with New Zealand literature.
Lydia Wevers Photo: Victoria University
Here are her choices to talk about today.
SONGS
Love Maria Callas singing ebben! No andro lontana from La Wally
Bruce springsteen: Philadelphia, Dancing in the Dark, Hungry Heart
Gillian Welch Look at Miss Ohio
The Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra-Hine e hine, Africa, Afternoon Delight
Magic Flute aria ‘ in diesen heil’gen hallen.
MOVIES
The Big Sick.
Mon Oncle
Mr Hulot's holiday
Traffic
Melancholia
Moonrise Kingdom
The Day After Tomorrow
La Grande Vadrouille
TV-
Homeland
Masterchef
Maigret
Prime Suspect (new version)
BOOKS
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
The Secret Lives by Andrew O'Hagan
Jorn Lier Horst's The Hunting Dogs and Closed for Winter.
Biography of John Cheever.
