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“Katherine Mansfield: proto-feminist, counter-cultural hero, modernist, I salute you!”
15 Oct 2023A hundred years after Katherine Mansfield died at the age of 34, six writers and performers share their personal connections to the New Zealand writer's life and legacy. Read more Audio
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How Monty Soutar brought Māori history to life in a novel
8 Oct 2023To engage young people accustomed to visual storytelling, historian Monty Soutar wrote Kāwai: For Such a Time as This as if it were a movie. Read more Audio
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A Vietnamese author sets out to subvert stereotypes of lantern-jawed US soldiers rescuing passive Vietnamese bar girls
1 Oct 2023Dr Qu Mai Nguy n Phan's latest novel Dust Child sets out to subvert Hollywood movie stereotypes of Vietnamese women being subservient and passive. She talks to Paula Morris in this highlight of the… Read more Audio
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This is when I fell in love with oral histories – Dame Gaylene Preston
24 Sep 2023Gaylene's Take is the autobiography of an influential director who created a style of cinema unlike that of male directors of her generation. Dame Gaylene Preston talks about her career at the 2023… Read more Audio
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Baghdad was once sophisticated, cosmopolitan and at the centre of civilisation – Richard Fidler
17 Sep 2023Richard Fidler speaks with Jack Tame about The Book of Roads and Kingdoms, bringing to life the dazzling cosmopolitan culture of Baghdad during Islam's Golden Age. A highlight of the 2023 Auckland… Read more Audio
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If a robot causes an accident, who is to blame? – Toby Walsh
10 Sep 2023The world of AI has leapt into focus recently, fuelled by interest in ChatGPT. Prof. Toby Walsh talks to Toby Manhire about its future, in a highlight from the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival. Read more Audio
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When you win a Booker Prize, you start to believe in its value – Shehan Karunatilaka
3 Sep 2023Three Booker Prize winners, Eleanor Catton, Bernardine Evaristo and Shehan Karunatilaka share their experience of being awarded the world's most esteemed literary prize with Karyn Hay at the 2023… Read more Audio
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The British just didn’t understand how to negotiate with the Chinese over the handover of Hong Kong – Louisa Lim
27 Aug 2023In Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, Louisa Lim captures the city's untold history, just as it is being erased from the official record. A highlight of the 2023 Auckland Writers… Read more Audio
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A lively amble through the social and culinary history of eating out, from Pompeii to Dame Edna Everage
20 Aug 2023MasterChef UK judge and restaurant critic William Sitwell joins Richard Fidler for a conversation about a life in food.. A highlight of the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival. Read more Audio
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Colson Whitehead’s novel about slavery “had to be really brutal just to be realistic.”
13 Aug 2023Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Colson Whitehead has written The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys, and Harlem Shuffle. He talks to Kim Hill at the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival. Read more Audio
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“I’m Not Racist, but...” Understanding Racism & Anti-racism
6 Aug 2023An analysis of racism from Dr Mahdis Azarmandi at the University of Canterbury's Raising the Bar Christchurch 2023. Read more Audio
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Why antibiotic resistance can be thought of as the next doomsday
30 Jul 2023Antibiotic resistance has been creeping up for 70 years. Prof. Jack Heinemann, discusses how its doomsday scenario in this highlight of Raising the Bar Christchurch 2023. Read more Audio
