Chris Tse

Poetry can be intimidating, confounding, or straight-up weird. But Chris Tse says it's all about finding the right poem to fall in love with the artform. Audio

Poet Laureate Chris Tse curates a selection of recent books by Aotearoa’s East and South East Asian writers to mark Lunar New Year.

How does a poet laureate celebrate their birthday? If you're Chris Tse, you mark the occasion with a gathering of fellow poets - and by writing a new poem about your love of Celine Dion. Audio

For Bookmarks today we're joined by the 13th Poet Laureate of Aotearoa. Audio

Chris Tse reviews Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang, published by HarperCollins Audio

Cancer support groups say people are losing precious time, while they wait for treatment they can no longer have at Dunedin Hospital because of crippling oncology shortages. Dunedin Hospital has in… Audio

It's our final First Up of 2022 so we wanted to bring you -- our wonderful listeners -- something a bit special this morning. We're delighted to say the editor, writer and New Zealand Poet Laureate… Audio

Surprised, honoured and just a bit intimidated... That's how our new Poet Laureate Chris Tse feels about his new role. Given he's only in his thirties, he also sees this acknowledgement as a real… Audio

Chris Tse reviews Time is A Mother by Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin. Audio

A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand introduces three new literary voices exploring Asian experiences and identities in Aotearoa. A highlight of Verb Wellington 2021. Audio

Chris Tse reviews The Pistils by Janet Charman, published by Otago University Press. Audio

We speak to Chris Tse and Emma Barnes, editors of Out Here: An Anthology of Takatapui and LGBTQIA+ Writers from Aotearoa, A remarkable anthology of queer New Zealand voices. Audio

Chris Tse is part of the team working on a new contemporary opera called Silence Is, about silence as part of the upcoming LitCrawl festival in Wellington Audio

Chris Tse reviews AUP New Poets 8 by Lily Holloway, Tru Paraha and Modi Deng, published by Auckland University Press. Audio

Chris Tse reviews Long Long Players, Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them by Tom Gatti, published by Bloomsbury Audio

Chris Tse reviews Felt by Johanna Emeney, published by Massey University Press. Audio

Chris Tse reviews Wow by Bill Manhire, published by Victoria University Press. Audio

Chris Tse reviews Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Ray. Published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

Chris Tse reviews AUP New Poets 6 by Ben Kemp, Vanessa Crofskey and Chris Stewart. This collection is published by Auckland University Press. Audio