Harry Ricketts
Harry Ricketts reviews The Three Quicks - Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner by Trevor Auger
Harry Ricketts reviews The Three Quicks - Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner and the Road to the World Test Championship by Trevor Auger published by Mary Egan Publishing Audio
Book review: The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
Harry Ricketts reviews The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes published by Hachette Audio
Book review: Landfall 246: Spring 2023 Edited by Lynley Edme
Harry Ricketts reviews Landfall 246: Spring 2023 Edited by Lynley Edmeades published by Otago University Press Audio
Festival indulges poets' most cringeworthy tendencies
This weekend, Wellington's Verb Festival hosts its annual worst poet wins event which rewards aspiring writers for indulging their most cliched, cringeworthy tendencies.
Harry Ricketts is a poet… Audio
Book review: Selected Poems: Geoff Cochrane by Geoff Cochrane, ed. Fergus Barrowman
Harry Ricketts reviews Selected Poems: Geoff Cochrane by Geoff Cochrane, ed. Fergus Barrowman published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio
Nine to Noon 2023 Short Story Competition winners announced!
Judges Tina Makereti and Harry Ricketts reveal their top five short stories from the hundreds entered in this year's competition. Audio
Book review: Snorkelling the Abyss by Jan Jordan
Harry Ricketts reviews Snorkelling the Abyss by Jan Jordan published by The Cuba Press. Audio
Book review: SAGA by Hannah Mettner
Harry Ricketts reviews SAGA by Hannah Mettner published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio
Book review: So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon
Harry Ricketts reviews So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon, published by Penguin. Audio
Book review: James K. Baxter: Complete Poems, edited by John
Harry Ricketts reviews James K. Baxter: Complete Poems, edited by John Weir, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio
Harry Ricketts: The Life and Influence of Fay Weldon
Novelist and screen writer Fay Weldon died this week She had a 55-year long writing career, and is perhaps most know for her novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil She was shortlisted for the Booker… Audio
Book review: My American Chair by Elizabeth Smither
Harry Ricketts reviews My American Chair by Elizabeth Smither, published by Auckland University Press Audio
Book review: The Romantic by William Boyd
Harry Ricketts reviews The Romantic by William Boyd, published by Penguin. Audio
Short Story winners revealed
Our Short Story competition judges, writers Harry Ricketts and Rebecca Reilly, announced the five winners of the 2022 Nine to Noon Short Story competition. Audio
Book review - The Stupefying by Nick Ascroft
Harry Ricketts reviews The Stupefying by Nick Ascroft, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Audio
Book review - A Riderless Horse by Tim Upperton
Harry Ricketts reviews A Riderless Horse by Tim Upperton, published by Auckland University Press. Audio
Book review: The Tip Shop by James Brown
Harry Ricketts reviews The Tip Shop by James Brown, published by Te Herenga Waka Press. Audio
Authors protest National Library book disposal in Wellington
We recently reported the National Library had entered into a contract to dispose of up to 600,000 books. Earlier this evening in Wellington, a group of authors protested the Library's actions. The… Audio
Short Story Competition - Winners Announced!
Announcing the winners of the first ever Nine to Noon Short Story Competition! Judges Tina Makareti and Harry Ricketts have selected five stand-outs among almost 1,500 stories entered into the… Audio
Book review: Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice, 1967-75 by Richard Thompson
Harry Ricketts reviews Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice, 1967-75 by Richard Thompson, published by Allen and Unwin. Audio