Lynn Freeman
Forum: a celebration of graffiti in Avondale
Bobby 'Berst' Hung and Ross 'Trust Me' Liew are two of the top NZ graffiti artists gathering to talk, teach and paint a mural at an event in Avondale this weekend. Audio, Gallery
Vanishing Points
As her vision fades, New Zealand's first Poet Laureate seems to see the world more clearly. Michele Leggott, who received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry in 2013 has just… Audio
The Beat of The Pendulum
Media headlines, social media posts, snatches of conversations - they're all part of the mix in the latest novel by writer Catherine Chidgey. The Beat of the Pendulum she describes as a "Found Novel."… Audio
Earthquakes In London
Lynn Freeman caught up with Australian theatre director Katy Maudlin who is in Auckland at the moment working on a cautionary tale called Earthquakes in London. Mike Bartlett's play spans 1968 to… Audio
The Laugh Track - Jon Bennett
Australian comic Jon Bennett is currently touring his show Fire In The Meth Lab around New Zealand, and will be performing it as well as his other show Pretending Things Are a Cock at the World… Audio
Is digital poetry still poetry?
For poets these days there are far more options to share their work than there used to be, beyond the printed page. But seeing their words and name in print for many is still the ultimate ambition… Audio
Peter's got a brand-new wolf!
The characters in Prokofiev's orchestral fairytale Peter and the Wolf are being taken from the forest and thrust into Auckland's CBD for a new Kiwi version of the classic tale. At the same time the… Audio
Anthony Morris: 50 years of pots and ceramics
Now in his 80th year, the founder of Morris & James Pottery in Auckland, Anthony Morris reflects on 50 years of making art from clay, glass, wood - and even words. Ant's company is now the biggest of… Audio
Cities of Literature get together in Dunedin
Dunedin is bringing together high flyers from numerous UNESCO Cities of Literature for a week of conversations and debates about creativity, and how the cities can work more closely together. Dunedin… Audio
Dane Mitchell will represent NZ at the next Venice Biennale
Usually art presented at the Venice Art Biennale is designed to encourage people to stop and look. But the artwork representing New Zealand at the 2019 Biennale will largely be hiding in plain sight… Audio
A first-hand account of the sharp end of World War One
A chance conversation reunited two cousins who've gone on to write a book about their mutual great-uncle Jack Pryce and to potentially solve the biggest mystery... where he's buried. At 22 Jack sailed… Audio
A new vision of Gordon Walters
In 1966, artist Gordon Walters had a breakthrough moment when he first showed a series of 12 radically abstract geometric paintings in Auckland. Audio, Gallery
Top of the South Film Festival
Sixteen locally-made short films feature in this year's Top of the South Film Festival in Nelson. Lynn Freeman speaks with two film makers whose work is about to premiere there - Doug Brooks (Sons of… Audio
The latest accolade for children’s writer and illustrator
Children's book writer and illustrator Donovan Bixley has just been awarded the 2017 Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation, and $15,000 dollar gift that goes with… Audio
A Teaspoon of Light with Peter and Cait O'Connor
Father and daughter Peter and Cait O'Connor set up the Teaspoon of Light theatre company in Christchurch after the earthquakes, working with young children in the most quake-affected schools. Lynn… Audio
New Gen artist Hera Lindsay Bird
High profile New Zealand poet Hera Lindsay Bird has been named as a 2017 Arts Foundation New Generation Artist, receiving $25,000 along with it. Audio
Screen Gems: favourite horror scenes
Fur is controversial in the fashion industry and wearing it today is a statement of nothing more than excess. The controversy lies not only in the hands of the designers producing it, but also those… Audio
The gap between New Zealand and Australian writers
Australia may be our nearest neighbour and traditional sporting rival, but while sports teams regularly cross the Tasman, that's less the case with our writers. So why the literary gulf between our… Audio
Alex Taylor
Alex Taylor is the music director and writer of the show The Winterreise Project. He's also a multi-instrumentalist, composer, critic, lecturer, conductor, singer and impresario. Lynn Freeman first… Audio
Are Yous OK?
Gina uses found objects and domestic materials to create her work, like a mattress with broken glass embedded into it - something comfortable, made truly uncomfortable. She tells Lynn Freeman Are Yous… Audio
