Writers Week
Mallory Ortberg: texting classics
Co-founder and editor of website The Toast, and advice columnist for Slate. Her first book, Texts from Jane Eyre: and Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters reimagines… Audio
Anthony McCarten: playing up
Internationally successful writer and producer for stage and screen (Ladies Night, The Theory of Everything), who is a guest at the Spotlight on Playwrights series of events at Circa Theatre during… Audio
Andrew O'Hagan: war, Afghanistan, Assange
Contributing editor for the London Review of Books, and ghostwriter of Julian Assange's abandoned memoir. Two of his books have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize, his new novel is The… Audio
Patrick Gale:The Disappeared
Based on a mystery within his family's past Patrick Gale talks about his novel "A Place Called Winter" with Victoria University English Professor Jane Stafford. Audio
Simon Winchester: Pacific Future
Simon Winchester's book "Pacific Future" looks at the impact and influence the ocean has in our lives. Winchester sits down to talk about his topic choice with fellow writer Gregory O'Brien. Audio
Christopher McDougall: Enduring Heroes
Christopher McDougall was inspired by Native Americans who didn't wear shoes - it provoked him to write "Born to Run". Audio
Anis Mojgani: Slam Poet
Anis Mojgani is a wordsmith, a part of the popular movement called "Slam Poetry" which involves getting up on stage and sharing original material with an audience. Which is exactly what he does here.
…Anna Mackenzie:WW1 Voices
A brief stint in Belgium lead NZ writer Anna Mackenzie to research World War I. Looking into her own families experience she was able to find a story she believed needed to be told. Bringing letters… Audio
New Zealand's most recent Man Booker contender chats about her Work
Kate De Goldi talks to Smaill about her success in fantasy fiction novel "The Chimes" Audio
Henry Marsh: Do No Harm
Henry Marsh is a pioneer of operating on brain tumours under local anaesthetic. In Do No Harm, he opens up to Kim Hill about the fierce joy of operating, his hatred of hospitals, and the profoundly… Audio