Writing

Renee Liang's latest play, 'The Quiet Room', draws on her experience as paediatrician, examining the way young people deal with a cancer diagnosis. Eva speaks to actor Vanessa Rhodes and director Jane… Audio

A play inspired by the crowning of Moana Whaanga as the first Maori Miss New Zealand back in 1962 is among the new work that's part of a festival that's been revived after a 25-year hiatus. Auckland's… Audio

Harihari resident Francina Glass has written a book about her journey through grief and depression after losing her 17 year old daughter. Audio

New Zealand's writers were relieved to find out during the week that the New Zealand Book Awards have been resurrected thanks to an anonymous donation. There's more good news: writer Maurice… Audio

Having gathered a stack of awards for her poetry and a book of hers translated into French, German and Spanish, Helen Vivienne Fletcher has now set her sights on writing for the stage. Her poetry has… Audio

National Flash Fiction Day is a celebration of extremely short fiction (works consisting of 1000 words or less), and this year micro fiction - works consisting of a word count of 100 words or less… Audio

Recently we've discussed lost opportunities for our young writers with the end of several literary competitions. But there is now a new outlet for writers under 25 to have their work published. Poet… Audio

Prolific tweeter, translator and long-form essay writer Giovanni Tiso is the editor of the latest edition of Australia's leading literary journal Overland. Giovanni and contributors Morgan Godfery and… Audio

Helen Owen is analysing why different writing is perceived to be more honest and has found that connectors and simplicity play a role Audio

Since 1970 the Katherine Mansfield Menton fellowship has been awarded to a New Zealand writer each year, who gets access for a period of six months or more to the writing room in the Villa Isola Bella… Audio

Biomedical scientist Dr Steve Hodgkinson has more than 180 scientific publications and patents to his name. Now, he also has a novel called Unearthed, whose hero is a scientist. Unearthed is part… Audio

Rejection makes you stop in your tracks. No sooner do your eyes trace over the words: I am writing to inform you… Then your heart sinks, your eyes well with tears, the piece of paper falls to the… Audio

Poet and biographer Stephanie de Montalk tells the story of the chronic pain that she has lived with for more than a decade in her new book How Does it Hurt. The book also investigates the lives and… Audio

Author Paul Ewen on his comical creation, the alcoholic, Booker prize-obsessed, wannabe writer Francis Plug who causes chaos when he meets prize-winning authors. In his book Francis Plug: How to be a… Audio

Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and author of ten books, most recently The Sense of Style: the Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century.

Straddling the worlds of music, theatre and literary, British performance poet and rapper Kate Tempest chronicles the gritty underworld of her stomping ground, South East London. She's just released… Audio

Nick Bollinger talks to the self-proclaimed 'Dean of American Rock Critics' about modern pop, good writing and the changing role of the rock critic in age of the internet. Audio

Canadian group White Lung have a new album, Deep Fantasy. It's more melodic than their last album Sorry, and also much more metal. The group is fronted by Mish Way, a howling, take no prisoners front… Audio

Jaspreet Singh's novel 'Helium' addresses memories of the 1984 pogrom against the Sikhs following Indira Gandhi's assassination. He was a teenager in Delhi at the time, and writing the novel served to… Audio

Two health psychologists talk about the benefits of expressive writing for both mental and physical health. Audio