The Interview – C.K. Stead
Mark Broatch in conversation with C.K Stead - February 2019
Karl Stead and Mark Broatch discuss crossing lines, carrying on and writing well.
‘I’m basically cheerful’. Stead at 86, on the work of a lifetime.
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‘Poems have tended to ambush me every few decades.’ – Fiona Kidman
Our Many Pasts: Historical Fiction
Thom Conroy asks: is historical fiction New Zealand’s defining genre?
‘A Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley’ by Elspeth Sandys
Elspeth Sandys illuminates the life of an extraordinary New Zealander.
Writers’ Round Table | May 2019
Writers' Round Table: the fiction finalists at the Ockham NZ Book Awards discuss influences, indignation, politics and passions.
Ockham Shortlist 2019: ‘All This by Chance’ by Vincent O’Sullivan
An excerpt from the novel shortlisted for this year’s Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Ockham Shortlist 2019: ‘Memory Pieces’ by Maurice Gee
An excerpt from the memoir shortlisted for this year’s Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Ockham Winner 2019: ‘This Mortal Boy’ by Fiona Kidman
An excerpt from the novel shortlisted for this year’s Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Conversation/Kōrero: Tracey Slaughter and Sarah Strickley
Go dark or go home: Tracey Slaughter and Sarah Strickley dive deep.
'Novels stand outside time, with their narrative structure of beginning, middle and end. They outlast politics, which are by nature ephemeral, swift and changeable and can quickly become invisible, detectable only to the skilled eye. ' - Fiona Farrell