Our Many Pasts: Historical Fiction
Thom Conroy asks: is historical fiction New Zealand’s defining genre?
28/08/2019
Features
‘A Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley’ by Elspeth Sandys
Elspeth Sandys illuminates the life of an extraordinary New Zealander.
28/08/2019
Writers’ Round Table | May 2019
Writers' Round Table: the fiction finalists at the Ockham NZ Book Awards discuss influences, indignation, politics and passions.
09/05/2019
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.
09/05/2019
Interviews
The Interview – C.K. Stead
Karl Stead and Mark Broatch discuss crossing lines, carrying on and writing well.
08/03/2019
The Interview – Fleur Adcock
Fleur Adcock and Emma Neale discuss parallel activities, chance findings and the many angles of place.
14/12/2017
The Interview – Lloyd Jones
Bernadette Hall and Lloyd Jones discuss the mysteries of language, dangerous jokes and pitching tents in strange lands.
23/02/2017
In Memory of Sir James McNeish
Bernard Brown's eulogy for acclaimed writer and ANZL Fellow Sir James McNeish.
24/11/2016
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