
Writers’ Round Table | 2020
Rough guides, truest voices: the Ockhams 2020 Fiction Round Table.
13/05/2020
Rough guides, truest voices: the Ockhams 2020 Fiction Round Table.
Rough guides, truest voices: the Ockhams 2020 Fiction Round Table.
13/05/2020
Rough guides, truest voices: the Ockhams 2020 Fiction Round Table.
Vincent O'Sullivan on the drive to write, the contradictions of fiction, and the dangers of lingering in the poetry hot-house.
06/04/2020
‘I’m sceptical about any group who want others to regard them as special.’
David Howard learns how to appear in Ulyanovsk, City of Literature.
27/02/2020
David Howard learns how to appear in Ulyanovsk, City of Literature.
Thom Conroy asks: is historical fiction New Zealand’s defining genre?
28/08/2019
Thom Conroy asks: is historical fiction New Zealand’s defining genre?
Elspeth Sandys illuminates the life of an extraordinary New Zealander.
28/08/2019
Elspeth Sandys illuminates the life of an extraordinary New Zealander.
Writers' Round Table: the fiction finalists at the Ockham NZ Book Awards discuss influences, indignation, politics and passions.
09/05/2019
Writers’ Round Table: the fiction finalists at the Ockham NZ Book Awards discuss influences, indignation, politics and passions.
Maxine Alterio on researching novels at home and abroad.
18/04/2019
Maxine Alterio on researching novels at home and abroad.
Karl Stead and Mark Broatch discuss crossing lines, carrying on and writing well.
08/03/2019
‘I’m basically cheerful’. Stead at 86, on the work of a lifetime.
‘If Oceania is a continent, then it is a continent as complex as Europe’. David Eggleton in London for the Royal Academy of Art’s ‘blockbuster’ show.
06/03/2019
‘If Oceania is a continent, then it is a continent as complex as Europe’. David Eggleton in London for the Royal Academy of Art’s ‘blockbuster’ show.
Celebrate Pride month with an LGBTQI book.
04/02/2019
Celebrate Pride month with an LGBTQI book.
Fiona Kidman on a ‘split personality’ in London and Paris.
31/07/2018
Fiona Kidman on a ‘split personality’ in London and Paris.
Owen Marshall's 2017 New Zealand Book Council Lecture
25/07/2018
Owen Marshall’s 2017 New Zealand Book Council Lecture
Fiona Farrell: What makes a work of the imagination ‘political’?
26/05/2018
What makes a work of the imagination ‘political’?
David Taylor assesses the 20/20 Poetry Collection, and what we’re exploring – and avoiding – in our literature of unease.
27/04/2018
David Taylor assesses the 20/20 Poetry Collection, and what we’re exploring – and avoiding – in our literature of unease.
Stephanie Johnson on definitions and disguises, and the risks of writing under a pseudonym.
27/04/2018
Stephanie Johnson on definitions and disguises, and the risks of writing under a pseudonym.
Anne Kennedy finds a place to think in the country of dream-merchants.
22/12/2017
Anne Kennedy finds a place to think in the country of dream-merchants
Fleur Adcock and Emma Neale discuss parallel activities, chance findings and the many angles of place.
14/12/2017
‘There are so many different kinds of poem’ – Fleur Adcock
#NZChristmasBookChallenge - NZ writer, NZ publisher, NZ book shop. Support our writers and our industry.
14/12/2017
#NZChristmasBookChallenge – NZ writer, NZ publisher, NZ book shop. Support our writers and our industry.
Michael Harlow crosses frontiers and shines light at the World Poetry Festival in Romania
14/12/2017
Michael Harlow crosses frontiers and shines light at the World Poetry Festival in Romania.
Not enough diversity in your reading diet? Here are 21 reasons to buy/borrow/read books by Maori and Pasifika writers right away.
07/06/2017
Not enough diversity in your reading diet? Here are 21 reasons to buy/borrow/read books by Maori and Pasifika writers right away.
What kind of house does our literature inhabit?
07/06/2017
What kind of house does our literature inhabit?
Bernadette Hall and Lloyd Jones discuss the mysteries of language, dangerous jokes and pitching tents in strange lands.
23/02/2017
‘The magic occurs in the connecting but voice is what makes us believe.’
Catherine Robertson travels to Kenya to shed light on the shadows in her family history.
23/02/2017
Catherine Robertson travels to Kenya to shed light on the shadows in her family history.
On the face of it, New Zealand's turn as guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair four years ago was a great success. But what have our writers and publishers got to show for it? Mark Broatch investigates.
08/12/2016
On the face of it, New Zealand’s turn as guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair four years ago was a great success. But what have our writers and publishers got to show for it? Mark Broatch investigates.
'...poetry makes intimate everything that it touches.' - Michael Harlow