Ep 76: Sound Series 4 – Sinead Overbye and Charlotte Forrester

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This is the fourth of our ten-part Sound Series where I talk to writers and artists about their work in relation to sounds they have chosen.

In this episode I talk to Sinead Overbye and Charlotte Forrester.

  • Sinead Overbye
  • Charlotte Forrester (Photo by Haz Forrester)

Sinead chose the song ‘Give it To Me’ by Motte. A great way to meet this song is through this music video

Charlotte, also chose a song, ‘Seekers Who Are Lovers’ by the Cocteau Twins which you can listen to on Spotify and below

Exercise:

What’s the most beautiful word in the world?

Maybe you’d like to take a minute or two to write down words, word combinations or sentences that you think are beautiful.

Then you might like to record these.

You may like to miss out the step of writing down and try composing beautiful sounds out loud and on the fly.

Exercise Showcase

At the end of this series I’m going to make an episode showcasing the responses to these exercises. Maybe you would be willing to share your exercises for this showcase.

You can leave your recordings or links to recordings in the comments below.

You can also email me them to me at: betterreadnz@gmail.com

If your sound files are big you can share a Google Drive link or use a service like WeTranfer

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Ep 164: Terri Te Tau and pip adam talk about The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances – Better off Read

September is such an exciting month because it sees the launch of The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances an amazing novel written by Terri Te Tau and published by Spoor Books The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances is a wildly good book. It's a stunning work of science fiction that speaks really clearly to our current moment. Spoor Books describe it as, 'A remarkable debut that follows one close-knit Māori community and the Wairarapa forest they are fighting to restore.' i found it so compelling and beautiful. My copy arrived in the post a couple of days ago and as well as this being an amazing work of fiction it is also a really beautiful object – like all the other Spoor Books i have. i can't recommend this book highly enough! This podcast was recorded at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre is a not-for-profit charity managing an unfenced breeding sanctuary for native wildlife. 'Our 942-hectare forest is home to wild birds. Inside our aviaries we hatch kiwi, kākā and kākāriki for release across Aotearoa New Zealand. We are located on the border of the beautiful Tararua and Wairarapa regions, on the north island of Aotearoa New Zealand.' You can support Pūkaha by becoming a member, donating or volunteering. For more information visit the Pūkaha website You can support Better off Read financially at Buy Better off Read a Coffee Music in Better off Read was made by Brent McIntyre. Better off Read website it here: https://better-read.com/
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