In this, the second in our Oryx and Crake series Pip talks with Wellington poet Bill Nelson. Bill and I talk about the place of memory and flashback in Atwood's Oryx and Crake. We also talk about how Snowman is possibly the worst last man and why that makes this book so compelling. Short story writer Antonia Bale is the … Continue reading Episode 46: Oryx and Crake Series 2 – Pip Adam talks to Bill Nelson

My first conversation in the series is with novelist Danyl McLauchlan. Atwood has described Oryx and Crake as speculative fiction and "adventure romance" rather than science fiction because it does not deal with things "we can't yet do or begin to do" and goes beyond the realism she associates with the novel form. Danyl and I talked about Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake … Continue reading Episode 45: Oryx and Crake Series 1 – Pip Adam talks to Danyl McLauchlan

In about a week and a half we are going to be publishing the first in a four part series of episodes about Margaret Atwood’s 2003 novel Oryx and Crake. The four episodes will play once a fortnight over the next couple of months. Oryx and Crake focuses on a post-apocalyptic character with the name of Snowman, living … Continue reading A Short Announcement: The ORYX AND CRAKE series

In this episode I talked with Murray Hewitt an artist who works mostly in video on the occasion of the recent screenings of his work The Rising Gale as part of Common Ground the Hutt Public Art Festival. The theme for the 2017 festival was Groundwater and explored our relationship with water - the Hutt River Te … Continue reading Episode 44: Pip Adam talks to artist Murray Hewitt

This is me reading a response I wrote as part of the City Gallery Wellington, Tuatara Open Late - My Favourite Cindy that was held on 2 February, 2017 My Favourite Cindy has been a series of quick-fire talks by a variety of people about their favourite works from Cindy Sherman a major exhibition of Sherman’s photography since 2000, … Continue reading Episode 43: Pip Adam My Favourite Cindy – Bobby and Cindi

In this episode Pip Adam talks with Danyl Mclauchlan about James Gleick's Time Travel: A History Danyl has written two novels, Unspeakable Secrets of the Aro Valley and Mysterious Mysteries of the Aro Valley both published by Victoria University Press. During this podcast we talk about Danyl's essays that appear on the The Spinoff you can read them here The … Continue reading Episode 42: Danyl Mclauchlan and Pip Adam talk about Time Travel: A History by James Gleick

In this, our last episode for 2016, Rachel O'Neill and Pip Adam talk about Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts Rachel is amazing. You can read and see her amazingness on her website here If you enjoyed listening to people talk about The Argonauts you might be interested in the Book Club being run as part of the Tuatara Open … Continue reading Episode 41: Rachel O’Neill and Pip Adam talk about The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Starling is an online literary journal showcasing the best new poetry and prose from young New Zealand writers. As part of LitCrawl this Saturday (12 November 2016) Starling will be presenting Open Hearts: New Writing from Starling. Image: RŪAUMOKO by Miriama Grace-Smith To celebrate this we spoke with Founder/Editor and writer, Louise Wallace, and Co-Editor and … Continue reading Episode 40: Starling

In this episode I talk to Helen Lehndorf. Helen is a poet. Her book The Comforter is published by Seraph Press She she has just release her new book,  Write to the Centre with Haranui Press I got together with Helen to talk about Sketchbooks a book about the visual journals of Derek Jarman. You can read more about Helen … Continue reading Episode 39: Helen Lehndorf and Pip Adam talk about Sketchbooks by Derek Jarman

Lee Posna's collection of poetry Arboretum  will be launched on 17 October at 17 Tory Street at 6pm by FIR Press which you can read about here Lee's work has appeared previously published by Compound Press and in the journal Minarets Better off Read is available on iTunes where you can subscribe by clicking here Better off Read is … Continue reading Episode 38: Lee Posna and Pip Adam talk about Arboretum