In this episode Aaron Lister, Curator, City Gallery Wellington, and I talk about the work of Fiona Pardington. A Beautiful Hesitation is the largest exhibition of photographer Fiona Pardington’s work to date. With over a hundred photographs spanning thirty years of practice, the show provides a unique opportunity to trace relationships across Pardington’s work that … Continue reading Episode 30: Aaron Lister and Pip Adam talk about Fiona Pardington: A Beautiful Hesitation

In this episode I speak with Simon Sweet man about Leonard Cohen's Stranger Music a collection of poems and songs. You can read Simon's writing on his blog Off the Tracks In this episode we talk about Simon's book On Song: Stories Behind New Zealand's Pop Classics which has also been made into a series on Radio … Continue reading Episode 29: Simon Sweetman and Pip Adam talk about Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen

This episode celebrates the Porirua People's Library (PPL) a project that took place as part of the Transitional Economic Zone of Aotearoa (TEZA) / Porirua November 2015 As part of the PPL I worked with people in Porirua Mall to create a fictional issue of the newspaper called The Made-Up Times, which you can read … Continue reading Episode 28: Porirua People’s Library at TEZA

In this episode I talk to Sarah Jane Barnett about Anne Kennedy's The Time of the Giants. Last episode we celebrated the launch of Sarah Jane's new book Work This episode includes sounds released under Creative Commons licenses from Freesound.org Thanks to Freesound users: kwahmah_02 and The Baron Better off Read is available on iTunes where you can subscribe … Continue reading Episode 27: Sarah Jane Barnett and Pip Adam talk about The Time of the Giants by Anne Kennedy

On Thursday at VicBooks Sarah Jane Barnett and Hue and Cry celebrated the launch of Sarah's new collection of poetry Work I'm talking with Sarah in the next episode about Anne Kennedy's The Time of the Giants  In the meantime please enjoy this episode with some of the highlights from the launch. Here's some photos taken by … Continue reading Episode 26: The Launch of WORK by Sarah Jane Barnett

A fundraising celebration of radical and independent publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond was held on Saturday September 26, 2015 at Moon Bar in Newtown, Wellington. AK Press is a worker-run, collectively managed anarchist publishing and distribution company, in operation since 1990. On March 21st of this year, a fire in a building behind AK’s … Continue reading Episode 25: Rebel Moon: An AK Benefit

This week I spoke to Tim Corballis about his new book R.H.I. published by Victoria University press. Here is a video loop Tim put together which played at the celebration of the launch of the book.   You can also listen to an interview with Tim on Plains FM here  Better off Read is available … Continue reading Episode 24: Tim Corballis and Pip Adam talk about Tim’s new book R.H.I.

Pukeahu: An Exploration Anthology is a place-based anthology of waiata, poems, essays, and fiction about Pukeahu / Mt Cook, a small hill in Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand that rises between two streams. You can read Pukeahu at http://pukeahuanthology.org Better off Read is available on iTunes where you can subscribe by clicking here Better off Read is also available on PodBean … Continue reading Episode 23: Pukeahu: An Exploratory Anthology

In this episode I speak to Joe Buchanan amazing reader, writer and scientist about Stanislaw Lem's Solaris. You can read Joe's thesis here You can see the research specimens he collected for his thesis here Better off Read is available on iTunes where you can subscribe by clicking here Better off Read is also available on … Continue reading Episode 22: Joe Buchanan and Pip Adam talk about Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

This episode we are celebrating the publication of Lynn Jenner's new book Lost and Gone Away launched by Auckland University press this week. You can read more about Lynn at her website PINKLIGHT Better off Read is available on iTunes where you can subscribe by clicking here Better off Read is also available on PodBean … Continue reading Episode 21: Celebrating the Launch of Lynn Jenner’s Lost and Gone Away