In this episode Pip Adam (that's me) answers questions about The New Animals This episode contains SPOILERS!! Thanks everyone for an awesome year! Better off Read is available on iTunes where you can subscribe by clicking here Better off Read is also available on PodBean where you can subscribe by clicking here Or you can listen to it … Continue reading Ep 61: The New Animals SPOILER Episode

It’s hard to explain why Anne Kennedy’s The Ice Shelf is so incredible – I think the only way to find out is to read it. I was lucky enough to speak with Anne about her amazing work at Unity Books in Wellington last week. Thanks to Anne, Unity Books Wellington and Victoria University Press … Continue reading Ep 60: Pip Adam talks to Anne Kennedy about ‘The Ice Shelf’ at Unity Books Wellington

Hi All, Toward the end of December we'll be recording a spoiler episode on The New Animals. You can ask questions here And I will try to answer them Thanks Pip  

Elizabeth Heritage is a Wellington-based freelancer working in the book trade and the New Zealand media. You can read about Elizabeth's work on her website One of Elizabeth's many skills is in the area of Copyright Licensing. From 2014 to 2017 she worked as the Communications Lead for Creative Commons Aotearoa NZ. On her website … Continue reading Ep 59: Pip Adam talks to Elizabeth Heritage about Copyright

This episode I caught up with poet, essayist and teacher Helen Heath. Helen recently published an astounding collection of poetry which poses the question Are Friends Electric? We got together to talk about Fleur Adcock's poem 'Gas', first published in her 1971 collection High Tide in the Garden and it's also available in Fleur Adcock Poems 1960-2000, and Helen's … Continue reading Ep 58: Pip Adam talks to Helen Heath about ‘Gas’ by Fleur Adcock and ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC? by Helen Heath

Last week at City Gallery I was part of Book Club where we discussed The Interregnum edited by Morgan Godfery and published by Bridget Williams Books as part of their BWB Text series. BWB Texts are short books on big subjects by great New Zealand writers. The Interregnum interrogates the future from the perspective of the generation who will … Continue reading Ep 57: Pip Adam talks to Morgan Godfery about ‘The Interregnum: Rethinking New Zealand’

On Wednesday 6 June, I spoke with Kirsten McDougall about my book The New Animals, published by Victoria University Press,  at an event at Unity Books in Wellington I enjoyed it a great deal and thanks to everyone who came along and thanks to Kirsten for organising it and thanks to Unity Books for hosting us. Thanks … Continue reading Ep 56: Kirsten McDougall talks to Pip Adam about The New Animals at Unity Books Wellington

On 16 February 2018, I was invited to be part this amazing event organised by poet and librarian Hannah Mettner to celebrate The Next Word exhibition which is on until 24 March at the Tunrnbull Library at the National Library. It was great to chat with Hera Lindsay Bird, Freya Daly Sadgrove and Tayi Tibble … Continue reading Ep 55: Personal Poetry TMI Live at The Next Word exhibition at Turnbull Gallery, National Library with Tayi Tibble, Freya Daly Sadgrove and Hera Lindsay Bird

In this episode I spoke with Eamonn Marra. Eamonn is a writer, comedian and DJ. Eamonn's 2017 work I,Will Jones is described as a 'A true-ish story about friendship, Animorphs, and becoming the person you want to be'. Eamonn is an incredibly clever and funny writer creating stand-up, theatre and fiction. The thing that seems so … Continue reading Ep 54: Pip Adam talks to Eamonn Marra about ‘Cream Reaper’ by Julie Koh and ‘Dog Farm, Food Game; by Eamonn Marra

This episode was recorded as part of LitCrawl 2017 It was recorded outside at the Te Auaha LitCrawl Pop-up We recorded it yesterday. Susie is a writer, multimedia artist and descendant of the Wergaia and Wemba Wemba people from North Western Victoria. Her practice is concerned with the distances between place and people, themes she … Continue reading Episode 53: Pip Adam talks to Susie Anderson at the LitCrawl Pop-Up