Call Mr Robeson is playing in Wellington until March 1 as part of the NZ Fringe. Its first week sold out, but if you're quick you can get tickets here You can read about the NZ Fringe show in this article You can read more about the play and see a trailer here I saw … Continue reading Episode 11: Pip Adam talks to Tayo Aluko about his play ‘Call Mr Robeson: A Life, With Songs’

This weekend I'll be attending a performance of the NZ Fringe Festival performance of Call Mr Robeson: A Life, With Songs a play about the actor, singer and civil rights campaigner Paul Robeson. I'll be following this up by recording some thoughts and reflections about the play and Robeson's life which will be available on … Continue reading Special Episode Coming Up: Call Mr Robeson: A Life, With Songs

Maria McMillan's mostly Scottish and English ancestors settled in Southland in the late nineteenth century. Maria was born and brought up in Ōtautahi / Christchurch. She grew up on the side of a hill with a view of the mountains and rooms full of books. Maria has campaigned on feminist, peace, poverty and other human … Continue reading Episode 10: Maria McMillan and Pip Adam talk about The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

This week Bo and I spoke about Calvin and Hobbes - I know, I know, I said it would be Tintin but he changed his mind, although he asked me to to write here that actually we couldn't find the Tintin book. Which we now have. Bo and I talk about Calvin and Hobbes, life … Continue reading Episode 8: Bo Adam and Pip Adam talk about Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson

Helen Rickerby and I are neighbours but the first time I met her she was reading, with two other people, her poem for three voices The Happiness of Mary Shelley which you can read here Helen publishes great books at Seraph Press including Nina Powles collection Girls of the Drift Helen is a poet, editor … Continue reading Episode 6: Helen Rickerby and Pip Adam talk about Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Max and I had a great chat about Anne Carson's verse narrative Autobiography of Red. I really enjoyed talking with Max about verse narrative as a form.   A few hours ago Max sent me an email with this extra bit of insight: 'I just had a thought which was that the form of the … Continue reading Episode 5: Max L. Chapnick and Pip Adam talk about Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

This week, part two of the Roadwords Special. This is the full event that was held at Wanaka Public Library on October 7. I hope your enjoy it. Better off Read is available on PodBean where you can subscribe by clicking here Or you can listen to it here: Better off Read: Episode 4 Part … Continue reading Episode 4 Part 2: Roadwords Wanaka Event

This week we're trying something a bit different. In October, Dunedin based novelist Laurence Fearnley; Kāpiti fiction and non-fiction writer, Tina Makereti; Kāpiti fiction writer Lawrence Patchett and Pip went on a tour of New Zealand southern towns, calling at Ōamaru, Dunedin, Gore, Te Anau and Wanaka. They read from new work and talked about … Continue reading Episode 4 Part 1: Roadwords Special

It was rainy the day Dave and I got together to talk about Moby Dick. Rainy and howling windy. It felt like a tempest. We recorded the episode in Lawrence Patchett's writing shed, Sarah Bainbridge was on her way over, we were having afternoon tea together and ended up playing Scattergories. I remember we got … Continue reading Episode 3: David Fleming and Pip Adam talk about Moby Dick by Herman Melville