Pip Adam
Pip Adam on her new novel "Nothing to See"
Local author Pip Adam's latest book Nothing to See follows intertwining characters navigating sobriety and surveillance capitalism in three snapshots taken 12 years apart. The book follows her… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip Adam looks at a book from an author she mentions a lot, Jackson Nieuwland. Their latest book is called "I am a human being". Audio
Repetition in writing
Book critic Pip Adam's looks at how repetition works in three books and in poetry, and reviews a short story. Audio
Writing through the lockdown with Pip Adam
Author and writing teacher Pip Adam shares some ideas for writing exercises. Audio
Pip Adam - conversation is a form of creation
Reviewer Pip Adam says she's had the privilege of seeing one of her heroes, Laurie Anderson, twice this week and that both events got her thinking about collaboration and improvisation and… Audio
Pip Adam looks at George Saunders books
George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist… Audio
How to keep track of the books you read
Writer and reviewer Pip Adams gets through a lot of books in a year, and has been looking at great ways to remember what you read. Audio
2019 Literary Moments: Pip Adam, Rachael King & Claire Mabey
The Booker, The Ockham, Atwood, Knox, The closure of the New Zealand Review of Books, covering up white suprematist posters in Newmarket with Hone Tuwahre's poem 'Rain', and Lloyd Jones' proclaiming… Audio
Independent book publishing in Aotearoa
Writer and reviewer Pip Adam looks at where independent publishing sits within the Aotearoa literary scene and how communities are built up around the publications. Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Pip looks ahead to The City Gallery Wellington Book Club this Thursday 7 November as part of Tuatara Open Late which sees the gallery open after hours for music, food, drink and discussions about art… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Pip looks forward to the Verb Wellington Festival next month which runs from the 6-10 of November and the Dominic Hoey, Michael Pedersen, Omar Musa New Zealand Tour Pip also reviews Diary of a Mui Mui… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
New Zealand is a farming nation so for today's book review, Pip Adam talks about three bits of writing that are sparked by ideas of farming animals - and perhaps our relationship to the animals that… Audio
Book critic: Pip Adam
Pip has been thinking about books and war, after she saw bill-boards for a new television adaptation of Catch 22. She reviews Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019) by Ocean… Audio
Book review by Pip Adam
Pip reviews The Radicals, by Marolyn Krasner; The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox and she talks about the latest edition to the Future Library Project. Audio
Pip Adam surveys creative non-fiction
Author and critic Pip Adam goes on a journey into the world of new creative non-fiction being written in Aotearoa. Audio
Books with Pip Adam
Book critic Pip Adam talks about the books she's recommending to start 2019. She's been thinking about the importance of belief in a novel even if it's fiction. Pip is going to talk about the books… Audio
The Kiwis who made a big impression in 2018
A pay equity campaigner, a surfing mathematician and teenage Winter Olympic medallists are among the Kiwis whose efforts stood out in 2018.
Book critic: Pip Adam
Pip looks at books that are unexpectedly comforting. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, Sea Oak and The Simplica Girl Diaries by George Saunders, and Beatrix Potter's collected… Audio