Short Story
The Reading Revolution taking Aotearoa by storm
There's a reading revolution happening in Aotearoa; a community initiative where people are coming together (albeit by Zoom right now) to read literature aloud and chat about whatever a story or poem… Audio
Standing Room Only - Elizabeth Smither and The Piano Girls
Standing Room Only's Lynn Freeman interviews Elizabeth Smither the authour of The Piano Girls. Audio
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Newsroom to publish weekly new NZ short stories
Reports of the demise of the short story are greatly exaggerated, according to author, columnist and Newsroom's books editor Steve Braunias. Audio
‘Janet Frame – the closest thing we have to genius in this country’s writing’
Owen Marshall, the country's leading writer of short stories surveys his chosen literary form in his 2017 Book Council Lecture, talking of the authors who have influenced him, and his audiences. Audio
Short Story Club 16 November 2017
On Saturday 11th November Jesse hosted Short Story Club Live at Litcrawl. Three short stories were discussed, all unpublished. They were selected from around 50 stories submitted. Audio
Short Story Club
Today we'll be talking about a new short story, Alexander, Two, by Sarah Quigley. Email us your thoughts on the story. Jesse@radionz.co.nz. The writer of the best email will receive a copy of Sarah… Audio
You Call this Art 2014 Part 1
In front of a Wellington audience, composer Ross Harris, film-maker Louis Sutherland and poets Geoff Cochrane and Bill Manhire discuss differences and similarities in their approaches to creativity… Video, Audio
Wild Tales - film review
Simon Morris reviews Wild Tales, an Oscar-nominated Argentinian collection of short, dark stories of revenge, and surprise… Audio
Lorrie Moore: keeping it short
American short story writer and novelist, and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Her first new collection of stories in fifteen years is Bark. Audio