Writing

For the first time in the 21-year history of the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement", all three categories were won by women. Lee Murray picked up the fiction award, non-fiction went to… Audio

The author of 10 novels, Colm Tóibín speaks with Kim Hill in 2022 about his 2021 Folio Prize winning book ‘The Magician’, a fictionalised account of the life of Thomas Mann. Tóibín’s novels ‘The… Audio

American writer David Sedaris is famous for his self-deprecating and highly personal essay collections which manage to… Audio

Perhaps this year's letter to Santa will reap more benefit than just what's under the tree on Christmas morning. Daniel M. Oppenheimer is a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in the… Audio

Motueka police officer Stefen Harris leads a double life as a frontline responder and an award-winning writer and film director who's worked with Mel Gibson, Mark Hadlow and Jed Brophy, among others… Video, Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

The 2022 Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Panui features the eminent writer Dame Fiona Kidman talking about her life as a reader and writer. Audio

Leila Mottley is the youngest writer ever to be long-listed for the Booker Prize. She was 17 when her book Nightcrawling was completed and 19 when it was published by Bloomsbury worldwide. The… Audio

Tim Saunders writes about his life and work on the land, the lessons handed down from his ancestors and the challenges of present day farming. The family sheep and beef farm at Glen Oroua, near… Audio

Today is the time for an annual literary tradition on Afternoons. The announcement of the winner of the Surrey Hotel-Newsroom writers residency award happens today. Steve Braunias from Newsroom joins… Audio

 At the Big Screen Symposium in Tamaki Makarau this weekend, a panel of writers will compare and contrast working in ideas for games, film and television. Panellist Henry Feltham from Dunedin talks to… Audio

American author Marissa Meyer has spent much of the past decade reimagining the classic fairy stories we think we know so well, and turning them into smash hits. Her first novel, Cinder, became a New… Audio

We've done lots of stories in recent years in praise of flash fiction - the always popular short-short story. But Wellington-based writer Craig Gamble prefers his short stories on the long side and… Audio, Gallery

Michelle Rahurahu reviews Out Here: An Anthology of Takatapui and LGBTQU+ Writers from Aotearoa edited by Emma Barnes and Chris Tse, published by Auckland University Press. Audio

Georgia Pritchett's memoir is called My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety. Audio

Today's music feature guest is the author and musician Sam George-Allen. She'll be Zooming into Verb Readers & Writers Festival from Tasmania this week to talk about her book Witches: What Women Do… Audio

Ōtepoti writer Emma Neale speaks about her latest book The Pink Jumpsuit,  a mix of short through to ultra short flash fiction. Audio

A perfect activity for those of us interested in both writing and architecture, The Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing is open for entries - with a new category to include our tamariki too!

The clock is ticking to enter the first ever Nine to Noon Short Story Competition! We already have hundreds of entries!  The prize? Five winning stories will be produced for radio and broadcast on… Audio