A Polish Writer in Exile: An Interview with Etgar Keret
March 17, 2016
At New Zealand Festival Writers Week, the Israeli short fiction writer opens up about his first foray into narrative non-fiction, The Seven Good Years.
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All Your Wants and Needs Overseas: An Interview with The PlayGround Collective
February 23, 2016
Robin Kerr and Eli Kent on staging their show All Your Wants and Needs Fulfilled Forever internationally, creative practice, and theatre culture in New Zealand.
“Every artist could probably quote their worst review word-perfect”
February 17, 2016
In Sydney, a dialogue on British artist Grayson Perry with the Museum of Contemporary Art’s chief curator, Rachel Kent.
Silo Theatre in 2016
February 15, 2016
An interview with Silo Theatre’s artistic director Sophie Roberts.
“I feel like I was born for the Internet”
February 11, 2016
Mallory Ortberg, satirist and co-founder of The Toast, talks humour, femslash, and her conflicting soft spot for Ayn Rand ahead of New Zealand Festival Writers Week.
From Soft Bomb to Silver Bullets
December 24, 2015
Martin Phillipps on The Chills’ long-awaited new album, Silver Bullets.
Catching up with Lord Echo
December 23, 2015
Mike Fabulous, aka Lord Echo, on collaborating with fellow DJ Julien Dyne on LORD JULIEN, his follow-up to 2013’s Curiosities, and the Sydney Festival.
After Shakespeare:
Tim Crouch on I, Peaseblossom
December 4, 2015
For the first time in New Zealand, Tim Crouch will present his alternate take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Auckland theatregoers.
Beyond Freaks: KooKoo the Birdgirl
November 9, 2015
An interview with performer Sarah Houbolt, whose new show explores the dark history of circus through the mysterious life of character from Tod Browning’s Freaks.
Crushing Riffs, Climbing Mountains: TRIUMPHS
November 2, 2015
Mat Anderson and John Bollen of two-piece Dunedin heavy band TRIUMPHS on making music, channeling Sir Edmund Hillary, and what they listen to on the road.
Understanding The Lesson:
An Interview with Matt Baker
October 27, 2015
A conversation about staging Eugene Ionesco’s “Theatre of the Absurd.”
A Slut for Beauty:
An Interview with Sarah Jane Barnett
October 22, 2015
Inside Sarah Jane Barnett’s remarkable new book of poems, WORK.
Travelling with The Eversons
October 9, 2015
The Eversons’ Mark Turner on migrating from Auckland to London and what to expect from the band’s forthcoming sophomore album, Stuck In New Zealand.
Reading Manifesto 2083: An Interview with Anders Falstie-Jensen
September 28, 2015
The controversial Danish play on Norwegian extremist Anders Breivik comes to Auckland’s Basement Theatre.
An Interview with Eamonn Marra
September 17, 2015
Returning for a season at the Basement Theatre in September, Eamonn Marra’s Respite finds laughter and sadness through literary influence.
Anna Smaill on The Chimes
September 15, 2015
On the eve of this year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist announcement, nominee Anna Smaill talks in-depth about her captivating debut novel, The Chimes.
SJD on Saint John Divine
September 3, 2015
SJD walks us through the creative process behind his latest and greatest album, Saint John Divine.
Behind Bubblelands
August 21, 2015
An interview with award-winning playwright Renee Liang, whose new creation is a fable of fishy sentience, ecology, and sashimi set in a Chinese restaurant.
To describe with intense clarity
May 25, 2015
The Auckland Writers Festival refracted through a dialogue with Haruki Murakami interviewer John Freeman.
On Where the Rekohu Bone Sings
May 12, 2015
A conversation about damaging myths, Moriori ancestry, and fluid cultural identities with novelist Tina Makereti.