Maurice Shadbolt
Philip Temple - The life of Maurice Shadbolt
New Zealand journalist and award-winning author Maurice Shadbolt believed New Zealanders should tell their own stories - and now his story is being told in Life as a Novel: A biography of Maurice… Audio
The Drama hour for 20 December 2015
Voices of Gallipoli by Maurice Shadbolt adapted for radio by Antony Groser. One hundred years ago today the last NZ soldier was evacuated from Gallipoli. This drama adapted from a book with the same… Audio
Murray Gray: Going West
Murray Gray and his wife Naomi McLeary began running their 'Going West Books and Writers Festival' 20 years ago. They celebrate the milestone this weekend, with the biggest festival yet. Murray tells… Audio
Southern theatre and Chunuk Bair
South Island theatre director of a new production of Once on Chunuk Bair by Maurice Shadbolt, which is being staged at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch, to coincide with the 100-year anniversary… Audio
The Book Awards return and The Shadbolt Residency begins
New Zealand's writers were relieved to find out during the week that the New Zealand Book Awards have been resurrected thanks to an anonymous donation. There's more good news: writer Maurice… Audio
Christopher Pugsley on military history
Military historian Christopher Pugsley talks with John McCrystal about his career, the business of writing about the First World War, and it contemporary resonances. Audio
The Mountain who Wanted to Live in a House by Maurice Shadbolt
Read by Peter Land
Young Thomas saves his town from a wandering mountain who wants to live in a house, and helps the mountain move back to where he belongs.
For ages 8-12 years. Audio