Literature
A biography of skin
Skin cancer and literature is an unlikely combination but they're both big players in the life of Dr Sharad Paul. He writes medical textbooks, poetry and fiction. The Auckland cancer specialist and… Audio
Entangled Islands
A revealing collection of poems and ultra-short stories introduces us to many characters in the life of writer Serie Barford. Most are real, some are hybrids of people she's known, and together they… Audio
The life and works of poet laureate Ted Hughes
Sir Jonathan Bate was knighted this year for his services to literary scholarship. The Professor of English Literature at Oxford University has many strings to his bow, including biographer, critic… Audio
Jo Randerson: RAD Talks
RAD Talks is the Barbarian Productions contribution to this year's LitCrawl Festival in Wellington. Director Jo Randerson talks about the idea behind it. Audio
Anna Jackson: Poet
Poet Anna Jackson has been awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for 2015. She tells Eva about her plans. Audio
Chris Bourke: Lilburn Research Fellow
Chris Bourke will deliver the 2015 Lilburn Lecture on Wednesday at the National Library in Wellington. He talks to Clarissa Dunn about that lecture and his current work as Lilburn Research Fellow at… Audio
Claire Mabey: LitCrawl and the Tauranga Arts Festival
Claire Mabey has a busy few weeks ahead of her; she's in charge of both the Tauranga Arts Festival and Wellington's LitCrawl writers and readers events. Audio
Ban on Into the River novel lifted
Banned book Into the River can now be bought, borrowed and displayed after a decision by the Film and Literature Board to classify it as unrestricted.
Jacquetta Bell: Nelson Readers and Writers
Jacquetta Bell looks after the Readers and Writers portion of the Nelson Arts Festival. She tells Eva what they have planned. Audio
Conrad Newport: 'Gifted'
Conrad Newport is the director for the Circa Theatre season of 'Gifted': playwright Patrick Evans' work about the strange coexistence of New Zealand authors Frank Sargeson and Janet Frame. Audio
Elizabeth Salmon on Peter Godfrey
'Peter Godfrey: Father of New Zealand Choral Music' is written by Elizabeth Salmon, and chronicles the conductor's life and work in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. She describes Godfrey's approach… Audio
Victor Rodger and Chris Gendall: Otago University Arts Fellows
Playwright Victor Rodger has been named as the 2016 Robbie Burns Fellow, and composer Chris Gendall is next year's Mozart Fellow. They tell Eva about their plans for the residencies. 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
Vincent O'Donnell and Lucy Sussex, New Zealand Author
Upbeat Australian correspondent interviews the Christchurch-born, Melbourne-based author about her latest book: 'Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'. Audio
The Best of Upbeat for 10 July 2015
In this week's episode: Eva speaks to British architecture writer Owen Hatherley, before catching up with the star Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko ahead of his New Zealand Symphony Orchestra… Audio
The Best of Upbeat for 3 July 2015
In this week's episode, Eva meets the Belgian cornet virtuoso Harmen Vanhoorne, Roger Horrocks introduces his new collection of Len Lye's writings, and David Morriss talks to Edo de Waart: the brand… Audio
The Invisible Mile
Competitive team cycling and warfare are inextricably linked in David Coventry's debut novel, The Invisible Mile, set during the 1928 Tour de France. This was the first time an English-speaking team… Audio
The fanciful adventures of Don Quixote
The fanciful adventures of Cervantes' deluded knight Don Quixote and his hapless squire Sancho Panza have inspired painters, filmmakers, composers and philosophers ever since the Spanish Golden Age… Audio, Gallery
Micro Madness
National Flash Fiction Day is a celebration of extremely short fiction (works consisting of 1000 words or less), and this year micro fiction - works consisting of a word count of 100 words or less… Audio
Starling Magazine
Recently we've discussed lost opportunities for our young writers with the end of several literary competitions. But there is now a new outlet for writers under 25 to have their work published. Poet… Audio