Contributing Writer
Kirsti Whalen talks to prize-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about craft, writing education, and proving yourself through hard work.
One week ago, the letter arrived in the post. I’m three days away from discovering whether or not I’ve inherited the gene mutation that caused my mother’s cancer, and I’m terrified.
I don’t know, yet, if I’m going to be able to love you well. But I’m trying.
We chat to Man Booker Prize long listee Anna Smaill about literary culture in New Zealand and beyond.
Witi Ihimaera talks about his speech at the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival and literature in Aotearoa
Kirsti Whalen chats to Luka Lesson about his New Zealand spoken word tour
Kirsti Whalen on the representation of disability in the media.