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Load up your TBR pile with some excellent reading recommendations from the Papercuts team.Books reviewed this episode:KD: The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw and We Run the Tides by Vendela VidaLK: Fake Accounts by Lauren OylerJT: No One is Talking about This by Patricia LockwoodNot books:KD: We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida.LK: The Sopranos on Neon; Obscure Season 2: Frankenstein JT: The Casketeers season 4 on TVNZThe TBR Pile:KD: Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly, Foghorn’s Lament by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Animal by Lisa Taddeo, Times Like These by Michelle Langstone, My Rock & Roll Friend by Tracey Thorn LK: The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz; Times Like These by Michelle LangstoneJT: The Believers by Sarah Krasnostein, How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps her House by Cherie Jones, My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee, Klara and the Sun by Ishiguro, Luster by Raven Leilani, How to Murder Your Life by Cat MarnellThis is the final episode of Papercuts – for now! We’ll be taking a hiatus from your feeds while we plot our next move. Thank you so much to our listeners, our producer Tina and The Spinoff Podcast Network!Keep in touch: Email: papercutspod@gmail.comTwitter: @papercutspodInstagram: @papercutspod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sit back, relax and let Jenna, Kiran and Louisa tempt you with the best new books to add to your reading pile.It’s the most exciting time of the year in the New Zealand book world as the Ockham New Zealand Book Award longlist has just been announced. We also have a line up of three New Zealand books for review and have a wee look at what’s on the reading pile and coming out in 2021.Mentioned in this episode...BooksKD: Gangland by Jared Savage, with a mention of Patched by Jarrod Gilbert (HarperCollins NZ)Mary Holm on RNZ’s BookmarksGyles Beckford on RNZ’s BookmarksLK:Victory Park by Rachel Kerr (Makaro Press)Kiran’s interview with Rachel for the NZ Herald.JT: Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey (VUP)Not BooksKD: Michael Apted’s Seven Up series LK: What Writers and Editors Do by Karl Ove Knausgaard on The Paris Review blogJT: Bling Empire and Pretend it’s a City (both Netflix)The TBR PileKD: The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw, A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion, Kitchenly 434 by Alan Warner, The Young Team by Graeme ArmstrongLK: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, At Freddie’s by Penelope Fitzgerald, with a mention of I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithJT: Remaining Ockham fiction longlist to read: Bug Week by Airini Beautrais and Toto Among the Murderers by Sally MorganBook NewsThe Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist is announcedThe 2021 samesame but different festival will run from February 10 - 14 in the Ellen Melville CentreThe Rathbones Folio Prize Longlist has been announced! Some great reads to add to your pile, including ol’ Shuggie BainGet in touch with PapercutsEmail: papercutspod@gmail.comTweet: @papercutspodInstagram: @papercutspod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pour yourself some eggnog and join the hosts of The Spinoff’s podcast network for our annual Superpod round up of the year that was.Representing Gone By Lunchtime, Dietary Requirements, The Real Pod, Papercuts, The Fold and On The Rag our hosts dive into the key events, issues, heroes and villains of 2020.From National’s botched election campaign to Ben Thomas’ take on TikTok, via the collapse of Bauer, the rise of oat milk, with a detour through controversial frozen grapes and Simon’s Sausage Spot, there’s something for everyone in this year’s Superpod. Featuring special guests producer T and Covid-19. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Papercuts - the podcast all about books! Sit back, relax and let Jenna, Kiran and Louisa tempt you with the best new titles to add to your book stack.The gang are back with their usual witches brew of book news, insightful book reviews and discussions, not-book reviews and their dangerously teetering TBR piles.Books reviewed this episode:KD: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Picador/Grove Atlantic)LK: Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Daunt Books)JT: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata (Granta)Not books:KD: Magazines are back! Welcome back Metro and North & SouthLK: Season Two of His Dark Materials and Daisy Johnson’s horror fiction recommendations.JT: Chris Parker’s This is How I FeltThe TBR Pile:KD: 2020 NZ fiction for judging the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for the 2021 Ockhams and books from a Fitzcarraldo Editions subscriptionLK: White is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi and The Residents by Lucy RevillJT: Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar and Remote Sympathy by Catherine ChidgeyBook news:Shuggie Bain won the Booker Prize! The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison won the Goldsmith Prize!A book about the bloody Beatles has won the Baillie Gifford Prize! The National Book Awards 2020 winners have been announced!Also mentioned:A scathing review of Dolly Alderton’s novel GhostsAn excellent Guardian interview with Brandon TaylorThe High Low podcast is drawing to an endGet in touch:Email:

Nau mai ki ngā Pepakati – te pakihere rokiroki o ngā pukapuka! Welcome to Papercuts – the podcast all about books! Sit back, relax and let Jenna, Kiran and Louisa tempt you with some awesome reads to add to your pile.The Papercuts gals are back to help you navigate the huge flood of incredible books that were delayed by Covid-19 and are now finally available for your reading pleasure. We also bring you our usual winning formula: a hot scoop of book industry news, our insightful book reviews and discussions, our not-book reviews and our dangerously teetering TBR piles. Come up the Papercuts lab and see what’s on the slab!Books reviewed this episode:KD: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Summerwater by Sarah Moss and Mayflies by Andrew O’HaganLK: Sisters by Daisy Johnson (Jonathan Cape) & Nothing to See by Pip Adam (VUP)JT: Deep Work by Cal Newport (Little & Brown)Not books:KD: Gloss on YouTubeLK: The Great on NeonJT: Origins on TVNZThe TBR Pile:KD: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Picador) and Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Daunt) and 2020 NZ fiction for judging the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for the Ockhams!LK: The Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemison (Orbit), The Swimmers by Chloe Lane (VUP), Sprigs by Brannavan Gnanalingam (Lawrence and Gibson)JT: Tree of Strangers by Barbara Sumner (MUP), Death in her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh (Jonathan Cape), Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (Bloomsbury)Book news:The NZ Children’s and Young Adults Book Awards were held on 12th August. Congratulations to all the winners, especially Selina Tusitala Marsh, whose first children’s book Mophead (AUP) won Margaret Mahy Book of the Year.Maggie O’Farrell has won the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel Hamnet (Tinder Press).Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has won the International Booker Prize for their debut novel The Discomfort of Evening (trans by Michele Hutchinson, Faber).The Booker Prize 2020 shortlist has been announced! There’s no Hilary Mantel, and it’s the most diverse shortlist ever!Lineups for WORD (28 October–1 November), VERB (6–8 November 2020) and YARNS IN BARNS ( 8–18th October) have been announced – get amongst! Finally... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to The Spinoff's monthly books podcast, hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.The Papercuts team are finally back in The Spinoff studio this month with their usual winning recipe of book news, book recommendations, not books and their ever-growing ‘TBR’ piles.They anticipate the announcements of some big book prizes, deep dive into a hugely entertaining book about the apocalypse, the new Ottessa Moshfegh (Eileen, My Year of Rest and Relaxation), and how reading BWB Texts will make you much smarter. This month's ‘Not Books’ recommendations include Hollywood gossip, Drag Race and getting back to our Baby-Sitters Club roots on Netflix.Books reviewedKD: Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O’Connell (Granta); Funny Weather by Olivia Laing (Picador)LK: Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh (Jonathan Cape)JT: Imagining Colonisation by Rebecca Kiddle, Bianca Elkington, Moana Jackson, Ocean Mercier, Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton, Amanda Thomas (BWB Text); Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End by Ranginui Walter (Penguin NZ)Not booksKD: Last Picture Show via You Must Remember This Polly Platt podcastLK: Canada’s Drag Race, Race Chaser & The Chop podcasts; Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth AngerJT: The Baby-sitters Club & The Claudia Kishi Club on Netflix; AGC GossipThe TBR PileKD: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun (Serpents Tail); Sprigs by Brannavan Gnanalingam (Lawrence & Gibson); Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan (White Rabbit); Rat King Landlord by Murdoch Stevens (Lawrence & Gibson)LK: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek; The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; Pachinko by Min Jin Lee; Notes of a Native Son by James BaldwinJT: Sigrid Nunez’s What are you Going Through; Carson McCullers’ Member of the Wedding; Jenn Shapland’s My Autobiography of Carson McCullers (Tin House)Book news linksThe Booker Longlist will be announced tomorrowThe International Book Awards Winners have been announcedNZ Children’s and Young Adult Book Awards are being held virtually on the 12th of August, keep updated hereTwo new bookstores are opening in New Zealand! Bay Hill Books is open in Timaru and Good Books opens in Wellington soon. Kiran’s interview with Mark O’Connell on The Spinoff See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.Book newsOckham resultsCongratulations to all the winning and shortlisted authors, and especially to Becky Manwatu for her sweep of Best First Fiction and the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction.Auckland Writers Festival 2020 Winter Online Series Watch live via the Festival’s YouTube and Facebook channels, and then on their website.WORD Christchurch now running October 30 - 1 NovemberThey need your help to stage this year's festival! WORD is a charitable trust, and it's now easier than ever to donate. More information here. VERB Wellington confirmed for 6-8 November, with Litcrawl on 7 NovemberNZ Bookstores experiencing boom in Level 2 - Guardian article The price of literature: writers take on Government over fair pay by Kelly Dennett"This proposition that writers just do their work for love is a scurrilous attack on the integrity of all authors," says Dame Fiona Kidman.Book reviews KD: A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen (Fitzcarraldo Editions)LK: The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Penguin)JT: Ripiro Beach by Caroline Barron (Bateman Books)Not booksKD: Los Angeles is Burning by Anna Rankin on Newsroom LK: The Good Place on Netflix and The Wondrous Adventures of Mittens JT: Nat’s What I Reckon on YouTube (with a mention of

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.Book newsWomen’s Prize for Fiction shortlist -- the Prize’s 25th year. The shortlist was announced on the Women’s Prize for Fiction social channels:Dominicana by Angie CruzGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoA Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesThe Mirror and the Light by Hilary MantelHamnet by Maggie O’ FarrellWeather by Jenny Offill#BookshopsAreBack!!Newsroom has a list of retailers around the country.Ockhams Out LoudThe 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards was to be the first event of Festival week and will now be broadcast via the #theockhams YouTube channel.In the lead up over the next few weeks, you can listen to each of the finalists reading from their shortlisted work, with one added each day until the winners are announced at the online ceremony on the evening of Tuesday 12 May. Take a look, and subscribe for updates.Auckland Writers Festival 2020 Winter Online SeriesIncludes Bernardine Evaristo, Lisa Taddeo, Amy McDaid, Anthony Byrt and more.9am on May 3rd and running live once a week for 13 weeks.Three writers including at least two from the 2020 programme will chat with series host Paula Morris, read from their work and answer audience questions.Watch via live the Festival’s YouTube and Facebook channels, and then on their website.BookBound 2020An 'antiviral' online literary festival, already in progress until 3 May 2020.Includes a number of New Zealand authors, including Freya Daly Sadgrove, Pip Adam Becky Manawatu & Renée, who join literary talent such as Max Porter and Emma Glass from around the world.The festival is raising money for a number of charities, and events are free on the BookBound 2020 YouTube channelVerb CommunityVerb Community members will ensure artists are paid for their work, help create content and experiences and lots of other good stuff. In return, they'll get access to the Verb Community hui where you can feed your ideas into what they do, discounts on ticketed events and festival sessions, and again lots of other good stuff!They launch alongside three new pieces of writing by Sinead Overbye (a reading list on love in isolation), Victor Rodger (love and quite a bit of sex), and essa may ranapiri (gender and language).Book reviewsKD: White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World by Geoff DyerLK: Torpor by Chris KrausJT: Aue by Becky ManawatuNot booksKD: Record shops!LK: Home Cooking: a podcast from Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway to help you figure out what to cook (and keep you company) during the quarantine. Thanks to Papercuts listener David for the recommendation!Circus of Books on Netflix -- the charming and sometimes heartbreaking story of a middle-class Jewish family who ran a hardcore gay porn bookstore from the eighties up till the time of filming.JT: Brideshead Revisited (1981 TV series)The TBR PileKD: In the Fold and The Temporary by Rachel Cusk, Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia LaingLK: You'll enjoy it when you get there: the stories of Elizabeth Taylor, I'm working on a building by Pip Adam, Screen Tests by Kate Zambreno, Fake Baby by Amy McDaid (out June)JT: Ripiro Beach by Caroline Barron (Bateman), Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino (4th Estate). Tennis Lessons by Susannah Dickey (DD)Also mentioned:Green Girl by Kate... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass. Well, we've all said we wish we had more time to read and now we've got what we wished for. Jenna, Kiran and Louisa delve into some book news (that's not too heavy for our weary heads), book reviews, not books and to be read piles. Tune in, switch your brain off and start making some notes for your upcoming, post-quarantine reads. Remember to wait for your local to open again! #bookshopswillbeback #waitforyourbookshopBook newsHow the NZ book scene is reaching people while we are under lockdown.https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-03-2020/how-the-nz-books-scene-is-pivoting-in-response-to-covid-19/ Which includes microbiologist extraordinaire Siouxsie Wiles’ tips on lending books during lockdown: “If you are sharing or borrowing hard copy books outside of your bubble you might want to quarantine them for three days before getting stuck in.”The Ockham Book Awards: Kiran is an Ockham Fiction Championhttp://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2020-awards/shortlist/Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, tr. Frank Wynne (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the Republic of Consciousness 2020 Prizehttps://www.republicofconsciousness.com/the-conch/2020/2/11/republic-of-consciousness-class-of-2020-animalia-by-jean-baptiste-del-amo-tr-frank-wynne-fitzcarraldo-editions Book reviewsKD: The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing (Canongate) with link to new Guardian article about art in an emergency and her forthcoming book Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing is published in April (ish) by Picador https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/21/feeling-overwhelmed-how-art-can-help-in-an-emergency-by-olivia-laing two other soothing books I’d like to recommend for lockdown are Wanderlust and Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit.LK: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking / Samin Nosrat.JT: Cherry Beach by Laura McPhee-Browne (Text)Not booksKD: Nathan for You: Finding FrancesLK: The Spinoff’s The Real Pod - RIPJT: Chris Parker’s Felt Animals, Sarah Laing’s Quarantine Comics and Yoga with Adriene. Zumba link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shUjcUcgk5M The TBR PileKD: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell, The Willd Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes, Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, Specimen by Madison Hamill, Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (60 pages away from finishing), A Girl’s Story by Annie ErnauxLK: Don't go to sleep in the dark / Celia Fremlin. Torpor / Chris Kraus. Postcards from the edge / Carrie Fisher. Untold night and day / Bae Suah ; translated from the Korean by Deborah... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.It's February and our latest episode is packed to the gills. We chat trigger warnings, American Dirt, festivals, movies, poetry and of course, have our usual book reviews and TBR piles. Tune in!Book newsAWF Programme is out on the evening of 11th MarchOckham Shortlist is out on March 4th.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED LISTEN: Digging into American Dirt pod: From four perspectives.https://www.npr.org/2020/01/29/800964001/digging-into-american-dirtPatti Smith helps Portland bookshop after break in.The 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts starts this week, 21 Feb – 15th March 2020.https://www.festival.nz/https://www.festival.nz/events/writers Writers programme including KD’s session with Booker International Prize Winner Jokha Alharthi https://www.festival.nz/events/all/writing-womens-lives/ and Alharthi and Rijula DasBook reviewsKD: Strange Hotel by Eimear McBride, Rest and be thankful by Emma Glass.LK: Separation Anxiety by Laura ZigmanJT: Head Girl by Freya Daly Sadgrove (with a mention of As the Verb Tenses by Lynley Edmeades), In the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoNot booksKD: Three Women by Robert AltmanLK: Next in Fashion on NetflixJT: Emma.The TBR PileKD: The Undying by Anne Boyer, Out of the Woods by Luke Turner,LK: Middlemarch by George Eliot, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, Dept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillJT: Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey, Burn the Place by Illana Regan, Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante (in preparation for the June release of The Lying Life of Adults), 2000f Above Worry Level by Eamonn Marra. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass. BOOKS NEWS:Romance Writers of America Controversyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/08/romance-writers-america-cancels-awards-program-writer-racism-controversy/Booker Prize Judges Announcedhttps://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51018138Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist Announced January 30, 2020http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awardsElizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation has diedhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.html?smid=fb-nytbooks&smtyp=curMargaret Atwood in New Zealandhttps://margaretatwoodlive.com.au/ BOOK REVIEWS:KD:Late in the Day by Tessa HadleyThe Bradshaw Variations by Rachel CuskWeather by Jenny OffillJT:The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah KrasnosteinDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidLK:A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesTales of the City by Armistead MaupinNOT BOOKS:KD:Desert Island Dishes podcasthttps://www.desertislanddishes.co/Missing Richard Simmons podcasthttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/missing-richard-simmons/e/49137432JT:The Casketeershttps://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/the-casketeersBachelor USLK:Catshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/21/cats-review-tom-hooper-taylor-swift-judi-dench-idris-elba-jennifer-hudson-ian-mckellenTHE TBR PILE:KD:American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsStrange Hotel by Eimear McBrideActress by Anne EnrightAt the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond by v/aWe Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel WaidnerJT:American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsThe Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove DitlevsenLK:All Among the Barley by Melissa HarrisonAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyALSO MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Speedboat by Renata AdlerSleepless Nights by Elizabeth HardwickDept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillCompletely Perfect by Felicity CloakeObscure podcast

Join various hosts of The Spinoff podcasts Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Paper Cuts, The Offspin, and Dietary Requirements as we look back at the car crash that was 2019.In this special end of year podcast hosted by Leonie Hayden, we dissect the country's response to national disasters, the highs and lows of MAFS, international literary scandals, the madness and tragedy of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Mad Chapman's Pulitzer Prize-winning chip ranking and more, plus we add our entries to the official The Spinoff 2019 Honours and Dishonours board.Pour yourself a Baileys and settle in.Check out more of our podcasts here including the pop up pod The Spinoff Book Out Loud (The Spinoff Book is available in stores now). If you want to continue to support the work we do, behind the mic or on the site, check out The Spinoff Members, where you can support independent media for as a little as a dollar a week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.Band on the RunCan you believe this is our final episode for 2019? In this episode we give a scene report from the first Papercuts band-on-tour field trip where we headed to Wellington for the Verb Festival. And we bring you more book news, book reviews, discuss what we are looking forward to reading over summer, and more! Settle in with Jenna, Kiran and Louisa. Thank you to everyone who has listened to Papercuts, we have loved having you with us and will be back in 2020!BOOK NEWS:New Zealand Festival of the Arts - Writers programme - From Laurie Anderson and Andrea Lawlor to Jokha Alharthi and Tommy Orange - there is so much we want to see!https://www.festival.nz/events/writers/Kiran's session with Booker International Prize winner Jokha Alharthi and Wellington writer Rijula Das Writing Women's Liveshttps://www.festival.nz/events/all/writing-womens-lives/Goldsmiths Prize Winner: Ducks Newburyport by Lucy Ellman (Galley Beggar Press/Text Publishing)https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/prize2019/ducks-newburyport/National Book Award winnershttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/20/national-book-awards-susan-choi-wins-fiction-award-for-trust-exerciseThe Spinoff Book has been launched!https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-11-2019/its-alive-the-spinoff-book-is-published-today/Sinead Gleeson wins award Bookselling Ireland Non Fiction Book of the Year 2019 at the An Post Irish Book Awards for her collection of essays Constellations.https://www.irishbookawards.irish/award/bookselling-ireland-non-fiction-book-of-the-year-2019/As promised, a link to Kiran's NZ Herald interview with Sinead Gleeson.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12281683And, as promised last episode, a link to Kiran's piece for The Spinoff about lathe cuts!https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/objectspace/objectspace-2019/03-11-2019/the-back-country-record-cutter-putting-new-zealand-music-on-plastic/BOOK REVIEWS:KD:The Maytrees by Annie DillardLK:The Boyfriend by Laura SouthgateJT:The Red Parts by Maggie NelsonNOT BOOKS:KD/JT:Dolly Parton's America (Radiolab podcast)https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/radiolab-presents-dolly-partons-americaLK:His Dark Materials series - An HBO and BBC... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.After a few extra weeks off, Papercuts are back to chat the controversial Booker decision, NZ Bookshop Day, the Goldsmith shortlist & some exciting upcoming author events! Book reviews and to be read piles are all divulged as well as some not books too. Settle in with Jenna, Kiran and Louisa - we love your support!Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Show notes are below:Book newsJoint winners of the Booker Prize 2019:- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo.- Article by Galley Beggar Press: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/what-happened-booker-prize-ellmann/- New Zealand Bookshop Day is THIS Saturday 26 October https://www.booksellers.co.nz/whats-on- Goldsmiths Shortlist https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/- Zadie Smith - Wednesday 13th November James Hay Theatrehttps://wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/an-evening-with-zadie-smith/- - Patti Smith is coming to Christchurch and Aucklandhttps://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/16550/Patti-Smith-New-Zealand-Shows-Announced.utr- Verb Wellington's Litcrawl: https://www.verbwellington.nz/Congrats to the winner of Inland by Tea Obreht: Ali Horsley!Thank you to Hachette for making this happen!Book reviewsLK: Scented by Laurence Fearnley- https://www.fragrantica.com/- Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserJT: The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine- Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire MitchellKD: The Country Life by Rachel Cusk- Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas- The Ice Shelf by Anne KennedyOnline picksLK: The Age of Rudeness by Rachel Cusk for the New York TimesKD:‘A Short Run: A Selection of NZ Lathe Cut Records’ at ObjectspaceJT: ‘Downtime’ on iphone (in settings/screentime)The TBR PileKD: Vivian by Christina HesselholdtOutlier by Rachel CuskPatience by Toby LitFace it by Debbie HarryThe River Capture by Mary CostelloSinead GleesonActress by Anne EnrightLK: The Boyfriend by Laura SouthgateGreen Book and Screen Tests by Kate ZambrenoThe Address by Fiona DavisCall Me Evie by J. P. PomareJT: A Sharp Left Turn by Mike ChunnRich Enough? by Mary HolmDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmanThank you Alice for recording and the Matatuhi Foundation for your support.Follow us on Instagram: @papercutspod and email us! papercutspod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.On this month’s Papercuts, Jenna, Kiran and Louisa hold experiment to see what it is like to drink a bottle of prosecco whilst recording. We observe the Booker Longlist, delve into bunch of NZ trade news - including the NZ Booksellers Conference, Industry Awards and Coalition for Books. As always, we review what we’ve been reading and chat about what’s on the reading pile too. Settle in!Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Links:Booker Prize longlist https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/24/not-read-them-yet-a-cheats-guide-to-the-2019-booker-prize-longlisthttps://www.thebookseller.com/news/booker-tightlipped-amid-speculation-lee-child-will-judge-2020-prize-1064066Going Westhttps://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/The Coalition for Bookshttps://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018708671&fbclid=IwAR16skideVZlWx_XlDaAgQlawBTuZffm2r52W5XaHLmqM6j4-_aFvowQskUhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018710299/the-coalition-for-books-is-launched2019 Book Trade Industry Awardshttps://www.booksellers.co.nz/news/community-bookshop-wins-owners-lifetime-achievement-awardObama’s annual summer reading list:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/books/obama-summer-reading.htmlhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018710752/reform-school-horror-colson-whiteheadFully Booked Podcast:https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/fully-booked-by/susan-choi-F_Py8TgIShp/Fame music video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMmquNLnHgMargaret Atwood Live in Cinemas:https://www.thecapitol.co.nz/movie/margaret-atwood-live-in-cinemasLinda Burgess in conversation with KDhttps://www.timeout.co.nz/upcoming-events/f53kgsjnac4p93hdwgr9hdl88hx7hjBooks:Lanny by Max PorterCapital by John LanchesterThe Wall by John LanchesterNight Boat to Tangier by Kevin BarryInland by Tea ObrehtThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadGuestbook - Ghost Stories by Leanne ShaptonTrust Exercise by... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we give advice on how to tackle the ever growing tower that is the 'To Be Read' pile, discuss a recent release that didn't quite hit the spot, and bring you our usual book reviews and raves. As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspodThanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:Book NewsAn Evening with Arundhati Royhttp://www.writersfestival.co.nz/look-and-listen/videos/Page1/an-evening-with-arundhati-roy-2019New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards-for-children-and-young-adultsKD's interview with Tracey Thorn for Canvas, NZ Heraldhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/canvas-magazine/news/article.cfm?c_id=532&objectid=12248811Book ReviewsLKThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Fourth Estate)JTOptic Nerve by Maria Gainza (Harvill Secker) JT/KDThree Women by Lisa Taddeo (Bloomsbury)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/three-women-lisa-taddeo-review-sex-vampire-fantasy-sex-traumatic/KDAnimals by Emma Jane Unsworth (Canongate)https://www.nziff.co.nz/2019/auckland/animals/Murmur by Will Eaves (Canongate)Not BooksJTEuphoria (HBO)Blown Away (Netflix)KDAndrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovskyhttps://www.nziff.co.nz/2019/auckland/andrei-rublev/LKRuPaul: What's the Tee? http://www.rupaulpodcast.com/The TBR PileJTYear of the Monkey by Patti Smith (Bloomsbury, September)The Porpoise by Mark Haddon (Penguin)LKJuliet the Maniac by Juliet Escoria (Melville House)Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (Faber)KDBleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World by Nell Stevens (Picador)Coventry by Rachel Cusk (Faber, October)Also mentionedMy Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia by Tracey ThornWithnail and I https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/nov/14/favourite-film-withnail-and-iIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteFurious Hours by Casey CepThe Long... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod and a big thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Book NewsAWF's An Evening with Arundhati Roy - 17th Julyhttp://www.writersfestival.co.nz/news/Page1/an-evening-with-arundhati-roy/ PANZ Book Design Awards - 25th Julyhttp://www.bookdesignawards.co.nz/2019-shortlist/ Women's Prize for Fiction 2019An American Marriage - Tayari JonesFaber & Faber: The Untold Story - Toby Faberhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12237604 AWF Podcast http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/look-and-listen/podcasts/Page3/renee-a-writing-life/ Book ReviewsJenna - Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharti - Winner of the 2019 International Booker PrizeKiran - The Years by Annie Ernaux (with a mention of Saltwater by Jessica Andrews)Louisa - Lost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliNot BooksJenna - Chernobyl (HBO)Kiran - Hildur Guðnadóttir and Chris Watson (composer & field recorder for Chernobyl) Louisa - The Lunatics (Netflix)The TBR PileJenna - The Years by Annie Ernaux, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, Furious Hours by Casey CepKiran - The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy (August), Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine, Being Various ed. by Lucy CaldwellLouisa - Prep by Curtis SittenfeldLouisa and Jenna visited Browsers Secondhand Bookstore in Hamilton.Thank you to The Spinoff, Tina and the Matatuhi Foundaton. Twitter: papercutspodInstagram: papercutspodEmail: papercutspod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspodThanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Papercuts: An Auckland Writers Festival Report. A VERY SPECIAL podcast, where we say the words VERY SPECIAL many times. Papercuts report from the ground at the Auckland Writers Festival 2019, where a record breaking 82,000 seats were filled over seven days of literary goodness.Jenna, Louisa & Kiran interview Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize winner Dame Fiona Kidman, Pulitzer Prize winning Andrew Sean Greer and the incredible and probably soon-to-be prize winning Elaine Castillo.We also break down the Ockham Book Awards, the Festival Gala, Douglas Coupland, Literally Lorne, Kamila Shamsie, Chessie Henry, Jill Abramson, Alexander Chee, Shayne Carter, Carla Guelfenbein, we attend two book launches and drink a lot of wine. Thank you to Anne & the Auckland Writers Festival team for having us, 2019 Voyager Media Awards Website of the Year - The Spinoff and of course, The Mātātuhi Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspodThanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Book News:Dunedin Writers Readers FestivalVerb WellingtonVOLUME Mapua Literary FestivalWORD Christchurch - including Shayne Carter with Rachael KingWomen’s Prize Shortlist 2019Kiran's sesson at AWF - ELAINE CASTILLO: America is Not the HeartKiran's review of Dead People I Have Known by Shayne CarterUnity Book of the Month:Axiomatic by Maria TumarkinBook reviews:LK: All Our Yesterdays and The Little Virtues by Natalia GinzburgJT: Drive your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokaczukKD: Constellations: Reflections from Life by Sinead Gleesonwith mentions ofThe Years by Annie ErnauxDept. of Speculation and Last Things by Jenny OffillSteven Toussaint's piece on The Spinoff Books Page: TMI: An Essay on Contemporary Poetry in Aotearoa/New Zealand.Not books:LK: Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcastJT: The Worst Sitcom Ever Made - RNZ PodcastKD: Auckland Film SocietyTBR Piles:LK: Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, Circe by Madeline Miller.JT: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Attraction by Ruby Porter, Three Women by Lisa Taddeo.KD: Attraction by Ruby Porter, Saltwater by Jessica Andrews, Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine, The Lark Ascending by Richard King, Underland by Robert McFarlane, How to Fail by Elizabeth Day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.In this episode we have a special guest! Anne O'Brien, director of the Auckland Writers FestivalWaituhi O Tāmakijoins us to discuss what punters can expect at New Zealand's largest annual festival of ideas and literature. We look at the Ockham Book Awards shortlist, explore the bizarre story of "world class scam artist" Elizabeth Holmes, and bring you our usual book reviews and raves. As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Papercuts #10: Cutting to the ChasePapercuts is here for your February book news and recommendations. We chat about The Ockhams longlist,Jacqui Sturm, dear Peter Wells and Ashleigh Young. As well as your usual book reviews and a bonkers Who the Fuck Is?, that could almost be a psychological thriller. TWITTER & INSTA: @papercutspod EMAIL: papercutspod@gmail.com    Thank you Mātātuhi Foundation for your support, The Spinoff and Tina!   Book News - Ockham Longlist is out, check it out here! Shortlist is out March 6th http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2019-awards/longlist/   - James K Baxter week on The Spinoff. Our favourite piece is this one about Jacqui Sturm. - RIP Peter Wells - Ashleigh Young - is the new(ish) Spinoff poetry editor. Here's her first column in Canvas.   Unity Book of the Month  In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie ColvinLindsey HilsumVintage, 2018Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her age. Drawing on unpublished diaries and notebooks, and interviews with Marie's friends, family and colleagues, In Extremis is the story of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention.Format: Hardback Price: $55.00    Book reviews LK: Women in the Field, One and Two / Thomasin SleighLawrence & Gibson, 2018 JT: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer - also mentions Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thompson KD: A Mistake - Carl Shuker (pub March 14)   Who the fuck is... AJ Finn/Dan Mallory We love this piece in The Listener by Michele Hewiston   Not Books LK: Roma on Netflix JT: NARRATIVE MUSE - book and movie matcher is now launched KD: How to Fail pod by Elizabeth Day See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's 2019 and our Papercuts team have been reading like mad over the summer break. We talk about reading resolutions, predict the Ockhams longlist, go through our summer reading piles and talk Marie Kondo's approach to hoarding books + much more!   You can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter @papercutspod and we are now on Instagram! @Papercuts Podcast     Thanks to The Spinoff for having us and the Matatuhi Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the final Papercuts for 2018. As always, we break down the latest book news, including - Wellington's LitCrawl, My Brilliant Friend on TV & our old mate Jordan B Peterson visiting New Zealand next year. We announce our Normal People tote bag winner & give you a list of Christmas book ideas, because we believe you can buy a book for everyone.  As always, you can contact us at papercutspod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello boils & ghouls,It's been a big week for books as The 2018 Man Booker has been announced! Is it worth reading? We then deep dive into a new Papercuts favourite, The Ice Shelf by Anne Kennedy. The latest review on The Spinoff Book's page did not favour it - let us know what YOU thought of the book!. We also chat Wellington LitCrawl, Valeria Luiselli, Sylvia Plath, literary witches & have our first ever giveaway. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Papercuts we delve into all the latest book news, deep dive into the Booker longlisted (update: and scandalously not shortlisted), Normal People and ask who the fuck is Bob Woodward. With a lot more book & non-book related recommendations included! Check out the Booker Shortlist here! (Announced after recording)  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/20/man-booker-2018-shortlist-daisy-johnson-anna-burns-rachel-kushner-richard-powers-esi-edugyan-robin-robertson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kia ora Papercuts listeners! You are listening to a podcast all about books on The Spinoff.  Louisa and Jenna come to you from the NZ Booksellers Conference at the Rydges Hotel in Auckland. We talk about the Book Industry Awards, interview the owners of NZ's best bookshop 2018 and Louisa interviews Shaun Bythell, the real-life Black Books-esque bookseller from Wigtown, Scotland.   We look forward to having our Kiran back for September's podcast! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Louisa, Kiran and Jenna are here to give you all the latest book goss. Authors are being ferried all over New Zealand to speak to you, the PANZ Book Design Awards are upon us and the Man Booker Prize Longlist has just been announced. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi ho! Our new episode of Papercuts is here to give you both book goss and a pile of recommendations to get you through this wintery weather. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kiran, Jenna & Louisa hid up on Level 5 of the Aotea Centre to record on the ground responses from three days at the Auckland Writers Festival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Papercuts is back! Louisa, Jenna and Kiran are back a little early to make sure you're all up to speed with the upcoming Auckland Writers Festival.Sadly, we've just heard that Eileen Myles can no longer attend the Auckland Writers Festival. We recommend still reading Afterglow & Chelsea Girls and listening to this interview with RNZ's Kim Hill. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Papercuts, the podcast all about books!  In this first episode, Jenna, Kiran and Louisa discuss the Auckland Writers Festival, the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards fiction shortlist (Jenna was a judge!), some great recent reads, and the mysterious and controversial figure that is Jordan B. Peterson, if that is in fact his real name.   Oh, and we find out which Baby Sitters Club characters we are... and one of us is Mallory Pike. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.