Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature

Tim Jones - Climate Fiction Writer, poet and editor Tim Jones discusses his latest novel Emergency Weather Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Echoes from Hawaiki - Jennifer Cattermole discusses Echoes from Hawaiki, an account of taonga pūoro ancestral music traditions and instrument-playing techniques. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Laurence Fearnley - Dunedin writer Laurence speaks about her latest novel, At The Grand Glacier Hotel, launching this month. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Penelope Todd - Dunedin writer Penelope Todd has just released her new novel, Nell, a fictional re-imagining of her paternal grandmother's life. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Annie Villiers - Poet and Writer Annie Villiers is contributing a poem to the Poetry on the Move initiative, marking Heidelberg City of Literature's 10th birthday. Dunedin is also celebrating 10 years. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Jenny Powell - City of Literature South D Poet Lorikeet talked about here work as a poet - working with new entransts at primary schools and running free poetry workshops with SuperGrans. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

The Trapeze Artists - Terry MacTavish reflects on Opera Otago's revival of mini-opera The Trapeze Artists, recent winner of the City of Literature Beyond Words Award at Dunedin Fringe Festival 2024. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Iona Winter - Dunedin Writer Iona Winter is about to launch new collection In The Shape Of His Hand Lay A River, a series of works around suicide bereavement. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Ash Dawes and Dunedin Fringe Festival - Ash Dawes is co-founder of Dunedin theatre company the Axiom Theatre Collective, which has its first production The Politician's Wife at Dunedin Fringe Festival 2024. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Caselberg Trust chair Janet Downs farewells recent resident artist, master printmaker Dan Weldon, and announces the opening date for application for this year's Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Michelle Elvy - Dunedin Writer, editor and educator Michelle Elvy brings us up to date with NZ Society of Authors projects, and her own writing. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Kathryn van Beek - 2023 Burns Fellow. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Mikaela Nyman - Poet and novelist Mikaela Nyman, the 2024 University of Otago Robert Burns Fellow, looks ahead to her year in Dunedin. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

A 2023 Wrap - City of Literature Director Nicky Page reflects on a busy 2023 and offers some reading suggestions for the holiday season. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Illustrator and Writer - Award winning illustrator and writer David Elliot has an intriguing commission for Nottingham City of Literature that brings to life the story of a haunting involving Lord Byron. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

WONDERlust project for World Braille Day - A book by That Blind Woman Julie Woods, illustrated by husband Ron Esplin, is being gifted to several Cities of Literature around the world to mark World Braille Day. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Shu-Ling Chua - Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua reflects on her time in Dunedin as Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Something for Peter Olds' publisher and friend Roger Hickin previews this Friday's public event to acknowledge Peter's passing and his body of work. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Shu-Ling Chua - Melbourne-based writer Shu-Ling Chua is in Dunedin at the first-ever Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Resident. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Rushi Vyas - Dunedin-based poet Rushi Vyas has released his debut collection When I Reach For Your Pulse, which untangles slippery personal and political histories in the wake of his father's suicide. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Storytelling Unplugged - Poet and playwright Vira Paky previews a New Zealand Young Writers Festival event exploring finding common ground through podcast narratives. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Art writer and poet Robyn Maree Pickens has released debut collection Tung through Otago University Press Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Caselberg Press is publishing a second anthology of poetry, featuring highly commended and winning entries from its poetry competition Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Strong Words 3 - Writer, poet and Landfall editor Lynley Edmeades discusses Strong Words 3, the latest showcase of the best of Aotearoa New Zealand's contemporary essays. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Kathryn van Beek on Otherhood - 2023 Burns Fellow Kathryn van Beek has just returned from a writer's residency in Hungary. Alongside Lil O'Brien and Alie Benge, Kathryn is promoting a Boosted crowdfunding campaign to support Otherhood, a collection of essays that gives voice to a common experience that still feels taboo. Not being a mother. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Writer and poet Kirstie McKinnon - Kirstie talks about her writing process and being featured on Paula Green's recent blog Poetry Shelf Towns and Cities, Otepoti Dunedin. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Vanda Symon. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Megan Kitching - Dunedin Poet Megan Kitching discusses her first collection At The Point Of Seeing. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Louise Wallace - Poet Louise Wallace talks about new collection This Is A Story About Your Mother. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru Taha - Michelle Elvy has co-edited with Witi Ihimaera an anthology of new writing for a changed world. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Fiona Farrell's latest novel The Deck - Dunedin writer Fiona Farrell discusses The Deck, her first novel in six years. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Playwright, fiction writer, literary agent and editor Barbara Else discusses her new memoir, Laughing At The Dark. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

David Eggleton's new book Respirator - Dunedin poet David Eggleton marks the release of Respirator, a celebration of his tenure as the nation's poet-at-large during his time as Aotearoa NZ Poet Laureate. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Lessons Learned from Hannibal Lecter - Writer Angela Pope previews her Dunedin Fringe Festival play Lessons Learned from Hannibal Lecter, adapted from award-winning short story Lies. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency - Caselberg Trust announce a new writer's residency, the Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Michelle Elvy - Editor Michelle Elvy is Chair of the NZ Society of Authors Otago/Southland branch. She has a new anthology coming out soon with Witi Ihimaera, and a new online platform At The Bay. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Top podcaster Max Balloch - Max hosts 2022 Independent Podcast of the Year Dear Nature. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Kathryn van Beek - Dunedin Writer Kathryn van Beek is about to take up the 2023 Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

City of Literature Director Nicky Page with some holiday reading suggestions and a new booklet of Teddy Poems written by new-entrant classes in Dunedin. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Poles Down South - Anna McCreath Munro reflects on the recent celebrations of 150 years of Polish communities in Aotearoa New Zealand, and her visit to Krakow UNESCO City of Literature. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Paddy Richardson - Dunedin writer Paddy Richardson has just released By The Green of Spring, a sequel to the wonderful page-turner Through The Lonesome Dark. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz

Events and initiatives on the literary scene - Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature director Nicky Page updates us on local and international projects. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz