Podcast appearances and mentions of james k baxter

It's another fantastic package - beautiful to look at, beautiful to hold and full of amazing poems written by New Zealanders. Some of the writers are children and many are well-known poets such as Elizabeth Smither, James K. Baxter, Margaret Mahy, Bill Manhire, Cilla McQueen, and Sam Hunt. From computers and robots to moa and tuatara, from popcorn and mud pies to drought and howling wind.Edited by Jo Noble. Illustrations by David Elliot.First Published 1999 Hardback - 128 pages Line drawings. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/support

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Writer Roderick Finlayson was right in the thick of it during a formative time in New Zealand's literary history. He was a friend and contemporary of other significant writers, including James K Baxter, Frank Sargeson and D'Arcy Cresswell. Roderick's not as well known now, despite being in some ways, ahead of his time. He wrote about race relations and environmental issues in his essays, articles, stories and letters, as early as the late 1930s. His first short story collection, Brown Man's Burden, was published in 1938. In recent years, publisher and writer Roger Hickin has championed Roderick's work. He first released a selection of his published and unpublished writing in 2020, and now a biography called Roderick Finlayson - A Man from Another World. He talks with Lynn Freeman about Roderick's reputation in 2022. Roderick Finlayson, A Man from Another World by Roger Hickin is published by Cold Hub Press.

Don Franks has been involved in Left-wing activism since the 1960s (starting with his opposition to the Vietnam War) and is a published author and professional musician. He was a resident at the Jerusalem commune of James K. Baxter and was involved in union activity at a major car plant. In this episode, Don talks to Free Speech Union spokesperson Dane Giraud about the centrality of Free Speech to the union movement of yesteryear, Marx on 'Free Speech" and why speech restrictions are never called for from those on the lowest rung. Don discusses James K. Baxter as he knew him, why he thinks you should all read Jane Austen, and what makes Shakespeare the preeminent "free speech" author.  Enjoy! www.fsu.nz/join Support the show (https://www.freespeechcoalition.nz/donate)

This session from 2013 is titled after the first line of Peter Bland's poem The Pond, Here Comes that Childhood Pond Again. The conversation between poet, writer, actor and playwright Peter Bland and poet, blogger, and anthologist Paula Green traverses the world of childhood, children's poetry and writing with warmth, wit and word-play as they frame the world through a poet's eye. In what is (as noted by Green) a rare opportunity to talk about children's poetry at a book festival, Bland reads from his books The Night Kite and When Gulls Fly High and Green from Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo written in conjunction with 50 school children. Peter Bland moved to Wellington from his native Yorkshire and emerged on the local poetry scene alongside James K Baxter and Louis Johnson, as a member of the Wellington Group. Peter has published three collections of poems for children: The Night Kite, When Gulls Fly High, and in 2018 The Happy Garden. He has also worked as a character actor, winning Best Actor at the 1985 NZ Film Awards for Ian Mune's comedy Came a Hot Friday, and co-founded Downstage Theatre in Wellington. Paula Green is a popular poet, reviewer, NZ Book Award judge and children's writer. She has written a number of poetry collections and edited several anthologies and two popular poetry blogs, NZ Poetry Box for children and NZ Poetry Shelf for adults. Paula is active in visiting and touring schools to talk about poetry.

A collection of rare books is going under the hammer after a once-in-a-lifetime discovery by a New Zealand auctioneer. The books belonged to Lawrence Baigent and Robert Erwin, two pivotal figures in the country's mid-century cultural scene. Baigent was editor of the Caxton Press - the publisher of important poets and novelists like Janet Frame and James K Baxter. More than 100 lots are being bid for in an online auction which closes tonight. Charles Ninow is the head of art at Webb's Auction House. He spoke to Corin Dann.

A collection of rare books is going under the hammer after a once-in-a-lifetime discovery by a New Zealand auctioneer. The books belonged to Lawrence Baigent and Robert Erwin, two pivotal figures in the country's mid-century cultural scene. Baigent was editor of the Caxton Press - the publisher of important poets and novelists like Janet Frame and James K Baxter. More than 100 lots are being bid for in an online auction which closes tonight. Charles Ninow is the head of art at Webb's Auction House. He spoke to Corin Dann.

The year was 1797. We remember Henry Nott and his mission to Tahiti. The reading is from James K. Baxter. #OTD #ChristianHistory #1517 — FULL TRANSCRIPTS available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac GIVE BACK: Support the work of 1517 today CONTACT: CHA@1517.org SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US: Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

This episode explores new research, which has found that compensating farmers for providing habitats for wild bees will ultimately benefit all landowners.   --- Read this episode's science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Wild Bees' by James K. Baxter here.   --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This session from 2013 is titled after the first line of Peter Bland's poem The Pond, Here Comes that Childhood Pond Again.  The conversation between poet, writer, actor and playwright Peter Bland and poet, blogger, and anthologist Paula Green traverses the world of childhood, children's poetry and writing with warmth, wit and word-play as they frame the world through a poet's eye. In what is (as noted by Green) a rare opportunity to talk about children's poetry at a book festival, Bland reads from his books The Night Kite and When Gulls Fly High and Green from Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo written in conjunction with 50 school children. Peter Bland moved to Wellington from his native Yorkshire and emerged on the local poetry scene alongside James K Baxter and Louis Johnson, as a member of the Wellington Group. Peter has published three collections of poems for children: The Night Kite, When Gulls Fly High, and in 2018 The Happy Garden. He has also worked as a character actor, winning Best Actor at the 1985 NZ Film Awards for Ian Mune's comedy Came a Hot Friday, and co-founded Downstage Theatre in Wellington. Paula Green is a popular poet, reviewer, NZ Book Award judge and children's writer. She has written a number of poetry collections and edited several anthologies and two popular poetry blogs,https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/author/paulajoygreen/ ( NZ Poetry Box) for children andhttps://nzpoetryshelf.com/ ( NZ Poetry Shelf) for adults.  Paula is active in visiting and touring schools to talk about poetry. Her book Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo was written by the poet and 50 children and is the result of a school poetry outreach project.

Salutes to Seven Poets by NZ composer Douglas Lilburn was performed by Yid-Ee Goh, violin, and Lisa Chou, piano, of Ensemble East on 18th April 2019 as part of the Thursday Heritage Concert Autumn Series. The poet Allen Curnow requested this work from Lilburn in 1952 for a poetry reading at Auckland University College. The event took place on the evening of 9 August that year, and involved a substantial amount of poetry (twenty-two poems in total) read by the poets involved. Lilburn's music was premiered by Antonia Braidwood (violin) and Donald Bowick (piano). One movement was supposed to precede each reading, providing the audience with the composer's musical impressions of the work and personality of each poet. In the event, however, the order was reversed, which led to some confusion for the audience and some displeasure for the composer. At the second performance of this work some time later, Lilburn determined that he would write a narration to go along with the music in lieu of the twenty-two poems. I Salute to A.R.D. Fairburn II Salute to Keith Sinclair III Salute to Allen Curnow IV Salute to M.K.Joseph V Salute to James K. Baxter VI Salute to Kendrick Smithyman (Not performed in this concert ) VII Salute to R.A.K.Mason VIII Epilogue The musical copyright of Douglas Lilburn is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, for the benefit of the Lilburn Trust. It is administered by Songbroker Music Publishing.

In the late 1950's Ray Grover was part of a small circle of Wellington writers that included Maurice Gee, Fleur Adcock and James K. Baxter. Shortly after publishing his first novel, 'Another Man’s Role' in 1967, Ray joined PEN NZ and quickly became involved in the executive. By 1974 he was President. Years later in February 2000 Ray sat down with Alison Gray to talk about those times and why, so soon after joining, he became actively involved.

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.

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Auckland Writers Festival 2016 The pre-eminent scholar and distinguished novelist, playwright, short story writer, poet, biographer and librettist Vincent O’Sullivan wears his considerable knowledge lightly. His writing is wry, erudite and generous, informed by a childhood spent in suburban Auckland and a deep interest in the multiplicity of humanity. A graduate of the Universities of Auckland and Oxford, O’Sullivan has also made an outstanding contribution to NZ literary scholarship, illuminating the work of John Mulgan and James K. Baxter, and co-editing the five-volume edition Katherine Mansfield’s Collected Letters and the two-volume Complete Fiction. Away from the academy he served as the Books’ Editor for the New Zealand Listener where he was also a trusted critic. He has been feted often, including with a Prime Minister’s Literary Award (2005) and a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2000), and has won the NZ Book Awards, in its various forms, three times for fiction and three for poetry. We celebrate a life well lived in letters in this free session with Vincent O’Sullivan which brings the Festival to a close on a high note. Chaired by Fergus Barrowman.

Auckland Writers Festival 2015 New Zealand’s pre-eminent advocate, Sir Peter Williams QC, recalls the people and cases that have defined his remarkable career. Ronald Jorgensen, Arthur Allan Thomas, “Mr Asia”, James K Baxter, Winston Peters and many more will be discussed, as will his enduring commitment to justice and penal reform as canvassed in his memoirPeter Williams: The Dwarf Who Moved. A celebration of one of this country’s legal legends, chaired by Bill Ralston.

A panel discussion about the hidden histories of Auckland. Noelle McCarthy chairs a lively conversation between Ella Henry, a street girl and drug addict in the 1970s who was befriended by James K Baxter; a former stripper turned mother and blogger Sarikha Rosli; and Michael Stevens, who grew up gay in an era when it was illegal.

New Zealand’s pre-eminent advocate, Sir Peter Williams QC, recalls the people and cases that have defined his remarkable career. Ronald Jorgensen, Arthur Allan Thomas, “Mr Asia”, James K Baxter, Winston Peters and many more will be discussed, as will his enduring commitment to justice and penal reform as canvassed in his memoirPeter Williams: The Dwarf... Read full post ›