Podcast appearances and mentions of kiran dass

Kiran Dass reviews The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey published by Te Herenga Waka University Press.

Kiran Dass reviews Audition by Katie Kitamura published by Fern Press

Kiran Dass reviews The Place of Tides by James Rebanks published by Penguin Press.

Kiran Dass reviews three of her favourite books from last year:

Kiran Dass reviews Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery: A Whanganui biography by Martin Edmond published by Massey University Press.

British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize award with her novel Orbital, the first book set in space to win the prize. Book critic Kiran Dass spoke to Corin Dann.

Kiran Dass reviews Intermezzo by Sally Rooney published by Faber

Kiran Dass is a trusted book critic, writer, and judge of some of New Zealand's most prestigious book awards. She's also the Programme Lead at WORD Christchurch and joins Mihi and Susie to talk about this years festival highlights.

Kiran Dass reviews The Garden Against Time: In Search of Common Paradise by Olivia Laing published by Picador

Kiran Dass reviews Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley published by Serpent's Tail.

Kiran Dass reviews Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson published by Fourth Estate.

Kiran Dass reviews Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti published by Fitzcarraldo Editions

Kiran Dass reviews When I open the shop by Romesh Dissanayake published by Te Herenga Waka Univeristy Press

Kiran Dass reviews three of her favourite books from last year

Kiran Dass reviews The Stirrings by Catherine Taylor published by Weindfeld and Nicholson

Kiran Dass reviews Living Between Land & Sea: The Bays of Whakaraupo Lyttelton Harbour by Jane Robertson published by Massey University Press Pub by: Massey University Press

Kiran Dass reviews The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg published by Daunt Books

Kiran Dass reviews Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton

Kiran Dass reviews Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein published by HarperCollins

Kiran Dass reviews August Blue by Deborah Levy, published by Penguin Random House

Kiran Dass reviews Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan, published by Daunt

Kiran Dass reviews A Horse at Night - On Writing by Amina Cain, published by Daunt

Kiran Dass reviews three of her favourite books from last year: Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, published by Giramondo; Assembly by Natasha Brown, published by Hamish Hamilton, and The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives by Jude Rogers, published by White Rabbit Books

Kiran Dass reviews Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay by Paul Diamond, published by Massey University Press

Kiran Dass reviews Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux, published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.

Kiran Dass reviews Milk Teeth by Jessica Andrews, published by Sceptre.

Kiran Dass reviews Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe.

Kiran Dass reviews The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight, published by Allen and Unwin Pub by: Allen and Unwin RRP: $37.00

Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events

Kiran Dass reviews Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, published by Picador

Kiran Dass reviews Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, published by Faber

Kiran Dass reviews three favourite novels from 2021: Some Answers Without Questions by Lavinia Greenlaw, published by Faber; Intimacies by Katie Kitamura published by Jonathan Cape and My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley published by Granta.

Kiran Dass reviews The Fell by Sarah Moss, published by Picador.

Kiran Dass reviews The Fell by Sarah Moss, published by Picador.

Kiran Dass reviews Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg, published by Daunt Books.

Kiran Dass reviews Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg, published by Daunt Books.

Kiran Dass reviews The Foghorn's Lament: The Disappearing Music of the Coast by Jennifer Lucy Allan, published by White Rabbit.

Kiran Dass reviews Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann, published by Text Publishing.

Kiran Dass reviews Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann, published by Text Publishing.

Kiran Dass reviews the 2021 International Booker Prize winner At Night All Blood is Black, written by David Diop, published by Pushkin.

Kiran Dass reviews the 2021 International Booker Prize winner At Night All Blood is Black, written by David Diop, published by Pushkin.

Becky Manawatu's debut novel, Auē, garnered critical acclaim and announced her as a compelling new voice in New Zealand fiction, winning the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction and the Hubert Church Prize for Fiction at the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Kiran Dass described Auē as “a beautifully pitched and nuanced hopeful story about the power of love, friendship and family”. Becky is the Robert Burns Fellow for 2021 and hopes to use the opportunity for both personal and professional growth, as she works on a sequel (of sorts) to Auē. Lynn Freeman will quiz Becky about how her meteoric rise to literary fame has affected her approach to writing and life.

Kiran Dass reviews The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by Pan Macmillan.

Kiran Dass reviews The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by Pan Macmillan.

Kiran Dass reviews My Rock n Roll Friend by Tracey Thorn, published by Canongate.

Kiran Dass reviews The Crooked Tree by Una Mannion, published by Faber.

Kiran Dass reviews The Crooked Tree by Una Mannion, published by Faber.

Two city slickers - Kiran Dass and Anna Dean, on why they've given up the big smokes - in one case Auckland for Whanganui - in the other Wellington for Golden Bay.

Kiran Dass with her top books from 2020: Funny Weather: Art in An Emergency by Olivia Laing (Picador) Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Daunt Books) A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux (Fitzcarraldo Editions).

Kiran Dass with her top books from 2020: Funny Weather: Art in An Emergency by Olivia Laing (Picador) Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Daunt Books) A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux (Fitzcarraldo Editions).

Kiran Dass reviews Xstabeth by David Keenan, published by White Rabbit Books.

Kiran Dass reviews Xstabeth by David Keenan, published by White Rabbit Books.

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, published by Pan Macmillan.

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, published by Pan Macmillan.

Kiran joins us for her last review on bFM before she leaves the big smoke. As usual, we have a lovely review from Kiran, this week on Brandon Taylor's debut novel, Real Life. It's shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2020, and definitely stands up as a fantastic read. 

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, published by Faber.

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, published by Faber.

Kiran joins us with a book she reckons you need to buy for everyone you love. Funny Weather - Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing is full of beautiful essays and pieces of writing. 

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan.

Kiran is talking about Ali Smith's 'Summer', the fourth and final installment in her 'Seasons' series that tracks the big politics of the day in real-time lyrical storytelling. Whakarongo mai nei to hear more!

Kiran is talking about Ali Smith's 'Summer', the fourth and final installment in her 'Seasons' series that tracks the big politics of the day in real-time lyrical storytelling. Whakarongo mai nei to hear more!

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Penguin Random House.

Kiran returns with a review of David Mitchell's new book, Utopia Avenue. Kiran reckons this is one that you'll either love or be slightly suspicious of, telling the story of a fake band making it's way to the top and meeting all your favourite music stars on the way.

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.

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Notes From An Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell. This book is published by Allen & Unwin.

Kiran joins us with a thrilling page-turner that you won't be able to put down. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor is sure to have you on the edge of your seat, about femicide in Mexico and how poverty and extreme power imbalances lead to violence everywhere.

Kiran returns to the studio with a book she highly recommends. If you're looking for a new read, look no further because Nothing To See by Pip Adam is one to get into.

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Undying: A Meditation on Modern Illness by Anne Boyer, published by Allen Lane.

Kiran's got a book that really got her laughing and she's definitely recommending it. A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen is definitely one to grab to get through the week, after moving from New York to Moscow, Andrei Kaplan is desperate to tell his Grandmothers story despite some challenges along the way.

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

Kiran joins us with a special book this week, one that she's been savouring for months and months. Underland: a Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane takes you on a journey through time and the world beneath you and is certain to give you a visual experience that you want forget. 

Kiran's been plowing through the Ockham NZ Book Awards fiction shortlist, with plenty of time for reading on her hands. Pearly Gates by Owen Marshall, is not only entertaining but insightful and is sure to make you feel at home during some strange times. Add it to your list.

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.

Kiran joins us to talk about a book that kept her up reading well into the night, Auē by Becky Manawatu. Shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards, this novel is definitely one to add to your reading list. Whilst touching on some heavier topics, this is a novel that is still hopeful and full of love. 

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.

Kiran dials in with another book recommendation to get us through, Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists by Julia Ebner. There couldn't be a better time to stock up on books so get crackin'.

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

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.

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.

The Filipino poet and labour organiser Carlos Bulosan, whose family immigrated to America in the Great Depression, entitled his autobiographic novel America Is in the Heart. Elaine Castillo’s fine debut novel “America Is Not the Heart” is a portrait of Filipino diaspora, specifically the migration of three-generations of women to San Francisco’s Bay area – the not so picturesque part. Tender and funny, and marked by a kind of declamatory vernacular (and a smattering of the native Philippine languages of Tagalog, Ilocano and Pangasinan), Castillo ranges across civil strife and torture, social inequity, mystery, romance, and bisexuality. She joins Kiran Dass in conversation.

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.

Welsh musician Cate Le Bon live in session with Kiran Dass in RNZ's Auckland studios just after she arrived in the country.

A big chat with Auckland-based retailer, reviewer and interviewer Kiran Dass.

An in-depth conversation with Auckland-based freelance writer, reviewer, interviewer and DJ Kiran Dass. She's also the book-buyer for Time Out book store and has a long history of retailing - so we talk shop. And books. And music. Reviewing, interviewing. We share 'war stories' of time in the trenches hammering out reviews. And we talk through the development of Dass as interviewer and reviewer across print, online and broadcast platforms.

An in-depth conversation with Auckland-based freelance writer, reviewer, interviewer and DJ Kiran Dass. She's also the book-buyer for Time Out book store and has a long history of retailing - so we talk shop. And books. And music. Reviewing, interviewing. We share 'war stories' of time in the trenches hammering out reviews. And we talk through the development of Dass as interviewer and reviewer across print, online and broadcast platforms. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

Los Angeles-based singer and composer Julia Holter has just released her fifth album Aviary and is performing in New Zealand in January. She spoke to RNZ's Kiran Dass.

It’s been said that writing about music is as difficult – and some would say as pointless – as dancing about architecture. We put that theory to the test by asking four authors to present new writing on the music that has provided the soundtrack to their life’s work, or just to their life. Readings will be followed by a discussion about the problems or the joys of music writing. Expect a range of musical genres as wide and varied as the writers’ own books. Featuring Philip Hoare, Pip Adam, Chris Tse and Nic Low, hosted by Kiran Dass.

Formed in Berlin but traveling the world together and living as nomads since 2010, musical duo Hackedepicciotto (Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto) create immersive soundscapes using arcane instruments. While in NZ to play some shows, they spoke to Kiran Dass.

DJ, writer, and book peddler Kiran Dass reviews the music books she's enjoyed the most in 2017.