Podcast appearances and mentions of steve braunias

Steve Braunias is in our Auckland Studio to announce the winner of the seriously groovy Surrey Hotel Writers Residency Award.

Jenna reviews The Survivors by Steve Braunias. Thanks Time Out Bookstore!

Jenna reviews The Survivors by Steve Braunias. Thanks Time Out Bookstore!

The Bookshop Detectives by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward. This is fun and really clever – the authors are former UK police officers who moved to Havelock North and opened a bookshop (Sherlock Tomes). The lead characters have a similar background and their names are a play on Gareth and Louise. They get caught up in a decade long murder mystery which happened in the Hawkes Bay town and which – of course – they try to solve. The Survivors by Steve Braunias. Steve Braunias is one of our finest writers and his crime related storytelling is incredibly empathetic and insightful. This is twelve stories of crime, disappearance, mystery and intrigue all centred around the very human lives of the people involved. It's the 3rd (and final) book in a series which he has written along these lines. The others are The Scene of the Crime and Missing Persons. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award-winning writer Steve Braunias tells Emile Donovan why The Survivors - his third book of New Zealand crime narratives - will also be his last.

Former court reporter turned author Steve Braunias has made a career out of seeing the worst the world has to offer. He's written articles about some of the nation's most infamous murder cases - and he's turned some of his findings into a book, The Survivors: True stories of death and desperation.  He says he'd never felt the trauma of examining the world of true crime, until too many recent incidents last year. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast for Sunday 7th of July 2024: Francesca reviews Stuff's first ThreeNews 6pm bulletin, architecture professor Elizabeth Aitken Rose expresses concern the Government's housing changes will create cheap slum-like housing and Newstalk ZB rugby commentator Elliott Smith talks about the start of a new era for Scott Robertson's All Blacks. True Crime author and court reporter Steve Braunias joins Francesca to talk about a career working in true crime and his new book The Survivors: Stories of Death and Desperation. Dr Ratu Mataira has been talked up as the most ambitious founder of a company since Peter Beck. He joined the show to talk about his company OpenStar and their ambitious goal of recreating Nuclear Fusion on earth. Michelle Dickinson shares a new science study that shows music isn't what it used to be. Megan Singleton tells us all why we shouldn't use free airport wifi and the panel discuss THOSE All Black jersey collars - are they a yay or a nay? Get the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast every Sunday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to Newsroom, Prime Minister Luxon's unexpected appearance at the Ockham national book awards was met with disapproval from the crowds. The piece claims Luxon was mocked and dismissed by attendees, with MC Jack Tame and two authors getting some digs in. The Trust disputes this version of events, saying that author Steve Braunias "rather overegged it".  New Zealand Book Awards Trust chair Nicola Legat says the literature community is waiting to hear if the 2024 Budget will have any good news. "Everyone's keen to hear whether the arts might get a little bit more funding - but sceptical that it will." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judging by the list of the most popular reads on any particular website, it seems quite a few of us have now read the account of how rude the audience at the Ockham Book Awards were to the Prime Minister.According to Steve Braunias, when Luxon was welcomed onto the stage, the "applause basically sounded like one hand clapping" - and after his speech was done, the applause was even less than before. And he was apparently gently mocked in comments by the MC, our very own Jack Tame,  and two authors thereafter. I'm predicting that there are going to be split opinions on this, and that the opinions will probably largely be split along voting lines. But I'm going to come to the defence of that audience, because I think it is perfectly acceptable for an audience not to applaud a politician.You don't have to. You don't have to give a round of applause to a politician if you do not agree with what they stand for. Jacinda Ardern had to live with that kind of treatment, and I'm sure many of us thought it was completely deserved. She got yelled at by farmers at Fieldays, she and a bunch of Labour politicians were bugged by protestors at pre-arranged events after the lockdowns. And that's not even to mention the stuff that apparently used to get said to her just on the street.It is bad manners, you'll have no argument from me on that one. But as long as it's not going too far, like that kid who spat at David Seymour, and it's just words or deliberate silence - I can accept some bad manners in politics. Because the decisions that are made by these people in power are actually material - they affect our lives. Sometimes really badly, think of what Jacinda's Government was doing to farmers. You could hardly expect farmers to give her a round of applause. It's the same with the Ockham's audience. The kind of people who go to book awards evenings are generally going to be the kind of people who go to dinner parties in Grey Lynn, and while drinking a bottle of $200 pinot noir, they moan about child poverty - and they can't even see the irony in that. They're hardly going to love Luxon, and they don't have to love Luxon. And they don't have to pretend to, just like you don't have to pretend to like your least favourite politician either. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Braunias is a New Zealand author, columnist, journalist and editor. He is the author of 13 books. In his book, Missing Persons, which was winner of the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Non-Fiction, Braunias  tells Twelve extraordinary tales of disappearance including former journalist Murray Mason, found dead in the Auckland Domain; the mysterious death of Socksay Chansy, found dead in a graveyard by the sea; the tragic disappearance of backpacker Grace Millane; the enduring mystery of the Lundy family murders.Join Damien Grant as he interviews Steven  about his book, delve into more details of the missing persons cases and and shed some light on the inclusion of Kim Dotcom and Colin Craig. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.

First up, the changes to immigration.   Guess what? High-trust models don't work when it comes to work visas. A stunning revelation to start the week. Credit where it's due, Radio New Zealand have been on to the story. They applied for information around the new immigration visas under the Official Information Act and found out that even after Immigration New Zealand was told of concerns over lax checks and migrants buying jobs for up to $50K on the open market, it took Immigration New Zealand three months to take any kind of action. Some workers were arriving into New Zealand expecting to find the streets paved with gold. Instead, they found they had no job. Meanwhile, dodgy agents and immigration consultancies were making a fortune, millions is estimated, from selling accredited employer work visas to people who didn't have the skills, didn't have any English, didn't have a clue, just knew that they wanted out of where they were at and into New Zealand - and in they came. Our net migrations soared. The annual net migration gain in 2023 was about the size of Taranaki. An entire province. It was made-up of a net gain of 173,000 non-New Zealand citizens, and a net loss of 47,000 New Zealand citizens in 2023. Now, some of these new New Zealanders will bring skills and a positive attitude that New Zealand sorely needs. They've always done so. You know from the very first settlers all the way through. People who make the shift to a new country bring with them an attitude and a determination to succeed. But many of these new migrants have arrived with no English, minimal skills, and they will struggle. Minister of Immigration Erica Stanford says the changes to immigration visas are necessary because the high trust model wasn't working. (Which any fool could have told you I'd imagine.) And it brings New Zealand into line with the immigration policies of other countries. She told Mike Hosking she doesn't believe the government is acting too soon in restricting immigration, and it's not acting for the wrong reasons.  “We've taken a really close look at this and I think the reasonable responsible thing to do is to recalibrate our  immigration settings to meet what the market is doing. We saw last year an extra 20,000 people went on the job seeker benefit while we brought in 52,000 very low skilled migrants. Now those numbers just don't add up and if you look at the work Louise Upson's doing in making sure that there are benefit sanctions for people to ensure that they are looking for work. It's my responsibility as Immigration Minister to make sure that that work is available for Kiwis first and foremost.”  Well, absolutely. That was Erica Stanford on with Mike Hosking on the Mike Hosking Breakfast this morning. He did make the point that Labour tried shutting the borders during Covid and relying on New Zealand labour to fill the gaps and that quickly became apparent that simply was not going to happen. Those who could work were working, and then there were those who simply could not or would not work. So, when it comes to the market at the moment - I mean remember the calls from desperate employers who were looking for somebody, anybody to take jobs around the country - can you now pick and choose when it comes to staff? Can you now pick and choose when it comes to people applying for jobs and filling the positions? I'm sure you'll remember the calls. There were people just screaming for anybody, anywhere to come to their particular town or city and do a job. They'd take anybody. Now, do employers have a bit more choice? They have a bit more wiggle room and a bit more leeway?  When you put out a situations-vacant, have you got people applying and now you have the luxury of choice? You're not as desperate as you once were. For those who are or have faced redundancy, has it been relatively easy to get into work with the skills you have, or are you finding you're competing with more than you imagined? We need skilled migrants. The whole Western world needs skilled migrants and I can't see that ending any time soon, but the last thing we want is to have people arrive in this country who have no idea where they are, they have no idea how to fit in, they have no prospect of enjoying any kind of life. Steve Braunias wrote a very, very moving insight into what it is like for migrants arriving here with no support, no English, no family. They can get jobs but it's an existence, it's not a life. ‘Life and Death in the Auckland Shadows' was the title of the piece he wrote for the New Zealand Herald. It's bloody tragic. And we do not want people arriving who are condemned to lives as basically subsistent slaves. That's not what we're about.  So, two stories, really, when you arrive in this country, is it easy enough for you to get the job you were promised to, to be able to assimilate, to have the land of milk and honey you were promised? For employers, do you support the changes to the immigration visas? Do you have the luxury of choice now, but more leeway when it comes to employing staff? And for those looking for work, is it easy enough if you have skills to find jobs or are you struggling in the market at the moment?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

Steve Braunias back again to announce the annual winners of the Surrey Hotel-Newsroom writers residency award for 2023. This year's long list was made up of eight women and four men,whittled down from 127 entries. Steve talks to Jesse about the quality of the writing and announces who gets the honours this year!

Today is the time for an annual literary tradition on Afternoons. The announcement of the winner of the Surrey Hotel-Newsroom writers residency award happens today. Steve Braunias from Newsroom joins Jesse.

Today is the time for an annual literary tradition on Afternoons. The announcement of the winner of the Surrey Hotel-Newsroom writers residency award happens today. Steve Braunias from Newsroom joins Jesse to announce the lucky winner.

Ruth chats with Steve Braunias about his newest book and Morrin talks with Lloyd Jones about his novel 'The Fish'

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Terrific story set in the 1960's about Elizabeth Zott (it's fiction) who's a real force of nature. Her dream of a career in science is thwarted when she's unmarried and pregnant and then given the chance to host a TV cooking show to which she brings all her scientific principles and sets about educating a generation of women (combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride). It's very funny while making some serious points about women's place in the world. Grand by Noelle McCarthy. She's an Irish born New Zealand broadcaster and this is her memoir of her relationship with her mother and alcohol. It's superbly written and incredibly brave. Steve Braunias at Newsroom is calling it the best book of the year so far, but also reckons it will still be that by the end of the year. 

Award-winning journalist Steve Braunias has spent many years sifting through op shops to amass a collection of New Zealand pressed records that provide a fascinating window into our culture of the time.

Award-winning journalist Steve Braunias has spent many years sifting through op shops to amass a collection of New Zealand pressed records that provide a fascinating window into our culture of the time.

Prince Harry is writing what his publisher is calling an "intimate and heartfelt memoir".Random House expects to release the book, currently untitled, late in 2022."I'm writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become," the Duke of Sussex, 36, said in a statement on Monday."I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story — the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned — I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think. I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to share what I've learned over the course of my life so far and excited for people to read a firsthand account of my life that's accurate and wholly truthful."Financial terms were not disclosed. Harry will donate proceeds to charity, according to Random House."Prince Harry will share, for the very first time, the definitive account of the experiences, adventures, losses, and life lessons that have helped shape him," Random House announced."Covering his lifetime in the public eye from childhood to the present day, including his dedication to service, the military duty that twice took him to the frontlines of Afghanistan, and the joy he has found in being a husband and father, Prince Harry will offer an honest and captivating personal portrait, one that shows readers that behind everything they think they know lies an inspiring, courageous, and uplifting human story."Diana Princess Of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry visit the 'Thorpe Park' Amusement Park in 1993. (Photo / Getty) Monday's announcement comes four months after Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, made worldwide news during their interview with Oprah Winfrey near the couple's home in Montecito, California. Meghan spoke of feeling lonely and nearly suicidal before they left England last year and Harry acknowledged tension with his father, Prince Charles, over his decision to step back from his royal duties and his marriage to the biracial American actor."There is a lot to work through there," Harry said about his relationship with his father, who was divorced from Diana, Princess of Wales, at the time of her fatal car accident in 1997."I feel really let down. He's been through something similar. He knows what pain feels like. And Archie [Harry and Meghan's son] is his grandson. I will always love him, but there is a lot of hurt that has happened."Harry told Winfrey that he felt trapped by royal life and that his family cut off him financially and took away his security. He also acknowledged his relations were strained with his brother, Prince William."I was trapped, but I didn't know I was trapped," Harry said, before adding, "My father and my brother, they are trapped."Last month, Meghan published the picture book The Bench through Random House Books for Young Readers.

Journalist, media host and food critic Jesse Mulligan interviews journalist, literary editor and anti-food-snobbery advocate Steve Braunias about his book, The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road. In 2016, Braunias set himself a challenge: to eat at, and write about, every fast food outlet on Henderson's Lincoln Road. Once the centre of the West Auckland wine industry, Lincoln Road has changed vertiginously through the decades, mirroring wider social changes across New Zealand. So who served the best food? Who served the worst? Is the rise of fast food a sign of society's fall? What does it all mean? What did Braunias learn, if anything, from his quixotic endeavour? Asked by Mulligan why he did this project [and wrote the book], Braunias described it as “a book about West Auckland…Henderson's the best!” and called the project a “revelation of the goodness of people”. In the course of his dining, and this interview, the author reveals his fondness for the characters he meets along the way and his sadness at the urban homogenisation of Henderson. Braunias describes the idea for the project as “blazingly original”, even though he paid for all the food himself. Steve Braunias works as a journalist and columnist and books editor. He is the author of ten books, including Scene of the Crime, How to Watch a Bird, and Madmen. Jesse Mulligan hosts the daily afternoon show on RNZ National, before biking up to TV3 where he presents The Project each night at 7pm. He's also a restaurant critic, with a column in the New Zealand Herald's Viva, in which he reviews Auckland's newest restaurants. Mulligan's reviews don't often cross over with Steve Braunias's list of eateries on Lincoln Road, although the two men both dined (separately) at one restaurant and came away with very different accounts of the experience.

Steve Braunias returns to announce the winners of the Surrey Hotel-Newsroom writers residency award.

Jared Savage and Steve Braunias will tackle some of the big questions about crime in Aotearoa and what they have learned in the process of writing about it. With Rob Kidd.

An in-depth conversation with the writer and journalist Steve Braunias. We plug his new book of crime reporting, Missing Persons. But we go back to how he fell into writing and talk about his life and work. We talk, too, of other writers; poets, journalists, novelists, the writers that he's met and interviewed, the role models and heroes.

An in-depth conversation with the writer and journalist Steve Braunias. We plug his new book of crime reporting, Missing Persons. But we go back to how he fell into writing and talk about his life and work. We talk, too, of other writers; poets, journalists, novelists, the writers that he's met and interviewed, the role models and heroes. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with the writer and journalist Steve Braunias

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

On today's podcast, the boys can't believe Prince William has been voted the world's sexiest bald man, author Steve Braunias is on to chat crime writing and Jerry finds a letter he was sent 15 years ago... 

Choices have consequences. And behind so many headlines is a story about the wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time says writer Steve Braunias. He looks at a dozen true crime stories and what they at reveal about New Zealand and what happens when character is truly tested. His new book is called Missing Persons: Twelve extraordinary tales of Death and Disappearance in New Zealand.

In 2017, Going West was the first festival to invite award winning journalist Diana Wichtel to talk about her newly published memoir Driving to Treblinka: a long search for a lost father.  It would go on to rave reviews, awards and accolades.  It tells the story of her father Ben Wichtel, a Polish Jew who was rounded up by the Nazis but jumped to safety from a train on the way to the Treblinka death camp. But later in life, now a father and husband, he would simply disappear.  As one reviewer said this is a story that “will make all who read it a better human being”. It is an ode to remembering; to never stop fighting against forgetting. Reviewers declared it the best non-fiction book of the year and won both a 2018 Ockham Award for Non-fiction and the E H. McCormack Best First Book Award for Non-fiction.  At Going West, Diana appeared in conversation with her long-time friend, colleague, and fellow writer Steve Braunias. Steve regards Diana as a writer of genius and considered the book to be something truly exceptional. “Diana knew something of her Dad's story, and not much more as a little girl growing up in Canada. Her Mum was a Kiwi.  The family immigrated to NZ in the 1960s, but Ben stayed behind, and Ben suffered, and Ben became a kind of ghost, alive, then dead, his story barely remembered. That's the thing about life, it just gets on with it, but history has a way of creeping up on you and making demands, and Driving to Treblinka is a record of Diana's journey to the past.  It's profoundly moving... It's beautifully written, it allows for a lot of black comedy, and it's a wonderfully told story, from a writer who is really without parallel in this country.”

31 October 2020 | WORD Christchurch Spring Festival Becky Manawatu exploded onto the literary landscape last year with her book Auē, a story of broken family. Steve Braunias called it the best book of 2019: ‘a deep and powerful work, maybe even the most successfully achieved portrayal of underclass New Zealand life since Once Were Warriors.’ It went on win the 2020 Ockham awards for both best first novel and best novel. Don’t miss this exciting new writer in conversation with Emma Espiner.

This year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlist has been announced! Journalist, writer and literary editor at Newsroom, Steve Braunias, shares his thoughts on the list with Jesse.

John Cowan interviews author Steve Braunias.

Journalist, media host and food critic Jesse Mulligan interviews journalist, literary editor and anti-food-snobbery advocate Steve Braunias about his book, The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road.  In 2016, Braunias set himself a challenge: to eat at, and write about, every fast food  outlet on Henderson's Lincoln Road. Once the centre of the West Auckland wine industry, Lincoln Road has changed vertiginously through the decades, mirroring wider social changes across New Zealand. So who served the best food? Who served the worst? Is the rise of fast food a sign of society's fall? What does it all mean? What did Braunias learn, if anything, from his quixotic endeavour? Asked by Mulligan why he did this project [and wrote the book], Braunias described it as “a book about West Auckland…Henderson's the best!” and called the project a “revelation of the goodness of people”. In the course of his dining, and this interview, the author reveals his fondness for the characters he meets along the way and his sadness at the urban homogenisation of Henderson. Braunias describes the idea for the project as “blazingly original”, even though he paid for all the food himself. Steve Braunias works as a journalist and columnist and books editor. He is the author of ten books, including Scene of the Crime,  How to Watch a Bird, and Madmen. Jesse Mulligan hosts the daily afternoon show on RNZ National, before biking up to TV3 where he presents The Project each night at 7pm. He's also a restaurant critic, with a column in the New Zealand Herald's Viva, in which he reviews Auckland's newest restaurants.  Mulligan's  reviews don't often cross over with Steve Braunias's list of eateries on Lincoln Road, although the two men both dined (separately) at one restaurant and came away with very different accounts of the experience.

Steve Braunias joins us in studio for his annual announcement of the winner of the Surrey Hotel Steve Braunias Memorial Writers Residency Award.

"Jim's voice was like a man trying to touch his nose and hop on one leg at the same time, and falling over; it was like a garden path, overgrown with thistles and gorse, leading towards a swamp."In this episode of Trip Notes, host Juliette Sivertsen revisits an article written by Steve Braunias about his trip to Rarotonga, the Shipwreck Bar and the legendary Jim Bruce. For more travel inspiration, go to https://nzherald.co.nz/tripnotesYou can follow the Herald travel team at https://instagram.com/nzhtravel or https://facebook.com/nzhtravel as well as host Juliette Sivertsen on Twitter at @j_sivertsen or https://instagram.com/snorkelstosnow

Hablan Thomas Sparrow de la Deutsche Welle, Steve Braunias del New Zealand Herald y Jyrki Palo del Kauppalehti. También la analista mexicana María Amparo Casar y la argentina Silvia Pisani.

Indie-rock legend Shayne Carter (best known for his bands Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer) will talk about his new autobiography, Dead People I Have Known. Shihad’s Jon Toogood gave the book this verdict: “Sometimes profound. Sometimes utterly hilarious. I couldn’t put this book down. A triumph.” Carter will talk about his stellar music career, the Dunedin Sound, his love of sport, growing up in Dunedin, and everything in between. Chaired by Carter’s former driving student Steve Braunias. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Liam McIlvanney has been described as a master of Tartan noir. His latest novel The Quaker was crowned Scottish Crime Book of the Year in 2018. Based on the unsolved Bible John murders that shocked Glasgow in the 1960s (which McIlvanney describes as “a kind of West of Scotland equivalent of the Kennedy assassination”) the book takes its own fictional trajectory while capturing the menace and soot-grimy atmosphere that prevailed in Glasgow at that time. McIlvanney will talk with Steve Braunias (author of The Scene of the Crime) about mixing murderous fact with fiction, how to write a good ghost and other dark matters. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

In 2003, Robin Robertson challenged some of the world’s finest writers to open up and share their stories of embarrassment for the collection, Mortification: Writers’ Stories of their Public Shame. The result was both horrifying and hilarious.We gave four New Zealand writers, Jarrod Gilbert, Paula Morris, Steve Braunias and Megan Dunn, the same challenge, and invited them to read their stories aloud, alongside Irvine Welsh* (via prerecorded video), who contributed to the original book. This session will have strong language and is not for the faint of heart or easily offended. We recommend you buy a stiff drink beforehand. *Please note that due to personal circumstances, Irvine Welsh will no longer be able to attend WORD Christchurch Festival in person. For more information please see our announcement here.

The Wintec Press Club was one of few forums for free and frank discussions between journalists and newsmakers. When Wintec pulled the plug recently it looked like the end of the of the story, but a new club has arisen in Hamilton with satirist Steve Braunias at the helm.

The Wintec Press Club was one of few forums for free and frank discussions between journalists and newsmakers. When Wintec pulled the plug recently it looked like the end of the of the story, but a new club has arisen in Hamilton with satirist Steve Braunias at the helm.

Live from the Michael Fowler centre for the final time it’s Great Together 2017 your one stop election podcast.On this episode Jacinda Ardern and Bill English pit their favourite songs against each other in a political Blitz N' Jizza special, what is the most obscene thing editor Steve Braunias has seen on the campaign trail and a shock unscientific poll.

Live from the Michael Fowler centre for the final time it’s Great Together 2017 your one stop election podcast.On this episode Jacinda Ardern and Bill English pit their favourite songs against each other in a political Blitz N' Jizza special, what is the most obscene thing editor Steve Braunias has seen on the campaign trail and a shock unscientific poll.

Matt & Jerry team up with award winning author Steve Braunias for a new and sexy Election 2017 podcast. Jacinda Ardern, Winston Peters, David Seymour, Mike Hosking and the mysterious Gemini. Listen at work, on the way to work, at home, at the gym or in bed with a partner of your choice.

Matt & Jerry team up with award winning author Steve Braunias for a new and sexy Election 2017 podcast. Jacinda Ardern, Winston Peters, David Seymour, Mike Hosking and the mysterious Gemini. Listen at work, on the way to work, at home, at the gym or in bed with a partner of your choice.

27 August 2016 | WORD Christchurch Festival Why do true crime stories hold so much fascination for readers and viewers? Two recent books, Steve Braunias’s The Scene of the Crime, and Michael Bennett’s In Dark Places, examine high-profile New Zealand murder cases and trials. And the Serial podcast and Making a Murderer television series have made armchair jurors of us all. Jarrod Gilbert talks to Steve Braunias and Tim McKinnel, the investigator behind the Teina Pora case, about false confessions, and the nature and characteristics of homicide.

An irreverent and stinging session should be forthcoming as Steve Braunias, author of Mad Men, and David Slack, Metro contributor, gather with writer and editor Stephen Stratford to discuss satirical writing.

Listen to Finlay Macdonald in conversation with Steve Braunias, as they discuss Steve's latest book The scene of the crime: twelve extraordinary tales of crime and punishment in modern New Zealand. This very special event was recorded at Central City Library, Auckland on Wednesday 2 December, 2015. The scene of the crime is described as “acutely observed, brilliantly written, and with the Mark Lundy case as its riveting centrepiece, this collection from the courts and criminal files of the recent past depicts a place we rarely enter, but which exists all around us”.

An irreverent and stinging session should be forthcoming as Steve Braunias, author of Mad Men, and David Slack, Metro contributor, gather with writer and editor Stephen Stratford to discuss satirical writing.