Podcast appearances and mentions of victoria university press

Flora Feltham is a writer from Pōneke Wellington. After completing her Masters in Creating Writing, she published Bad Archive, a book of essays, through Victoria University Press. The language of Flora's essays is expressive and provides for rich creative scope. Author Rose Lu described it as ‘idiosyncratic, warm and wry, [moving] seamlessly across time and space.' Beth caught up with Flora about Bad Archive and her processes as a creative non-fiction writer.

In the aftermath of disaster, how do you sing a song to mark what's gone, and praise what's growing? Hinemoana Baker is a writer and musician living in Berlin, Germany. Baker descends from the Ngāi Tahu tribe in the South Island of New Zealand and from Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa, and Te Āti Awa in the North Island. Baker is the author of several books of poetry including mātuhi | needle (Victoria University Press and Percival Press 2004), kōiwi kōiwi | bone bone (Victoria University Press 2010), and funkhaus (Victoria University Press 2020). She is currently completing a PhD at the University of Potsdam with the research training group RTG Minor Cosmopolitanisms.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We're pleased to offer Hinemoana Baker's poem, and invite you to connect with Poetry Unbound throughout this season.Pre-order the forthcoming book Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World and join us in our new conversational space on Substack.

Hera Lindsay Bird is a poet from New Zealand. Her first poetry collection, also called Hera Lindsay Bird, was published in July 2016 by Victoria University Press and quickly sold out its first print run. A UK edition was published in November 2017. In August, when Bird was in Edinburgh to take part in the Edinburgh International Book Festival, she found time to come down to the Scottish Poetry Library. While in the Library, she spoke about hating wisely, what it's like when a poem goes viral, and why sentiment is nothing to be scared of.

CONTENT WARNING: Loud noises, supernatural disturbances aboard a commercial airliner, mentions of disappearances and memory loss, dread, and terror1207019: Back at Meriwether between missions, Maria listens to a tape from Anna's investigations in Wellington, New Zealand.We are pleased to present the 60th episode of The Sheridan Tapes as a special crossover with the acclaimed audio drama “Apocalypse Songs.” You can listen to the complete series at redscare.co.nz/apocalypse-songsStarring Airen Neeley Chaconas as Anna Sheridan, Amitola Lomas as Maria Sol, Catherine Gavigan-Binnie as the flight attendant, James Cain as Peter Slate, Virginia Spotts as Kate Sheridan, Dryw McArthur as the tour guide, Cassandra Tse as Amy-Louise Chen, and Maxwell Apse as the barista, with original music by Jesse Haugen. Written by Virginia Spotts and Cassandra Tse, based on story and characters from “Apocalypse Songs” from Red Scare Theatre Company. Directed by James Cain and produced by Virginia Spotts, with dialogue editing and sound design by Trevor Van Winkle. This episode was made possible by our supporters at Patreon.com/homesteadcorner, ko-fi.com/homesteadcorner, and our backers on Seed&Spark.Our thanks to the Wellington Writer's Walk and the writers whose work appears in this podcast, credited in order of appearance:Pat Lawlor, From Old Wellington Days, (Whitcombe & Tombs, 1959)Patricia Grace, From Cousins, (Penguin Books, 1992)Bill Manhire, From 'Milky Way Bar' in Milky Way Bar, (Victoria University Press, 1991)For more information, additional content, and episode transcript, visit homesteadonthecorner.com/tst060Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/SheridanTapes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/SheridanTapes.

Preeminent literary magazine Sport was founded by writers Damien Wilkins, Elizabeth Knox, Nigel Cox and their Victoria University Press (VUP) publisher Fergus Barrowman in 1988. Sport folded in 2020 as the pandemic hit and VUP have now published an anthology of the magazine's latter years, A Game of Two Halves: The Best of Sport 2005-2019, edited by Barrowman.

Preeminent literary magazine Sport was founded by writers Damien Wilkins, Elizabeth Knox, Nigel Cox and their Victoria University Press (VUP) publisher Fergus Barrowman in 1988. Sport folded in 2020 as the pandemic hit and VUP have now published an anthology of the magazine's latter years, A Game of Two Halves: The Best of Sport 2005-2019, edited by Barrowman.

A 'first of its kind' anthology of new writing by three generations of women writers from Vanuatu offers us a remarkable insight into their lives, their joys, their hopes and their frustrations. Sista, Stanap Strong! includes poetry, fiction, essay, memoir, and song by ni-Vanuatu women - those who still live there - and others who are part of the diaspora. The book was planned to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Vanuatu's independence last year, but Covid delayed its publication until now. On the plus side, it's given the editors - Mikaela Nyman who lives in New Plymouth and Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen who's ni-Vanuatu - more time to gather material. They talk to Lynn Freeman about the birth of the anthology. Sista, Stanap Strong! is published by Victoria University Press.

Holly Walker reviews Tranquility and Ruin by Danyl McLauchlan, published by Victoria University Press.

Holly Walker reviews Tranquility and Ruin by Danyl McLauchlan, published by Victoria University Press.

Imagine if you could disinvent things that really annoy you, things that also harm the planet. The central character in Susanna Gendall's debut novel The Disinvent Movement endeavours to do just that. The Movement that she throws herself into is also her way of escaping from her violent husband. The book is made up of ultra short numbered chapters. Susanna and her family are recently out of quarantine having returned from Paris, which is her second home. She reads from novel and talks to Lynn Freeman about the ideas behind The Disinvent Movement, which is published by Victoria University Press

Chris Tse reviews Wow by Bill Manhire, published by Victoria University Press.

Chris Tse reviews Wow by Bill Manhire, published by Victoria University Press.

Louise O'Brien reviews Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Elizabeth Knox and David Larsen. This book is published by Victoria University Press.

Louise O'Brien reviews Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Elizabeth Knox and David Larsen. This book is published by Victoria University Press.

In advance of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University at the December 2020 graduation - Professor Jennifer Windsor, sat down with Elizabeth Knox. They discussed Elizabeth's life and work including her latest novel, The Absolute Book. This was recorded on 3 November at an alumni event in Wellington. The Absolute Book and all of Elizabeth's other novels can be purchased at Victoria University Press -- vup.victoria.ac.nz

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey. This book is published by Victoria University Press. Extraordinary and engrossing. Set in Nazi Germany, this novel takes us inside the minds of three vividly-drawn characters: Sturmbannfuhrer Dietrich Hahn, newly-appointed camp administrator at Buchenwald, his wife Frau Greta Hahn, and Dr Lenard Weber who has invented an electronic machine that aims to cure cancer. Chidgey's exploration of willful obliviousness is chilling and utterly gripping.

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey. This book is published by Victoria University Press. Extraordinary and engrossing. Set in Nazi Germany, this novel takes us inside the minds of three vividly-drawn characters: Sturmbannfuhrer Dietrich Hahn, newly-appointed camp administrator at Buchenwald, his wife Frau Greta Hahn, and Dr Lenard Weber who has invented an electronic machine that aims to cure cancer. Chidgey's exploration of willful obliviousness is chilling and utterly gripping.

A new collection of Bill Manhire poems is undoubtedly an event. Even if our first Poet Laureate includes a very backhanded compliment on the cover: "Being the leading poet in New Zealand is like being the best DJ in Estonia!" Bill's new collection has a musical connection too. Borrowing from a Kate Bush title, it's called Wow, and it's full of gems and, Bill says, several desperate jokes. Wow is published by Victoria University Press.

John Duke of Unity Books reviews Dance Prone by David Coventry, published by Victoria University Press. A novel of music, ritual and love. Set simultaneously during the post-punk period and the narrative present of 2019, Dance Prone was born out of a love of the underground and indie rock scenes of the 1980s, and a fascination for their role in the cultural apparatus of memory, social decay and its reconstruction.

John Duke of Unity Books reviews Dance Prone by David Coventry, published by Victoria University Press. A novel of music, ritual and love. Set simultaneously during the post-punk period and the narrative present of 2019, Dance Prone was born out of a love of the underground and indie rock scenes of the 1980s, and a fascination for their role in the cultural apparatus of memory, social decay and its reconstruction.

Faith Wilson reviews The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia, published by Victoria University Press.

Faith Wilson reviews The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia, published by Victoria University Press.

Harry Ricketts reviews Bug Week by Airini Beautrais, published by Victoria University Press.

Max Harris reviews Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand by Brian Easton. This book is published by Victoria University Press.

Airini Beautrais reviews How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems by Kate Camp. Published by Victoria University Press.

Louise O'Brien reviews Nothing to See by Pip Adam, published by Victoria University Press.

Airini Beautrais reviews Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker, published by Victoria University Press.

Harry Ricketts reviews The Reed Warbler by Ian Wedde, published by Victoria University Press.

Harry Ricketts reviews The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett, published by Victoria University Press.

A conversation with the publisher of Victoria University Press, Fergus Barrowman.

An in-depth conversation with Fergus Barrowman, publisher at VUP. We talk about his time with Victoria University Press, the creation of literary journal, Sport and his relationship - as partner and publisher - with one of NZ's most successful novelists, Elizabeth Knox. We talk creative writing courses, poetry, literary festivals, all things writing. And then we geek-out over jazz music for a bit.

An in-depth conversation with Fergus Barrowman, publisher at VUP. We talk about his time with Victoria University Press, the creation of literary journal, Sport and his relationship - as partner and publisher - with one of NZ's most successful novelists, Elizabeth Knox. We talk creative writing courses, poetry, literary festivals, all things writing. And then we geek-out over jazz music for a bit. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

Poet and essayist Ashleigh Young was the first New Zealander to win Yale University's Windham Campbell Prize for Non Fiction. Her second book, Can You Tolerate This? , is an acclaimed collection of essays about isolation and coming of age in heartland New Zealand. Ashleigh works as an editor at Victoria University Press, and in 2019 will edit The Friday Poem for The Spinoff Review of Books. Her poetry and essays have been widely published, and she blogs at eyelashroaming.com.

Hera Lindsay Bird is a poet from New Zealand. Her first poetry collection, also called Hera Lindsay Bird, was published in July 2016 by Victoria University Press and quickly sold out its first print run. A UK edition was published in November 2017. In August, when Bird was in Edinburgh to take part in the Edinburgh International Book Festival, she found time to come down to the Scottish Poetry Library. While in the Library, she argued in favour of hating wisely, what it's like when a poem goes viral, and why sentiment is nothing to be scared of.

Pip has been told throughout her life she needs to cheer up. She's spent years researching happiness and what it can do for you and how to attain it, and she has finally found the answer.   Pip Adam is the author of the short story collection Everything We Hoped For, which won the NZ Post best first book award in 2011, and the novel I'm Working on a Building, and is the host of Better Off Read, a podcast about reading and writing in New Zealand. You can get her books from Victoria University Press, and you can listen to her podcast at betterreadnz.wordpress.com

Most people use their What We Talk About story to talk about something they're interested in or something they like, but with Autism, which Charlotte Simmonds both studies and has, that is not the definition of an obsession, in Autism Literature an obsession is something that causes deep distress. So Charlotte is talking about her obsession with conservation.  You can buy Charlotte's book 'The World's Fastest Flower' from Victoria University Press. 

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing is the subject of today's discussion about reading and writing with Pip Adam.Maria McMillan's mostly Scottish and English ancestors settled in Southland in the late nineteenth century. Maria was born and brought up in Ōtautahi / Christchurch. She grew up on the side of a hill with a view of the mountains and rooms full of books.Maria has campaigned on feminist, peace, poverty and other human rights issues for many years.She has an honours degree in politics, is qualified as a librarian and now works as an information architect. She lives with her scientist partner and their two daughters on Kāpiti Coast. Her poems have been published internationally and locally including in Shenandoah, Magma Poetry, Sport and NZ Listener. In 2013 her book The Rope Walk was published by Seraph Press and in 2014 Victoria University Press published Tree Space.Maria McMillan's website:http://mariamcmillan.weebly.com/interviews.html