Better off Read

Better off Read

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Better off Read episodes

  • Ep 10 Maria McMillan: The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
    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
    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep 8 Tallulah Adam: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson
    Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson is the topic of today's discussion about reading and writing with Pip Adam.Tallulah and I talk about Calvin and Hobbes, life in the the 1990s and
    how snakes pee. I feel like Toki has always liked comics. I don’t know
    if that’s because we have a lot around the house or something else but
    she really loves reading them. Although she gets a lot of comics through
    Comixology she still enjoys
    going to the library and rummaging through the collection there. We love
    our library so much. They have a really diverse collection with a lot
    of comics and what they call ‘sophisticated picture books’. In the
    introduction to this podcast I also get excited about Wellington City
    Libraries eLibrary, which you can read about here
    31 min
  • Ep 7 Jordan Hartt: The Waves by Virginia Woolf
    The Waves by Virginia Woolf is the subject of
    today's discussion about reading and writing with Pip Adam.
    This episode marks a couple of firsts. It's the first time we've
    recorded an episode over VoIP and the first time I've spoken to someone I
    haven't known for a long time. Jordan lives, writes, reads, and teaches
    in Seattle. I was introduced to Jordan by Kirsten Le Harivel a writer
    from Wellington which I'm really happy about because I really enjoyed
    talking to him.Jordan is coming to Wellington in January to teach
    an exciting workshop called Culture, Landscape, and Creating Character.
    You can read about Jordan and the workshop hereI was looking forward to the workshop before I talked to Jordan and now I've talked to him, I can't wait!Jordan and I talk about a work of his called Leap which you can read here
    58 min

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My name is pip adam and in this podcast I speak with writers, musicians and artists about an ‘object’ as a way into talking about their work – what it is, how it works and what inspires it. Each year I choose a topic for our series. In 2021 it was elements of literary craft, in 2020 it was music, in our 2022 series Beyond a Joke the object I ask guests to offer is something that has made them laugh.