Papercuts

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.

BOOKS NEWS:

Romance Writers of America Controversy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/08/romance-writers-america-cancels-awards-program-writer-racism-controversy/

Booker Prize Judges Announced

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51018138

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist Announced January 30, 2020

http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards

Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation has died

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.html?smid=fb-nytbooks&smtyp=cur

Margaret Atwood in New Zealand

https://margaretatwoodlive.com.au/

BOOK REVIEWS:

KD:

Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley

The Bradshaw Variations by Rachel Cusk

Weather by Jenny Offill

JT:

The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

LK:

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

NOT BOOKS:

KD:

Desert Island Dishes podcast

https://www.desertislanddishes.co/

Missing Richard Simmons podcast

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/missing-richard-simmons/e/49137432

JT:

The Casketeers

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/the-casketeers

Bachelor US

LK:

Cats

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/21/cats-review-tom-hooper-taylor-swift-judi-dench-idris-elba-jennifer-hudson-ian-mckellen

THE TBR PILE:

KD:

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Strange Hotel by Eimear McBride

Actress by Anne Enright

At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond by v/a

We Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner

JT:

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen

LK:

All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

ALSO MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Speedboat by Renata Adler

Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

Completely Perfect by Felicity Cloake

Obscure podcast

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Join various hosts of The Spinoff podcasts Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Paper Cuts, The Offspin, and Dietary Requirements as we look back at the car crash that was 2019.

In this special end of year podcast hosted by Leonie Hayden, we dissect the country's response to national disasters, the highs and lows of MAFS, international literary scandals, the madness and tragedy of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Mad Chapman's Pulitzer Prize-winning chip ranking and more, plus we add our entries to the official The Spinoff 2019 Honours and Dishonours board.

Pour yourself a Baileys and settle in.

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Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.

Band on the Run

Can 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 Lives

https://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 winners

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/20/national-book-awards-susan-choi-wins-fiction-award-for-trust-exercise

The 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=12281683

And, 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 Dillard

LK:

The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate

JT:

The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson

NOT BOOKS:

KD/JT:

Dolly Parton's America (Radiolab podcast)

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/radiolab-presents-dolly-partons-america

LK:

His Dark Materials series - An HBO and BBC...

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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 news

Joint 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 Theatre

https://wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/an-evening-with-zadie-smith/- - Patti Smith is coming to Christchurch and Auckland

https://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 reviews

LK: Scented by Laurence Fearnley

- https://www.fragrantica.com/

- Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

JT: The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine

- Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell

KD: The Country Life by Rachel Cusk

- Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas

- The Ice Shelf by Anne Kennedy

Online picks

LK: The Age of Rudeness by Rachel Cusk for the New York Times

KD:‘A Short Run: A Selection of NZ Lathe Cut Records’ at Objectspace

JT: ‘Downtime’ on iphone (in settings/screentime)

The TBR Pile

KD: Vivian by Christina Hesselholdt

Outlier by Rachel Cusk

Patience by Toby Lit

Face it by Debbie Harry

The River Capture by Mary Costello

Sinead Gleeson

Actress by Anne Enright

LK: The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate

Green Book and Screen Tests by Kate Zambreno

The Address by Fiona Davis

Call Me Evie by J. P. Pomare

JT: A Sharp Left Turn by Mike Chunn

Rich Enough? by Mary Holm

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman

Thank you Alice for recording and the Matatuhi Foundation for your support.

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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-longlist

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/booker-tightlipped-amid-speculation-lee-child-will-judge-2020-prize-1064066

Going West

https://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/

The Coalition for Books

https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018708671&fbclid=IwAR16skideVZlWx_XlDaAgQlawBTuZffm2r52W5XaHLmqM6j4-_aFvowQskU

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018710299/the-coalition-for-books-is-launched

2019 Book Trade Industry Awards

https://www.booksellers.co.nz/news/community-bookshop-wins-owners-lifetime-achievement-award

Obama’s annual summer reading list:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/books/obama-summer-reading.html

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018710752/reform-school-horror-colson-whitehead

Fully Booked Podcast:

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/fully-booked-by/susan-choi-F_Py8TgIShp/

Fame music video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMmquNLnHg

Margaret Atwood Live in Cinemas:

https://www.thecapitol.co.nz/movie/margaret-atwood-live-in-cinemas

Linda Burgess in conversation with KD

https://www.timeout.co.nz/upcoming-events/f53kgsjnac4p93hdwgr9hdl88hx7hj

Books:

Lanny by Max Porter

Capital by John Lanchester

The Wall by John Lanchester

Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry

Inland by Tea Obreht

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Guestbook - Ghost Stories by Leanne Shapton

Trust Exercise by...

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In this episode we give advice on how to tackle the ever growing tower that is the 'To Be Read' pile, discuss a recent release that didn't quite hit the spot, and bring you our usual book reviews and raves. 

As always, you can email us at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod

Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.

DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:

Book News

An Evening with Arundhati Roy

http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/look-and-listen/videos/Page1/an-evening-with-arundhati-roy-2019

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 

http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards-for-children-and-young-adults

KD's interview with Tracey Thorn for Canvas, NZ Herald

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/canvas-magazine/news/article.cfm?c_id=532&objectid=12248811

Book Reviews

LK

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Fourth Estate)

JT

Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza (Harvill Secker) 

JT/KD

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo (Bloomsbury)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/three-women-lisa-taddeo-review-sex-vampire-fantasy-sex-traumatic/

KD

Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth (Canongate)

https://www.nziff.co.nz/2019/auckland/animals/

Murmur by Will Eaves (Canongate)

Not Books

JT

Euphoria (HBO)

Blown Away (Netflix)

KD

Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky

https://www.nziff.co.nz/2019/auckland/andrei-rublev/

LK

RuPaul: What's the Tee? 

http://www.rupaulpodcast.com/

The TBR Pile

JT

Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith (Bloomsbury, September)

The Porpoise by Mark Haddon (Penguin)

LK

Juliet the Maniac by Juliet Escoria (Melville House)

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (Faber)

KD

Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World by Nell Stevens (Picador)

Coventry by Rachel Cusk (Faber, October)

Also mentioned

My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy 

Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia by Tracey Thorn

Withnail and I https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/nov/14/favourite-film-withnail-and-i

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Furious Hours by Casey Cep

The Long...

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Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.

As always, you can email us at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod and a big thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.

Book News

AWF's An Evening with Arundhati Roy - 17th July

http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/news/Page1/an-evening-with-arundhati-roy/  

PANZ Book Design Awards - 25th July

http://www.bookdesignawards.co.nz/2019-shortlist/ 

Women's Prize for Fiction 2019

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Faber & Faber: The Untold Story - Toby Faber

https://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 Reviews

Jenna - Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharti - Winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize

Kiran - The Years by Annie Ernaux (with a mention of Saltwater by Jessica Andrews)

Louisa - Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

Not Books

Jenna - Chernobyl (HBO)

Kiran - Hildur Guðnadóttir and Chris Watson (composer & field recorder for Chernobyl) 

Louisa - The Lunatics (Netflix)

The TBR Pile

Jenna - The Years by Annie Ernaux, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, Furious Hours by Casey Cep

Kiran - The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy (August), Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine, Being Various ed. by Lucy Caldwell

Louisa - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Louisa and Jenna visited Browsers Secondhand Bookstore in Hamilton.

Thank you to The Spinoff, Tina and the Matatuhi Foundaton. 

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Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.

As always, you can email us at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod

Thanks 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.

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Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.

As always, you can email us at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod

Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.

Book News:

Dunedin Writers Readers Festival

Verb Wellington

VOLUME Mapua Literary Festival

WORD Christchurch - including Shayne Carter with Rachael King

Women’s Prize Shortlist 2019

Kiran's sesson at AWF - ELAINE CASTILLO: America is Not the Heart

Kiran's review of Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter

Unity Book of the Month:

Axiomatic by Maria Tumarkin

Book reviews:

LK: All Our Yesterdays and The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg

JT: Drive your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokaczuk

KD: Constellations: Reflections from Life by Sinead Gleeson

with mentions of

The Years by Annie Ernaux

Dept. of Speculation and Last Things by Jenny Offill

Steven 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 podcast

JT: The Worst Sitcom Ever Made - RNZ Podcast

KD: Auckland Film Society

TBR 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.

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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 [email protected] and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod

Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.

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