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February 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 247: Talia Marshall

Welcome to Sweetman Podcast. It’s 2021. But I started this year with conversations recorded at the very end of 2020. Now we’re into fresh conversations recorded in 2021. And this is episode 247 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as […]
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March 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

NZ Festival Writers & Readers: CK Stead – In Full Stride

CK Stead: In Full Stride Circa 2, Circa Theatre Saturday, March 10 This Writers & Readers session, featured CK Stead in conversation with Steve Braunias. The reason for the talk was Stead’s latest novel, Necessary Angel; reviewed well, largely, received well, Braunias joked in his intro that it should be boring, shouldn’t work but somehow […]
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August 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Roxane Gay: Hunger – A Memoir of (My) Body

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Roxane Gay Harper Roxane Gay is a very good writer – and across so many disciplines. She’s prolific too, or it seems that way at least – online journals, fiction – long and short, essays, comic books, memoir. Sometimes she blends memoir with fiction, the essay form being creatively […]
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April 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The End of The Tour: DVD

The End of the Tour Director: James Ponsoldt Lionsgate One of the chief concerns about this movie, before anyone had seen it, seemed to be the casting of Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace – it’s a non-issue, for two reasons. First of all he acquits himself just fine. Secondly, and far more importantly, it’s […]
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