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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 […]