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October 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Music-related novels

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. This topic was Music-related novels – books written about music and musicians that are not biographies, not non-fiction. We played some songs and talked about […]
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March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: A Novel Idea…

Two novellas got into a fight…
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Novel Idea, Novel, Novella, Short Story, Short Story: A Novel Idea..., Two novellas got into a fight..., You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 89 – Kirsten McDougall

Welcome to episode 89 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here I had a chat with Kirsten McDougall. She is a writer, publicist and literary manager. We discuss her various roles and talk about her two books, The Invisible Rider and Tess. The Invisible Rider is a 2012 release, […]
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October 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Kirsten McDougall: Tess

Tess Kirsten McDougall VUP What I liked, a great deal, about Kirsten McDougall’s first book – The Invisible Rider (a set of connected short stories, not quite a novel, not just a novella…) was the way she painted the world. All at once daring but not flashy. Taking time to shape descriptions, allowing the world […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Fiction, Kirsten McDougall: Tess, Novel, Novella, Rain, Short Stories, Tess, The Changeover, The IInvisible Rider, Victoria University Press, VUP, Writer, Writing ·

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May 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Denis Johnson

Sad to wake up and hear of the passing of Denis Johnson. What a writer! He was scheduled to be part of this year’s Auckland Writers Festival – the appearance cancelled due to health reasons. And now less than a week later – this news. Tragic. I found Johnson’s books always at the time I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Denis Johnson, Eulogy, Jesus' Son, Novel, Novella, Poems, Poetry, R.I.P. Denis Johnson, Raymond Carver, The Laughing Monsters, Train Dreams, Tree of Smoke, Writer, Writing ·

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May 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Cynan Jones: The Cove

The Cove Cynan Jones Granta Paperbacks It’s one of those books where to describe too much about it is to ruin it – a slim volume, taut, beautifully, thoughtfully written and controlled, The Cove has a man in/against the elements narrative, it’s a little Life of Pi if you like, a little Old Man And […]
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May 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Haruki Murakami: The Strange Library

The Strange Library Haruki Murakami Knopf Originally published in Japan in 2008 here we have the first English translation of Murakami’s novella. The Strange Library has been translated from Japanese by Ted Goossen and is supported by wonderful illustrations and design of Chip Kidd, but the real magic is in this creepy, intriguing tale – […]
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