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July 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 267: Sam Duckor-Jones
Hi and welcome to episode 267 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]Archive
July 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Audiobooks
How do you get on with audiobooks? Are you into them? Do they work for you? And most importantly, do you count them as a book? I was never much of an audiobook guy – but I guess podcasts won me over. The fact that I’d walk around town with my headphones in (or on […]Archive
July 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Many More
The books are piling up and there’s no plan beyond trying to get through them as fast as I can, but with too many started now like open web browsers – strange too to be comparing the old-fashioned word with the world that was supposed to kill it. Weirder to know there’s now two forces […]Archive
June 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Graphic Novels
About a decade ago I had a job in town. Right across the road from the library. That proximity is what made me really start using my library card – no excuses, it was easy. Easy to return books on time, easy to nip out for a quick break – great place to go during […]Archive
June 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Roger McGough Had Done Enough – And Long Before He Wrote A Poem To Save My Life
What I said was that I’d first read the poem when I was about 15. And had loved it ever since. Had thought about it – and often – for nearly 30 years. And because that clearly wasn’t lofty enough I added that the poem, this one poem, was in fact a guiding light. I […]Archive
March 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 251: Mere Boynton
Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 251 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to […]Archive
March 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Latest – Greatest – Book
You turn each page like you’ve never read a book before, like it’s a first time – and isn’t that something! That’s the feeling you want with any book, the ones you read, the ones you hope to write, the ones you just want to recommend to other people; list them for yourself in the […]Archive
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 […]Archive
February 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021
Every year it’s music. All day it’s music. All the time. And if it’s not then there’s a film on – and I’m usually noticing the music. Or it’s a podcast. Which has music. Or is an interview about music. When I’m reading it’s a music biography or it’s poetry – which has its own […]Archive
February 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Tall Tales & True: Poetry at Paraparaumu Library, Sunday, February 7, 2021, 2-4pm
The Cuba Press poets are the special guest at this weekend’s regular reading at Paraparaumu Library Meeting Room, thanks to Friends of Kāpiti Library. The poets will each read a few poems from their latest volumes and maybe some brand new work as well. These poets are Janis Freegard (Reading The Signs), Rachel McAlpine (How To Be Old), Mary […]Archive
December 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman