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May 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 19 May, 2019
After attending both the March and then April editions of Poetry At The Fringe I was back for the May run-through. It’s very much the same crowd that turn up for the open-mic, and maybe I’m part of that now, kinda, with three goes in a row. I recognise that many of the poets reading here have been doing so for years, but you know…I’m almost part of […]Archive
May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Still Learning
At the open-mic night, reading poetry – you cannot say the word cunt. Unless you have one. There’s no excuse – beyond that; not even just because you are one.Archive
March 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 160 – Hadassah Grace
Welcome to episode 160 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. I had a conversation this week with Hadassah […]Archive
January 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 153 – Kiran Dass
Welcome to episode 153 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. I had a chat with Kiran Dass – she is a […]Archive
November 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Lit-Sync For Your Life: LitCrawl 2018
This Saturday (November 10) I’ll be part of Lit-Sync For Your Life – which is part of LitCrawl 2018. LitCrawl is a series of literary events in Wellington across November 8-11 (you can check out my recent podcast with the event’s co-creators to get the full run-through of this year’s program). Lit-Sync For Your Life […]Archive
July 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 126 – Helen Heath
Welcome to episode 126 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Wellington poet Helen Heath. She’s released two volumes of poetry, her first, Graft, was nominated for a science writing award and won Best First Book; her brand new collection, Are Friends Electric is a […]Archive
July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 125 – Russell Self
Welcome to episode 125 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here I had a chat with Russell Self. He’s a Wellington-based, English-born musician and poet. Russell’s held many jobs, let many more go, he’s been a busker, a troubadour, he recites his own poems and sings covers – he also […]Archive
February 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 103 – Richard Langston
Welcome to episode 103 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I sat down for a chat with Richard Langston. We’ve met and talked a few times over the years but this was the first time I’d attempted to get his full story – journalist, poet, broadcaster, music enthusiast, television […]Archive
October 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Litcrawl 2017: Bringing It All Back Home
Litcrawl takes place over the weekend of November 10-12 in various venues across Wellington. And one of the sessions I’m most looking forward to is Bringing It All Back Home, part of the first phase of the crawl, 6pm at MEOW on Saturday, November 11. This session is about the greatest songwriter of the modern […]Archive
September 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Litcrawl 2017: Program Announced
Litcrawl is the little Wellington writing festival that could. In fact it did. And still is. Here we are now nearing its fourth iteration – Litcrawl 2017 will run across November 10-12 and will feature local, national and international names in literature. As with previous years the festival seeks to create boutique events, to place […]Archive
June 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman