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March 20, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Braunias: Cover Story

Cover Story: 100 Beautiful, Strange and Frankly Incredible New Zealand LP Covers Steve Braunias Oratia Books Designed to show replica-sized prints of the album covers, and therefore itself the size of a 12” record (or boxset of them) and ready to be shelved alongside your record collection, Cover Story is, like many of the very […]
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April 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 254: Steve Braunias

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 254 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 […]
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July 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 265 – C.K. Stead: Q&A, Wellington, 2018

The year 2018 was a good one for me and the writers/readers fest – I went to heaps of things, enjoyed them, wrote about them. Win/win/win. It was a whirlwind weekend but I was just fully on board with it – and C.K. Stead has never been one of my favourites. I get why he’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Book, C.K. Stead, Chat, Interview, NZ Festival, Q&A, Steve Braunias, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 265, Stubs: # 265 – C.K. Stead: Q&A, Wellington, Writers & Readers ·

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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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September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 179 On the Radio

It must have been Fishing – either the song itself or maybe Gillian. The first time I heard myself on the radio. Bryan Staff our producer was also a DJ and he played it on a late night slot on commercial radio It was a strange feeling – like hearing your speaking voice back on […]
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August 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Braunias: The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road

The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road Steve Braunias Luncheon Sausage Books Any time I review a new book by Steve Braunias I end up gushing like some rotten little suck-up about how he’s the country’s best, most engaging, funniest writer – about how he knows the seed of a story and how to cultivate it, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Auckland, Author, Book, Book Review, Columns, Eateries, Food, Food Reviews, Journalist, Kiwi, Luncheon Sausage Books, NZ, NZ Herald, Steve Braunias, Steve Braunias: The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road, The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road, Writer ·

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May 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Braunias: The Scene of the Crime

The Scene of the Crime: Twelve Extraordinary True Stories of Crime and Punishment Steve Braunias HarperCollins I stopped only on the other side of calling Steve Braunias our greatest writer when reviewing the small, self-published volume of political satire – because not only is he funny and engaging, sharp, wise, wordy and worldly, he also […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Columnist, Court Reporting, Crime Reporter, Feature Writer, HarperCollins, Journalism, Journalist, New Zealand, NZ, Reporter, Steve Braunias, The Scene of the Crime, The Scene of the Crime: Twelve Extraordinary True Stories of Crime and Punishment, True Crime, Twelve Extraordinary True Stories of Crime and Punishment, Writing ·

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March 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Auckland Writers Festival: 10-15 May, 2016

It’s the return of the Auckland Writers Festival and what a line-up, see the full list of events here. Over 100 events across a handful of days and featuring “the mother of feminism” Gloria Steinem, author Jeanette Winterson, comedian, writer and bird-watcher, Bill Oddie, and ex-politician, former Midnight Oil frontperson and environmentalist, Peter Garrett. Well, […]
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October 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Paul Du Noyer: Conversations with McCartney

Conversations with McCartney Paul Du Noyer Hodder & Stoughton Ltd./Hachette I was tempted to just link to Steve Braunias’ spot-on assessment of this book – just leave you with that review; it does essentially sum it up. Here, collected in one place, are many of Paul McCartney’s dullest interviews, most of them commissioned, scripted damn-near, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Conversations, Conversations With McCartney, Interview, Interviews, John Lennon, McCartney, Music, Paul Du Noyer, Paul McCartney, Spinoff, Steve Braunias, The Beatles, The Spinoff, Wings ·

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May 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Auckland Writers Festival: Satirists at Large – Steve Braunias and David Slack

Satirists at Large: Steve Braunias and David Slack w/ Stephen Stratford Lower NZI Room/Aotea Centre Saturday, March 16 (3.00pm) For this Auckland Writers Festival event Stephen Stratford was the chair, or at least the man in the chair facilitating – flicking questions over in his quirky way to Steve Braunias (NZ Herald writer, ex columnist […]
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March 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Braunias: Madmen – Inside The Weirdest Election Campaign Ever

Madmen: Inside The Weirdest Election Campaign Ever Steve Braunias Luncheon Sausage Books Hilarious, sharp, a bit bonkers – often perfect. I am of course referring to Braunias’ brand of satire/coverage in this election campaign diary as taken from the pages of Metro and padded out to standalone volume with new intro and outro. But I […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Column, Diary, John Key, Madmen, Madmen: Inside The Weirdest Election Campaign Ever, Metro, Political Satire, Politics, Satire, Steve Braunias ·

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December 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 38 GoNZo

My mum was pretty cool – every Monday when I came home from high school in the early seventies NME, Sounds and Melody Maker were there waiting for me. Writers like Nick Kent, Charles Shaar Murray and Nik Cohn. The Lone Groover, Anton Corbijin, Julie Burchill and Chrissie Hynde. It all informed my musical library […]
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