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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 […]
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September 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 83 – Stuart McKenzie

Welcome to episode 83 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a chat with Stuart McKenzie. He’s a writer, producer, director, actor – he’s worked extensively across theatre and film, creating plays and short films, directing the full-length feature, For Good and his most recent (shared) project […]
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September 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Changeover: Film

The Changeover Directors: Miranda Harcourt & Stuart McKenzie Firefly Films Margaret Mahy’s classic YA novel – a supernatural romance – gets a contemporary update here in the near-dystopia of post-earthquake Christchurch. The film’s setting hasn’t changed. But boy has it changed! The earthquake a metaphor for the broken family, the broken dreams – sixteen year […]
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April 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 60 – Miranda Harcourt

Welcome to episode 60 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. For episode 60 I talked with actor/director/acting coach Miranda Harcourt. I first met Miranda as part of one of my first ever professional assignments; a housing feature where I interviewed her while a photographer took […]
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