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August 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 271: My Talk at the 2020 Manawatu Writers Festival
Hi and welcome to episode 271 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 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Selima Hill
Look at this poem by Selima Hill. I didn’t so much read it as feel runover by it. It stalked me from the page. It lured me. And I just kept staring at it and re-reading it. I shared it on my pages. And people commented. They felt seen. And heard. They were floored. They […]Archive
July 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 265: Ben Elton
Hi and welcome to episode 265 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 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif Abdurraqib is a writer of words, observer of worlds. He’s a poet, essayist, cultural critic. I remember reading some of his articles on pop music – and liking them, but things really came alive for me with the release of his second book, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, a selection of essays. It […]Archive
June 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Janet Malcom
Janet Malcolm has died. She was 86. I only ever wrote about Janet Malcolm as part of a university essay – that is where I met her work. I’m so pleased to have met with it, the best of her work stays with me forever. She wrote several books – many of them great, two […]Archive
June 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 260: Kate Spencer (CreatifKate)
Hi and welcome to episode 260 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
April 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: # 17 Owen Marshall
I’ve been thinking about Owen Marshall a bit lately. I feel like, in some way, I’m often thinking about him, have been since I was about 15 or 16. That’s when I met him – er, on the page, that is. I’ve never met him. I’d like to. I’d love to interview him one day. […]Archive
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 […]Archive
April 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Charlotte Grimshaw: The Mirror Book
The Mirror Book: A Memoir Charlotte Grimshaw RHNZ Vintage / Penguin Charlotte Grimshaw’s memoir is a wild ride – a must. But it’s also rather ludicrous. Perhaps that’s what makes it such a good time while you’re reading it. I have tried to forget it ever since – the fact that I can’t, quite, is […]Archive
March 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Larry McMurtry
The author and screenwriter Larry McMurtry has died. He was 84. McMurtry is best known for his sprawling old west novel, Lonesome Dove. Released in 1985, it won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a multi Emmy-award winning TV mini-series in 1989 – and remains much loved to this day. McMurtry’s other great novels […]Archive
March 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman