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March 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 248: Nadia Freeman (Miss Leading)

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 248 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Aldous Harding, Anchor, Anchor FM, Apple, Blog, Chat, Column, Creative Writing, Criticism, Dunedin, Emerging Maori Writer, ep.247, Essay, Essayist, IIML, Interview, iTunes, Kiwi, Maori, Mother, Newsroom, North & South, NZ, Off The Tracks, Pantograph Punch, Podcasts, Poem, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Pop Culture, Reading, Rugby, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Stuff, Sunday Star Times, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 247, Sweetman Podcast # 247: Talia Marshall, Sweetman Podcast: Talia Marshall, T Leaf T, The Spinoff, Wellington, Writer, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died. He was 101, a month off turning 102 in fact. What a life. The poet and publisher would have been important had he never written a word himself – he was a founder and co-owner of the legendary San Francisco bookstore and imprint City Lights and as a publisher he was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Coney Island of The Mind, Author, Beat Poets, Beats, Bookstore, City Lights, Eulogy, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet, Poetry, Publisher, R.I.P., R.I.P. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, San Francisco, The Last Waltz, Writing ·

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February 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Substack: “Sounds Good!”

I’ve joined Substack. I’ve started a newsletter – it’s called “Sounds Good!” It’s a subscription-model. Straight away I am asking you to pay. I don’t feel bad about this because you do not have to pay. You can choose to not receive the newsletter. And nothing that I write here at Off The Tracks is going behind […]
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February 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Comedy VS Poetry FACE/OFF: NZ FRINGE

I’m in a Fringe Festival show this year. I’m one of the performers in this amazing concept  Poetry vs Stand-Up Comedy. I put the word poetry first because I’ll be one of the poets. Producers Dave Adams and Creatif Kate (aka Kate Spencer) will be MCing a set of shows across March 3-9 where three poets […]
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February 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 244: Maggie Tweedie

Well, after a lengthy summer break the podcast is back and it’s the first one for 2021. This conversation was recorded late last year and then I decided to have a wee break over Christmas/New Year. So you’re now going to hear episode 244 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf […]
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January 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Books That Blew My Mind # 3: “Can’t and Won’t” by Lydia Davis

Can’t and Won’t by Lydia Davis I could have picked another book by Lydia Davis – I could have picked from a few and probably I should highlight Varieties of Disturbancesince that was my introduction to this incredible writer. But Can’t and Won’t – which I reviewed back when I read it in 2014 as […]
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January 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: The Despondency of Taking A Break

Summer holiday writing block is the building block for the year. And from such terrible foundations all one can do is hope to build on it. Brick by brick you chip away at the task. You pile it up and hope it doesn’t come crashing down. If it does – and when it does – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Short Story, Short Story: The Despondency of Taking A Break, Summer Holiday, The Despondency of Taking A Break, Writer's Block, Writing ·

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December 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Summer Holiday Writes

The poems dry up this time of year, like the grass, all piss-yellow and browned and tough. You fight for one, now and then, and it’s almost (or entirely) never quite worth it.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Poem, Poem: Summer Holiday Writes, Poetry, Summer, Summer Holiday Writes, Writing ·

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December 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Off The Tracks Christmas Hours 2020: Happy Holidays!

Hiya! I don’t ‘blog’ as often as I used to. I mean it’s all blogging at the end of the day. Reviews, poems, columns, essays – they all live here on this site. And they’re all part of a massive blog. And that’s fine. But daily missives are really a part of Facebook now more […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Blog, Blogging, Break, Christmas, Happy Holidays, Holiday, Off The Tracks, Off The Tracks Christmas Hours 2020, Off The Tracks Christmas Hours 2020: Happy Holidays!, Summer, Summer Holiday, Writing, Xmas, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 241: John Newton

Welcome to episode 241 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys 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 […]
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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

A Panoply of Poets at Book Haven: Sunday, December 13, 2pm

Sunday December 13, 2pm at Book Haven in Newtown – there will be a A Panoply of Poets. Poets of all ages and stages. Poets reading – from their recently published collections. Poets reading poems they’ve just written that week even! Book Haven is one of Wellington’s many wonderful bookstores – and the readings they host are a […]
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