ARTS ON SUNDAY ON RADIO NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL

2:20 Alexander Turnbull Library

We’re joined by Chris Szekely, Chief Librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library, on the future of the country’s precious archives.

2:30 Chapter and Verse

Pliny’s Warning, an explosive novel set partly on White Island and largely around Mt Vesuvius, written by expat ABC arts-journalist Anne Maria Nicholson * and Beside the Dark Pool, the sequel to Fiona Kidman’s memoir At the End of Darwin Road.

2:55 Bryn Terfel

Elizabeth O’Connor reviews the concert by opera star Bryn Terfel, who’s touring the main centres.

3:00 The Venice Biennale

The BBC segment looks at the new media highlights at the Venice Biennale, including work by musician J J Cale and film director Peter Greenaway.

3:12 Carol & Nev

A preview of the new NZ play Carol & Nev, in which Nev is trapped in a campervan with the ghost of his dead wife, Carol, as he rushes to get to their daughter’s wedding.