Friday, September 13, 2013

Saturday Morning with Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand National: 14 September 2013

 
8:15 Mike White: the Scott Guy case
9:05 Andrew Adamson: Shrek to Mr Pip
9:45 Matthew Trundle: money and Greece
10:05 Playing Favourites with Davinia Caddy
11:05 Jan Preston: piano life
11:45 Children's Books with Kate De Goldi


Saturday Morning guest information and links:

8:15 Mike White
Mike White is a senior writer at North & South magazine. He investigated the murder of Scott Guy for more than a year, was present throughout Ewen Macdonald's five-week trial, and his coverage gained him the  Magazine Feature Writer of the Year award at the 2013 Canon Media Awards. His new book is Who Killed Scott Guy? The Case That Gripped a Nation (Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 978-1-87750-534-8).

9:05 Andrew Adamson
New Zealand filmmaker Andrew Adamson directed the first two films in the Shrek series, and the first two films in The Chronicles of Narnia series. His 2012 film, Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, was recently released on DVD and Blu-Ray. He directed, produced, and wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Lloyd Jones' novel, Mr Pip, starring Hugh Laurie, which goes on New Zealand release from 3 October.

9:45 Matthew Trundle
Professor Matthew Trundle heads the department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Auckland. He is presenting his inaugural lecture, Making a Living in the Ancient Greek World, at the university's Library Theatre on 17 September.

10:05 Playing Favourites with Davinia Caddy Dr Davinia Caddy is a senior lecturer at Auckland University's School of Music, a flautist, and the author of How to Hear Classical Music (Awa Press, ISBN: 978-1-877551-00-0).

11:05 Jan Preston
Jan Preston is a boogie woogie and honky-tonk pianist and singer who performs in Australia, Europe, China, and New Zealand. She returns here with her percussionist husband Mike in a new show of stories, images, original songs and music, My Life as a Piano (also the title of her new album). The show will tour to Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson, Tauranga, and Napier (13-29 September), and Wellington, Rotorua, Hamilton, Takapuna and Keri Keri (3-10 November). Jan and Mike will also provide live musical accompaniment for Reel Life in Canterbury, a programme of films made between 1910 and 2011 that will screen in seven registered heritage buildings in Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Waimate, Fairlie, Waiau and Kaikoura, in a partnership between the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Film Archive (14-22 September).

11:45 Children's Books with Kate De Goldi New Zealand writer Kate De Goldi is the author of many books, including 2013 NZ Post Children's Book Awards finalist, The ACB with Honora Lee. She will discuss the award-winning young adult historical novel, Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein (Hyperion Books, ISBN: 978-1423152194).

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On Saturday 14 September 2013 during Great Encounters between 6:06pm and 7:00pm on Radio New Zealand National, you can hear a repeat broadcast of Kim Hill's interview from 7 September with Professor Shaun Hendy.

Next Saturday, 21 September 2013, Kim Hill's guests will include Pamela Gay, Lisa Matisoo-Smith and Orla Boylan


Producer: Mark Cubey
Wellington engineer: Damon Taylor
Auckland engineer: Ian Gordon
Christchurch engineer: Andrew Collins

More information follows on Saturday's guests, repeats of previous interviews, next week's programme, and this email list. As this is live radio, guests and times may change on the day.

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