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Last week saw
the presentation of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards - our most
prestigious celebration of our top writers. Nicola Legat, Chairwoman of
the NZ Book Awards Trust, talks about the winners and what this means
for New Zealand writing.
May 21, 2017 02:50
pm
Dunedin writer
Paddy Richardson is an established crime writer - but her 7th novel
you'll find in the "Historical New Zealand fiction section"
of your local bookshop, library or online site.
May 21, 2017 02:40
pm
Christopher
Marlowe's Doctor Faustus tells the story of a man who makes a deal with
the Devil. He gets unlimited power, money, glory, women - anything he
could ever want. But he forgets to check the small print... Faustus
doesn't quite know what he's getting himself into, and neither will the
lead actor in a new production at Auckland's Basement Theatre because
each night a different guest actor will play the part of Faustus -
having never rehearsed with the rest of the cast before.
May 21, 2017 02:25
pm
New Zealand
Baritone James Harrison has now well and truly got his foot on the
international opera ladder. He's this year's Dame Malvina Major
Foundation Fellow/Scholar, he's taken time out from a busy schedule in
Europe to play two roles in New Zealand Opera's production of Carmen.
Carmen opens in Wellington on the 1st of June, then travels to Auckland
in the 22nd, and finally plays in Christchurch in July.
May 21, 2017 01:48
pm
Italian writer
Viola di Grado is fascinated by language. A graduate from Turin in
Chinese and Japanese, her first novel 30 percent wool, 70 percent
acrylic won awards at home for "linguistic invention pushed to the
visionary". Viola is here as part of the Auckland Writers
Festival, and also appearing in Wellington on Tuesday, talking with Dr
Claudia Bernardi, at Victoria University's Kelburn campus, about How to
be Viola Di Grado.
May 21, 2017 01:35
pm
The Civic is
the jewel in Auckland's cinema scene - a throwback to when cinemas
weren't just a place to see movies but Motion Picture Palaces. As
Auckland Live announces the launch of public tours of Auckland's grand
old lady of theatre, The Civic, Simon Morris finds out more from their
tour guide, Peter Dobson.
May 21, 2017 12:50
pm
Maybe we get
the musical theatre we deserve. Italy gets grand opera, Germany gets Wagnerian
Ring Cycles, Britain and America tap into pop songs and the Great
American Songbook. We get Jingles the Musical.
May 21, 2017 12:30
pm
This years Auckland Festival of
Photography features a string of exhibitions based on this year's theme
- Identity. What is identity? How does is shape us and our work? ...and
why does is seem so important to talk about it these days?
May 21, 2017 12:16
pm
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