This week's
stories
In False River, writer Paula Morris takes us from the
dark days of Hurricane Katrina to a witch burning in Denmark to very
personal reflections on her remarkable mother. Paula told Lynn Freeman
why some of the works in her latest collection are described as fiction
that are now essays, while others were essays she now calls fiction.
Nov 19, 2017
02:25 pm
 
When an older man takes in a struggling artist in New
York City, tongues are bound to wag. But in Sebastian Hampson's novel
The Benefactor Henry Calder's intentions really are kindly rather than
sinister. The magazine editor has been widowed for less than a year and
he's lonely, while at the same time at a crossroads in what's been a
lucrative career.
Nov 19, 2017
01:50 pm
What is it about the movies and artists? We love
watching people slapping that paint on - whether it's Timothy Spall as
Turner, Colin Firth creating The Girl with a Pearl Earring, or Jack
painting Rose on the Titanic. Clearly it's much more visually engaging
than watching someone writing a book or composing a symphony. Irene
Gardiner was inspired for this week's Screen Gems by a new film about
Vincent Van Gogh - Loving Vincent. Irene's picks include Pollock and
Colin McCahan I Am.
Nov 19, 2017
01:40 pm
New Zealand film-makers certainly make a lot of genres -
from Middle Earth spectaculars and horror spoofs to the experimental
drama of Waru. But we do tend towards the dark side. It's very rare we
go in for bright, family comedies. Until now... Simon Morris speaks to
Tony Simpson, the writer and director of the unashamed family film Kiwi
Christmas.
Nov 19, 2017
01:30 pm
Art Ache is for the budding art-lover who wants to
connect with New Zealand art, but isn't quite sure where to start. It's
a twice-yearly exhibition started some five years ago in Auckland, and
is now being rolled out around the country. The intention of director
Aimee Ralfini is to make art affordable. With that purpose she's
invited some established, and opinionated artists like Dick Frizzell
and Johnson Witehira - to sell and chat about their works.
Nov 19, 2017
12:45 pm
An Ans Westra exhibit at Suite Gallery marks the end of
a 3-year project by the National Library to digitise and preserve her
life's work. Ans is the photographer behind many famous images of life
in New Zealand including the legendary Washday at the Pa series in
1963. There are 150,000 images in total documenting life since Ans
arrived sixty years ago. The driving force behind both the exhibition
and digitization project is her friend and agent David Alsop. Charlotte
Wilson talked to him and Ans' half-sister Yvonne. Link to the National
Library archive here:
Nov 19, 2017
12:30 pm
We need to talk about fish - or rather English podcast
No Such Thing As A Fish. The researchers of quiz show QI have produced
an online phenomenon, and are bringing it out to New Zealand. Simon
Morris spoke to lead Fishman/Elf Dan Schreiber.
Nov 19, 2017
12:15 pm
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