Auckland Writers Festival » Podcasts

Language: English Episodes: 28
Dive into the vibrant literary world captured by the Auckland Writers Festival » Podcasts. This series offers a front-row seat to the conversations, readings, and ideas that define one of the Southern Hemisphere's most significant literary events. Each episode transports you directly into the festival's halls, where you'll hear authors, poets, and thinkers engage in deep, often surprising discussions about their work and the forces shaping our world. The recordings preserve the unique energy of a live audience, the spontaneity of a question from the crowd, and the nuanced exchange between interviewer and guest. It’s more than just an archive; it’s an ongoing invitation to experience the festival's intellectual curiosity and creative spirit long after the final applause. Tuning into this podcast means accessing a rich library of contemporary thought, from emerging local voices to internationally acclaimed literary figures, all united by the power of storytelling and rigorous ideas. Whether you're revisiting a favorite session or discovering a new writer, these episodes provide a lasting connection to the arts and the compelling dialogues that the Auckland Writers Festival fosters each year.
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Tim Winton is a leading exponent of short and long form fiction. Most recently the Guardian reviewed his novel Eyrie as “a superb tale of disillusionment and redemption, loss and beauty” – a description that could equall…
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Canadian Emily St. John Mandel’s fourth novel Station Eleven was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Awards. In it, the world is decimated by influenza and a Shakespearean troupe with the motto “Survival is insufficien…
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Kim Thúy and her family fled Vietnam as boat people, arriving in Canada via a refugee camp when she was ten. With a previous career as a restaurateur and with degrees in law, linguistics and translation, she has now auth…
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We’re witnessing wild times in the world of media when traditional models are beseiged by technological advances and decreasing revenues, not to mention spurned by the digital generation. Ken Auletta – “Annals of Communi…
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Clever, provocative and fun, the work of UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is the perfect counter to anyone who would deny the allure of poetry. One of the most influential poets of the day, Duffy writes for children and…
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The quest for justice has seldom been more grippingly documented than in the book This House of Grief. The Australian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and journalist Helen Garner witnessed the trial of Robert Farquharson…
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New Zealand’s pre-eminent advocate, Sir Peter Williams QC, recalls the people and cases that have defined his remarkable career. Ronald Jorgensen, Arthur Allan Thomas, “Mr Asia”, James K Baxter, Winston Peters and many m…
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Judged by The New York Times as a writer of “sharp, sparsely beautiful scenes that excitingly defy expectation” Amy Bloom is a bright light on the American literary scene and the author of three collections of short stor…