ITFC006 Hera Lindsay Bird

Hera Lindsay Bird joins Philly at her place for a drink and we thought – “Let’s record a podcast!”. In spite of her modesty, we gained a great insight into what drives Hera and her poetry.

ITFC005 Louise Wallace and Starling Mag

Starling Magazine has just published it’s 13th edition and it is going from strength to strength. We talk with co-editor Louise Wallace about the magazine’s inception, evolution, and its editorial process. Then Louise shares some of her own poems for our scrutiny and great pleasure.

ITFC004 Robust Conversations with Welby Ings

This week’s episode is an investigation into some of the long-established conventions of Secondary English. Dr Welby Ings joins us and challenges some of our presumptions about how knowing and learning actually works. Philly talks to a student, Charlie, about what English is to them.

ITFC003 Owen Marshall and how to study a text

Philly approaches her text studies theme first; engaging her students with the big ideas and emotions evoked, whereas Chris has a penchant for starting with a detailed exploration of style, form or genre and seeing what ideas emerge from there. Caitlin tells us all what NZATE is currently up to and outlines a range of professional development opportunities coming your way. Owen Marshall is our guest creator; Pip explores his authorial process and it’s fair to say we were all thoroughly charmed by the humility and grace of this literary great.

ITFC002 Out Here and the Alphabet Book Club

It’s a new year and our podcast kicks things off looking into the recent flourishing of LGBTQIA+ literature in Aotearoa. Chris Tse reads two of his poems for us and we discuss his work co-editing “Out Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LBGTQIA+ writers from Aotearoa”. We then speak to Chelsea from the new Alphabet Book Club: a store and community designed specifically for LBGTQIA+ New Zealanders and our allies.