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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Welcome to the first episode of the NZATE podcast – We’re very pleased to meet you. Poet Liz Breslin reads her poem “recaptcha / all I ask is” and discusses how it came about. She suggests we all go take a look at Stasis Journal and Starling Magazine Check out her latest poetry anthology “In …