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“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” George Eliot* In April, ReCooper8 featured my interview with local artist and musician, Jen Olson. I’m very pleased to make it available here for your listen again pleasure! My thanks again … More Delicious Autumn! Listen again to my interview with Jen Olson
Well, admittedly the levels are all over the show, and overall my editorial cobbling together could do with more…. cobbling! Nevertheless, below is my attempt at a 5 minute glimpse at the most recent Wairarapa Word open mic event held on 7th April 2013 at Almos Bookstore in Carterton. It really is just a snippet … More A glimpse at April’s Wairarapa Word open mic event…
wairarapa word is held the first sunday of the month at 3pm a free event, in the best sense of the word This sunday, 7th April, is wairarapa word from 3-5pm at Almo’s Books, High St, Carterton – a time and place to perform story, poem, comedy… anything with words… This month, Wairarapa Word will feature the work of Simon … More Calling all poets! Check out the Wairarapa Word open mic event!
Just in case you didn’t manage to catch March’s edition of ReCooper8, your local arts show on 92.7FM Arrow FM, the Wairarapa’s Community Access Radio station, then here are the best bits! My interviews with Richard Clark and Simon Fleck. Both gentlemen are residents of Featherston, and both are vastly talented, generous and outspoken creative … More Listen Again to ReCooper8 in March – Simon Fleck and Richard Clark
ReCooper8 started 2013 in the most promising way for a community arts show – I had the pleasure of interviewing Madeleine M Slavick, a locally based poet and artist with an international background and a global repertoire. We discussed her development as a writer, her time in Hong Kong, where she spent several years and … More My Interview with Madeleine M Slavick
Back in February this year I had the pleasure of interviewing Reiner Schoenbrunn, a Featherston resident with a fascinating CV which includes writing the book on the Morris Minor motor in New Zealand, being one of a handful of experienced and acclaimed rostrum camera operators in… the world, and currently conserving the nation’s film and moving … More Interview with Reiner Schoenbrunn, Film Conservator with the NZ Film Archive
Back in October, I interviewed local artist and film maker, Tania Williams, at the opening of her exhibition at the Colours for Art Gallery in Kuripuni, Masterton. There was a fantastic atmosphere at the gallery, and I was lucky enough not only to talk to Tania about her work, her inspiration and her future projects, … More Interview with Featherston artist, Tania Williams
Hello there, I hope you had a great Christmas! I am feeling considerably more round and calculate that my personal chocolate:mince pie:turkey ratio is currently standing at roughly 80:10:10. Yes, being a Brit by birth, my family went the Turkey With All the Trimmings route, with left overs consumed on Boxing Day with a lot … More December’s Interviews
Here’s my interview with Dawn Clark of Aurora Designs that we recorded for the November show this year. A lovely guest, and some lovely hats! Thanks Dawn!
Typically, resource management planning (my day job) sits worlds away from the colourful realm of the arts . However, back in June when I needed to find a creative solution to my childcare issues for my return to work, the felicitous hand of fate kindly arranged for me to share an office with Steffen Kreft, … More For your listening pleasure – Greytown Arts Festival
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