Our guest picking the music is Kiran Dass, one New Zealand's most trusted book reviewers and literary champions.
Kiran is the programme director of WORD Christchurch, a festival which is about to fill Otautahi's cup from August 27 with theatre, guest authors, and lots of wonderful discussions about books. Kiran has written about books and culture for the NZ Herald, NZ Listener, The Guardian, North & South, Metro,The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, The Sunday Star-Times and is a regular book reviewer on RNZ's Nine to Noon show. She is a judge for many writing awards and was awarded a Michael King Writers Centre residency in 2021 and was the VERB Wellington writer's resident at Katherine Mansfield House last year.
Alongside her work elevating writers, Kiran Dass is a true music lover, writing for UK magazine The Wire and DJing around town. WORD Christchurch runs from Aug 27 - Sept 1st.
Full programme here: https://wordchristchurch.co.nz
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