Poetry
First poem: Poetry Slam
Word the Front line is the country's biggest poetery slam competition, and this year's winners were four teenagers from Dilworth School in Auckland. Jayden Osbourne, Phillip Toriente, Nathan Su'a and… Video, Audio
The spoken words of the flute
New Zealand flutist Tessa Brinkman is combining her virtuoso playing with poetry for When Flutes Spoke Words tonight at the University of Waikato. Described as a “flutist of chameleon-like gifts” and… Audio
Paula Green reads the winners of the Jesse Mulligan 1-4 Flash Poetry Contest
Poet Paula Green reads the winning poems from the inaugural Jesse Mulligan 1 - 4pm Flash Poem Contest. Audio
National Poetry Day celebrates 20 years
Poet Paula Green talks about this year's Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, plus listeners send wax poetic in the inaugural Jesse Mulligan 1 - 4pm Flash Poem Contest. Audio, Gallery
Lullabies and Requiem in Dunedin
Lullabies are common to all cultures and are varied in their themes and moods. Anthony Ritchie’s Lullabies is being performed by City Choir Dunedin featuring more than 140 performers. Composer… Audio
Selina Tusitala Marsh: Warrior poet
Selina Tusitala Marsh is a Waiheke Island-based poet of Samoan, Tuvaluan, Scottish and French descent whose latest collection of poems, Tightrope, is published this week. Selina reads a couple of… Video, Audio
The Mixtape: Bill Manhire
Making our Mixtape today is Bill Manhire, one of our best known and acclaimed poets, and one of the most influential - he’s taught hundreds of successful fiction writers, playwrights and poets over… Video, Audio
Dr Paula Green - Children's Poetry
Dr Paula Green is a champion of children's poetry - writing poems for them and encouraging them to write their own. Paula has published 10 poetry collections with more to come, she also writes… Audio
Kiwi poet receives international award
Translating English, and other languages into Spanish has been part of Madrid based New Zealand poet Charles Olsen’s creative journey. He’s only learnt Spanish since moving to Spain fourteen years… Audio
Dominic Hoey AKA Tourettes
Dominic Hoey has just released a book called 'Iceland' and he's about to open a one man show called "Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina" Audio
Kate Camp - French toast
Kate Camp has published six collections of poetry - her latest, The Internet of Things, was released earlier this year. She is the recipient of the 2016 Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, and is… Audio
Prof Michael Jackson - The wherewithal of life
Professor Michael D Jackson is a New-Zealand-born anthropologist and creative writer. He has published 30 books of poetry, fiction, ethnography and memoir, and is internationally known for his vast… Audio
First poem
This year marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Day, so today instead of a first song, we're having a first poem. Audio
Nights' Culture - Poetry
This week's cultural ambassador - James Brown - celebrates the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Audio
Graham Brazier - The Final Album
Trevor Reekie talks to producer Alan Jansson, Hello Sailor band mate Harry Lyon, and album facilitator and friend Kelly Addis about Graham Brazier's final album Left Turn at Midnite. Audio
"A Chant of Hate against England" - German war poetry
Wilfred Owen wrote some of the best known poetry of World War One, as a British soldier in 1917. Since then, generations of New Zealanders have had to ponder poems like that in high school English… Audio
Quintessential Lauris Edmond
As a tribute to her mother, respected writer Lauris Edmond, her daughter Frances has co-edited a new anthology of favourite poetry and prose. She and Sue Fitchett approached family, friends and other… Audio
Margaret Atwood: The resurgence of The Handmaid's Tale
Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale is enjoying a resurgence, with many fearing the dystopian totalitarian world it depicts could be reflected in Trump's America. Video, Audio
Nicola Gardini on the art of translation
Nicola Gardini, Professof of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford was in Wellington this week to attend the Wai Te Ata press launch of the Italian translation of Best New… Audio
