Anne Kennedy
Award-winning poet Anne Kennedy offers to support schools
One of the first Kiwi creatives to put up their hands to help schools struggling with post-Covid-mandate staff shortages has also just won a Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement. And to… Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 10
Heroic polar treks are very much part of Antarctic lore, so it is perhaps fitting that Janice prepares for her trip to the 'great southern continent', by hauling her fridge, (single handed), from… Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 9
Lesser souls would have given up but not Janice. She may have been rejected by her fellow writers, her ex-boyfriend, various publishers and drinking buddies, but all that rejection is merely fodder… Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 8
Janice has shown dogged perseverance in dragging her burdensome fridge around Wellington but is still in search of a home for her cherished chiller Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 7
Janice has managed to lose touch with her group of Antartica bound artists but has had no such luck with her beloved fridge. Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 6
Janice, the Antarctica bound writer still has the problem of what to do with her fridge while she's away Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 5
Janice is heading to the Antarctica Awards ceremony dragging her fridge with her. As she pauses outside parliament Janice recalls some grimmer aspects of her colourful childhood. This episode contains… Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 4
Janice begins her trek around Wellington in search of a temporary home for her handsome green refrigerator Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 3
Janice has had the tables turned on her, and Miles and Dorothy are now in residence in the lovely apartment. Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 2
Miles has moved out prompting Janice to apply for an Arts New Zealand scholarship to Antarctica. Audio
The Ice Shelf - Ep 1
The Ice Shelf has been described as an eco-comedy with a satirical edge that seeks to deflate pomposity and pretention amongst the nation's 'literati'. The protagonist Janice is a writer currently… Audio
Anne Kennedy's novel tackles art and climate change
After a messy break up writer Janice wants to find a new home for her beloved fridge before she takes up an arts fellowship in Antarctica. Janice may be on the brink of success, but her chaotic… Audio
Short Story Club - An Angel Entertains Theatricals
Today Kirsten McDougall discusses Anne Kennedy's An Angel Entertains Theatricals It was included in the anthology Some Other Country: New Zealand's Best Short Stories and was originally published in… Audio
Novelist Anne Kennedy and Poet Amy Brown
Anne Kennedy introduces us to Go Go Sligo, a seamstress who reveals the often scandalous stories behind the holes in the clothing brought in for repairs. The novel is called 'The Last Days of the… Audio
Novelist Anne Kennedy
Anne Kennedy introduces us to Go Go Sligo, a seamstress who reveals the often scandalous stories behind the holes in the clothing brought in for repairs. The novel is called 'The Last Days of the… Audio
Anne Kennedy
Fiction and screenwriter and poet Anne Kennedy and her poet husband Robert Sullivan have called Hawai'i home for about a decade, but her latest poetry collection encompasses New Zealand as well as the… Audio