Paula Morris
The Reread with Paula Morris
The Reread: where we once a month invite someone to reread a book they've only read once, long ago. And then, once they've finished it, they come on here and reflect on the experience of re-reading it… Audio
A Vietnamese author sets out to subvert stereotypes of lantern-jawed US soldiers rescuing passive Vietnamese bar girls
Dr Qu Mai Nguy n Phan's latest novel Dust Child sets out to subvert Hollywood movie stereotypes of Vietnamese women being subservient and passive. She talks to Paula Morris in this highlight of the… Audio
Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories released
An exciting new book is out today from one of Afternoon's favourite guests and incredible author, Paula Morris. Hiwa: Contemporary Maori Short Stories is a unique anthology. Audio
The Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books launched
A new platform has just been launched for in-depth discussions of books to foster emerging book reviewers from the South Pacific. It's called The Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books. Audio
Ockham Book Awards winners crowned
Four quite different books all received top prizes in the Ockham Book Awards in Auckland last night.
They included a meaty history about the New Zealand Wars; a book on fashion in Aotearoa from 1840… Audio
Nelson Arts Festival forges ahead online
Writing Home: An Antidote to Feeling Stranded is a collection of videos the Nelson Arts Festival has commissioned from Kiwi writers living here and overseas. Paula Morris speaks about the experience… Audio
“I led a happy life, but I wrote sad poems” – Bill Manhire on his time as a Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow
Celebrating 50 years of the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, five writer read their letters to New Zealand's most famous author. A highlight of Word Christchurch 2020. Audio
Ockham Book Awards 2021 finalists revealed
Finalists for the country's top book prizes are out this morning.
Sixteen works have made it on to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist list for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and… Audio
Writing fiction in the pandemic era
Writer and associate professor Paula Morris, who is the director of Auckland University's Master of Creative Writing talks to Jesse about novelists tackling books set in the 'now'. Audio
Paula Morris - The life and work of writer Robin Hyde
Novelist Paula Morris takes us on a road trip with photographer Haru Sameshima to rediscover writer Robin Hyde. Audio
The birth of a New Zealand anthology
Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, is a new anthology, born in the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque attacks and asks, what is New Zealand now; who are we? Paula Morris has edited the… Audio
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalists out today
Finalists for the country's top book prizes are out this morning.
Sixteen works have made it on to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist list for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and… Audio
Award winning NZ author gives Margaret Atwood event thumbs down
Award winning author Paula Morris was hugely disappointed by the Auckland event with author Margaret Atwood. Audio
Paula Morris: The Ockhams long list - NZ's literary good health
The longlist for New Zealand's premier book awards, the Ockhams has just been released - and despite recent research that shows fewer of us are reading books, there's actually a pretty big leap in the… Audio
The Coalition for Books is launched
It's taken a year to get from bright idea to a plan of action. But the new Coalition for Books is holding its inaugural meeting at the Booksellers Association Conference in Auckland this weekend. Audio
Paula Morris - À Menton
Novelist, short story writer and essayist Paula Morris (Ngati Wai, Ngati Whatua) is this year's Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, allowing her to live for six months in Menton, in the south-east… Audio
Fiona Kidman wins Ockham 2019 for 'This Mortal Boy'
A novel exploring one of New Zealand's last executions, and the events that followed, has won the country's most prestigious literary prize. The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, which are in their 51st… Audio
Harry Ricketts looks back on 21 years of NZ Review of Books
The just renamed New Zealand Review of Books/Pukapuka Aotearoa has just published its 125th issue since launching its offering of in-depth book reviews and opinion pieces back in 1991. The periodical… Audio
Presenting the Holocaust: one memoir, one novel, two very different approaches towards history from two leading writers
Holocaust Family Secrets are explored by Vincent O'Sullivan and Diana Wichtel in this highlight from Wellington's Writers and Readers festival in 2018. Paula Morris is in the chair. Audio
Paula Morris - Bonjour Menton
Novelist, short story writer and essayist, Paula Morris (Ngati Wai, Ngati Whatua) is the 2018 Katherine Mansfield Fellow, announced by the Arts Foundation this week. She will spend at least four… Audio