Pip Adam
Book Critic: villains in short-form
Pip Adam reviews a number of short novellas that have villains as their central characters. Audio
Book Critic: Does great literature equal great television?
Pip Adam muses on novel adaptations into TV or films. She suggests a number of NZ books that would lend themselves to a multi-episode TV series. Pip's choices include Wednesday's Children by Robin… Audio
Book Critic: books about a single life
Pip Adam recommends some new and not so new books that focus on a single human life. Audio
Best of the Fest: Word Christchurch with Tina Makereti and Pip Adam
Writers, poets, musicians, artists and storytellers have descended on Otautahi Christchurch this week for the Word Festival. More than 100 guests have been taking part in sessions across venues in the… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks to Jesse about the books she's loved over time. She reviews, Marrow & Other Stories by Sloane Hong, Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craig and Mrs S. by K. Patrick. Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
This week Pip reviews cook books. She talks to Jesse about Anything's Pastable by Dan Pashman, East Meera Sodha by Meera Sodha and Good vibes : eat well with feel-good flavours by Alby Hailes. Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip looks at suspense fiction. She talks to Jesse about The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith and The Night She Fell by Eileen Merriman. Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks to Jesse about author Thomasin Sleigh, who Pip is talking to for the Aotearoa New Zealand Arts Festival. Audio
The Mixtape - Best of 2023 Pt.2
This week is Part 2 of our 'Best of 2023' Mixtapes. Over the next hour we are going to hear music picks and conservation from comedian Guy Montgomery, Fashion Designer Kate Sylvester, Children's… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
This week Pip talks to Jesse about books that have altered the way she experiences the world. She reviews Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapokai, A Billion Years Before the End of the World and Owl. Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks to Jesse about author Isabel Waidner and their work including a number of podcasts as well as books. Audio
The Mixtape: Pip Adam
Pip Adam is an Award winning author of five books, including the Ockham Winning The New Animals (2017) and the widely praised Nothing to See (2021). Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks to Jesse about Animal Joy: A book of laughter and resuscitation by Nuar Alsadir, Unscripted: The Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B Stewart and Rachel… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
This week Pip talks to Jesse about Grimmish by Michael Winkler and The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones and Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks to Jesse about finding time to read and how she's managed to fit in a few books over the past month despite her busy schedule. Today she talks about an essay, ChapGPT Is a Blurry JPEG… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip reviews Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglass Rushkoff, We are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner and Either/Or by Elif Batuman. Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks to Jesse about books coming out in 2023 that she's excited about. Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks to Jesse about books that can help navigate through economic difficulties. She talks about Too Much Money: How Wealth Disparities Are Unbalancing Aotearoa by Max Rashbrooke and More… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks about three books that 'respond to voice'. They are, Scenes from a Yellow Peril by Nathan Joe, Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel by Harry Josephine Giles.
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Today Pip talks to Charlotte about the books she used as inspiration for her recent Verb Festival workshop called Losing the Plot. Audio
