Jo Randerson

Guest writer

Jo Randerson (tangata Tiriti) lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara where they write, perform and make media with other cool creatives through Barbarian Productions.

Do I have ADHD?

Do I have ADHD?

'My life has felt like I’m an archaeologist digging myself up, piece by piece, slowly stacking my bones together into a skeleton that I recognise.'

By Jo Randerson | 14th April, 2025

Janet Frame in 1984 (Photo: Getty Images)

Janet Frame is still under my pillow

'I was alive, and she was alive, and we were both in the same room together.'

By Jo Randerson | 28th August, 2024

Pip Adam (Photo: Supplied / Design: Archi Banal)

‘Hopeful, but not in a rose-tinted way’: an interview with Pip Adam

'The more I write, the more I realise that most of what I know about structures of fiction comes from hairdressing.'

By Jo Randerson | 29th July, 2023