Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.
In this episode we have a special guest! Anne O’Brien, director of the Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki joins us to discuss what punters can expect at New Zealand’s largest annual festival of ideas and literature. We look at the Ockham Book Awards shortlist, explore the bizarre story of “world class scam artist” Elizabeth Holmes, and bring you our usual book reviews and raves.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:
Book News
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tamaki
writersfestival.co.nz
May 13-19
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
nzbookawards.nz
May 14 – Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony
Unity Book of the Month
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Book Reviews
KD
Certain American States by Catherine Lacey
(read Kiran’s NZ Listener interview with Catherine Lacey here)
JT
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
LK
Under Glass by Gregory Kan
Madness, Rack, and Honey by Mary Ruefle
Who the Fuck Is…?
Elizabeth Holmes
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
(further reading here and here)
Not Books
LK
JT
KD
Scott Walker
Also mentioned:
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean
Nobody is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey
The Answers by Catherine Lacey
Glass Leaves – a text manipulator and generator by Gregory Kan
Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter
Clarice Lispector
Emily Perkins
Louise Wareham Leonard
Anne Enright
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou dir: Wes Anderson