Papercuts

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass. BOOKS NEWS:Romance Writers of America Controversyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/08/romance-writers-america-cancels-awards-program-writer-racism-controversy/Booker Prize Judges Announcedhttps://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51018138Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist Announced January 30, 2020http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awardsElizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation has diedhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.html?smid=fb-nytbooks&smtyp=curMargaret Atwood in New Zealandhttps://margaretatwoodlive.com.au/ BOOK REVIEWS:KD:Late in the Day by Tessa HadleyThe Bradshaw Variations by Rachel CuskWeather by Jenny OffillJT:The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah KrasnosteinDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidLK:A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesTales of the City by Armistead MaupinNOT BOOKS:KD:Desert Island Dishes podcasthttps://www.desertislanddishes.co/Missing Richard Simmons podcasthttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/missing-richard-simmons/e/49137432JT:The Casketeershttps://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/the-casketeersBachelor USLK:Catshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/21/cats-review-tom-hooper-taylor-swift-judi-dench-idris-elba-jennifer-hudson-ian-mckellenTHE TBR PILE:KD:American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsStrange Hotel by Eimear McBrideActress by Anne EnrightAt the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond by v/aWe Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel WaidnerJT:American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsThe Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove DitlevsenLK:All Among the Barley by Melissa HarrisonAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyALSO MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Speedboat by Renata AdlerSleepless Nights by Elizabeth HardwickDept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillCompletely Perfect by Felicity CloakeObscure podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join various hosts of The Spinoff podcasts Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Paper Cuts, The Offspin, and Dietary Requirements as we look back at the car crash that was 2019.In this special end of year podcast hosted by Leonie Hayden, we dissect the country's response to national disasters, the highs and lows of MAFS, international literary scandals, the madness and tragedy of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Mad Chapman's Pulitzer Prize-winning chip ranking and more, plus we add our entries to the official The Spinoff 2019 Honours and Dishonours board.Pour yourself a Baileys and settle in.Check out more of our podcasts here including the pop up pod The Spinoff Book Out Loud (The Spinoff Book is available in stores now). If you want to continue to support the work we do, behind the mic or on the site, check out The Spinoff Members, where you can support independent media for as a little as a dollar a week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.Band on the RunCan you believe this is our final episode for 2019? In this episode we give a scene report from the first Papercuts band-on-tour field trip where we headed to Wellington for the Verb Festival. And we bring you more book news, book reviews, discuss what we are looking forward to reading over summer, and more! Settle in with Jenna, Kiran and Louisa. Thank you to everyone who has listened to Papercuts, we have loved having you with us and will be back in 2020!BOOK NEWS:New Zealand Festival of the Arts - Writers programme - From Laurie Anderson and Andrea Lawlor to Jokha Alharthi and Tommy Orange - there is so much we want to see!https://www.festival.nz/events/writers/Kiran's session with Booker International Prize winner Jokha Alharthi and Wellington writer Rijula Das Writing Women's Liveshttps://www.festival.nz/events/all/writing-womens-lives/Goldsmiths Prize Winner: Ducks Newburyport by Lucy Ellman (Galley Beggar Press/Text Publishing)https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/prize2019/ducks-newburyport/National Book Award winnershttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/20/national-book-awards-susan-choi-wins-fiction-award-for-trust-exerciseThe Spinoff Book has been launched!https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-11-2019/its-alive-the-spinoff-book-is-published-today/Sinead Gleeson wins award Bookselling Ireland Non Fiction Book of the Year 2019 at the An Post Irish Book Awards for her collection of essays Constellations.https://www.irishbookawards.irish/award/bookselling-ireland-non-fiction-book-of-the-year-2019/As promised, a link to Kiran's NZ Herald interview with Sinead Gleeson.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12281683And, as promised last episode, a link to Kiran's piece for The Spinoff about lathe cuts!https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/objectspace/objectspace-2019/03-11-2019/the-back-country-record-cutter-putting-new-zealand-music-on-plastic/BOOK REVIEWS:KD:The Maytrees by Annie DillardLK:The Boyfriend by Laura SouthgateJT:The Red Parts by Maggie NelsonNOT BOOKS:KD/JT:Dolly Parton's America (Radiolab podcast)https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/radiolab-presents-dolly-partons-americaLK:His Dark Materials series - An HBO and BBC... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.After a few extra weeks off, Papercuts are back to chat the controversial Booker decision, NZ Bookshop Day, the Goldsmith shortlist & some exciting upcoming author events! Book reviews and to be read piles are all divulged as well as some not books too. Settle in with Jenna, Kiran and Louisa - we love your support!Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Show notes are below:Book newsJoint winners of the Booker Prize 2019:- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo.- Article by Galley Beggar Press: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/what-happened-booker-prize-ellmann/- New Zealand Bookshop Day is THIS Saturday 26 October https://www.booksellers.co.nz/whats-on- Goldsmiths Shortlist https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/- Zadie Smith - Wednesday 13th November James Hay Theatrehttps://wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/an-evening-with-zadie-smith/- - Patti Smith is coming to Christchurch and Aucklandhttps://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/16550/Patti-Smith-New-Zealand-Shows-Announced.utr- Verb Wellington's Litcrawl: https://www.verbwellington.nz/Congrats to the winner of Inland by Tea Obreht: Ali Horsley!Thank you to Hachette for making this happen!Book reviewsLK: Scented by Laurence Fearnley- https://www.fragrantica.com/- Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserJT: The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine- Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire MitchellKD: The Country Life by Rachel Cusk- Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas- The Ice Shelf by Anne KennedyOnline picksLK: The Age of Rudeness by Rachel Cusk for the New York TimesKD:‘A Short Run: A Selection of NZ Lathe Cut Records’ at ObjectspaceJT: ‘Downtime’ on iphone (in settings/screentime)The TBR PileKD: Vivian by Christina HesselholdtOutlier by Rachel CuskPatience by Toby LitFace it by Debbie HarryThe River Capture by Mary CostelloSinead GleesonActress by Anne EnrightLK: The Boyfriend by Laura SouthgateGreen Book and Screen Tests by Kate ZambrenoThe Address by Fiona DavisCall Me Evie by J. P. PomareJT: A Sharp Left Turn by Mike ChunnRich Enough? by Mary HolmDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmanThank you Alice for recording and the Matatuhi Foundation for your support.Follow us on Instagram: @papercutspod and email us! papercutspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.On this month’s Papercuts, Jenna, Kiran and Louisa hold experiment to see what it is like to drink a bottle of prosecco whilst recording. We observe the Booker Longlist, delve into bunch of NZ trade news - including the NZ Booksellers Conference, Industry Awards and Coalition for Books. As always, we review what we’ve been reading and chat about what’s on the reading pile too. Settle in!Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Links:Booker Prize longlist https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/24/not-read-them-yet-a-cheats-guide-to-the-2019-booker-prize-longlisthttps://www.thebookseller.com/news/booker-tightlipped-amid-speculation-lee-child-will-judge-2020-prize-1064066Going Westhttps://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/The Coalition for Bookshttps://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018708671&fbclid=IwAR16skideVZlWx_XlDaAgQlawBTuZffm2r52W5XaHLmqM6j4-_aFvowQskUhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018710299/the-coalition-for-books-is-launched2019 Book Trade Industry Awardshttps://www.booksellers.co.nz/news/community-bookshop-wins-owners-lifetime-achievement-awardObama’s annual summer reading list:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/books/obama-summer-reading.htmlhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018710752/reform-school-horror-colson-whiteheadFully Booked Podcast:https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/fully-booked-by/susan-choi-F_Py8TgIShp/Fame music video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMmquNLnHgMargaret Atwood Live in Cinemas:https://www.thecapitol.co.nz/movie/margaret-atwood-live-in-cinemasLinda Burgess in conversation with KDhttps://www.timeout.co.nz/upcoming-events/f53kgsjnac4p93hdwgr9hdl88hx7hjBooks:Lanny by Max PorterCapital by John LanchesterThe Wall by John LanchesterNight Boat to Tangier by Kevin BarryInland by Tea ObrehtThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadGuestbook - Ghost Stories by Leanne ShaptonTrust Exercise by... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we give advice on how to tackle the ever growing tower that is the 'To Be Read' pile, discuss a recent release that didn't quite hit the spot, and bring you our usual book reviews and raves. As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspodThanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:Book NewsAn Evening with Arundhati Royhttp://www.writersfestival.co.nz/look-and-listen/videos/Page1/an-evening-with-arundhati-roy-2019New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards-for-children-and-young-adultsKD's interview with Tracey Thorn for Canvas, NZ Heraldhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/canvas-magazine/news/article.cfm?c_id=532&objectid=12248811Book ReviewsLKThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Fourth Estate)JTOptic Nerve by Maria Gainza (Harvill Secker) JT/KDThree Women by Lisa Taddeo (Bloomsbury)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/three-women-lisa-taddeo-review-sex-vampire-fantasy-sex-traumatic/KDAnimals by Emma Jane Unsworth (Canongate)https://www.nziff.co.nz/2019/auckland/animals/Murmur by Will Eaves (Canongate)Not BooksJTEuphoria (HBO)Blown Away (Netflix)KDAndrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovskyhttps://www.nziff.co.nz/2019/auckland/andrei-rublev/LKRuPaul: What's the Tee? http://www.rupaulpodcast.com/The TBR PileJTYear of the Monkey by Patti Smith (Bloomsbury, September)The Porpoise by Mark Haddon (Penguin)LKJuliet the Maniac by Juliet Escoria (Melville House)Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (Faber)KDBleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World by Nell Stevens (Picador)Coventry by Rachel Cusk (Faber, October)Also mentionedMy Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia by Tracey ThornWithnail and I https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/nov/14/favourite-film-withnail-and-iIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteFurious Hours by Casey CepThe Long... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod and a big thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Book NewsAWF's An Evening with Arundhati Roy - 17th Julyhttp://www.writersfestival.co.nz/news/Page1/an-evening-with-arundhati-roy/  PANZ Book Design Awards - 25th Julyhttp://www.bookdesignawards.co.nz/2019-shortlist/ Women's Prize for Fiction 2019An American Marriage - Tayari JonesFaber & Faber: The Untold Story - Toby Faberhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12237604 AWF Podcast http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/look-and-listen/podcasts/Page3/renee-a-writing-life/  Book ReviewsJenna - Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharti - Winner of the 2019 International Booker PrizeKiran - The Years by Annie Ernaux (with a mention of Saltwater by Jessica Andrews)Louisa - Lost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliNot BooksJenna - Chernobyl (HBO)Kiran - Hildur Guðnadóttir and Chris Watson (composer & field recorder for Chernobyl) Louisa - The Lunatics (Netflix)The TBR PileJenna - The Years by Annie Ernaux, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, Furious Hours by Casey CepKiran - The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy (August), Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine, Being Various ed. by Lucy CaldwellLouisa - Prep by Curtis SittenfeldLouisa and Jenna visited Browsers Secondhand Bookstore in Hamilton.Thank you to The Spinoff, Tina and the Matatuhi Foundaton. Twitter: papercutspodInstagram: papercutspodEmail: papercutspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspodThanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Papercuts: An Auckland Writers Festival Report. A VERY SPECIAL podcast, where we say the words VERY SPECIAL many times. Papercuts report from the ground at the Auckland Writers Festival 2019, where a record breaking 82,000 seats were filled over seven days of literary goodness.Jenna, Louisa & Kiran interview Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize winner Dame Fiona Kidman, Pulitzer Prize winning Andrew Sean Greer and the incredible and probably soon-to-be prize winning Elaine Castillo.We also break down the Ockham Book Awards, the Festival Gala, Douglas Coupland, Literally Lorne, Kamila Shamsie, Chessie Henry, Jill Abramson, Alexander Chee, Shayne Carter, Carla Guelfenbein, we attend two book launches and drink a lot of wine. Thank you to Anne & the Auckland Writers Festival team for having us, 2019 Voyager Media Awards Website of the Year - The Spinoff and of course, The Mātātuhi Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspodThanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support.Book News:Dunedin Writers Readers FestivalVerb WellingtonVOLUME Mapua Literary FestivalWORD Christchurch - including Shayne Carter with Rachael KingWomen’s Prize Shortlist 2019Kiran's sesson at AWF - ELAINE CASTILLO: America is Not the HeartKiran's review of Dead People I Have Known by Shayne CarterUnity Book of the Month:Axiomatic by Maria TumarkinBook reviews:LK: All Our Yesterdays and The Little Virtues by Natalia GinzburgJT: Drive your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokaczukKD: Constellations: Reflections from Life by Sinead Gleesonwith mentions ofThe Years by Annie ErnauxDept. of Speculation and Last Things by Jenny OffillSteven Toussaint's piece on The Spinoff Books Page: TMI: An Essay on Contemporary Poetry in Aotearoa/New Zealand.Not books:LK: Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcastJT: The Worst Sitcom Ever Made - RNZ PodcastKD: Auckland Film SocietyTBR Piles:LK: Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, Circe by Madeline Miller.JT: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Attraction by Ruby Porter, Three Women by Lisa Taddeo.KD: Attraction by Ruby Porter, Saltwater by Jessica Andrews, Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine, The Lark Ascending by Richard King, Underland by Robert McFarlane, How to Fail by Elizabeth Day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 FestivalWaituhi O Tāmakijoins 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. As always, you can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @papercutspod Thanks to The Spinoff and the Mātātuhi Foundation for their support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices