Papercuts

Papercuts #10: Cutting to the ChasePapercuts is here for your February book news and recommendations. We chat about The Ockhams longlist,Jacqui Sturm, dear Peter Wells and Ashleigh Young.As well as your usual book reviews and a bonkers Who the Fuck Is?, that could almost be a psychological thriller.TWITTER & INSTA: @papercutspod EMAIL: papercutspod@gmail.com   Thank you Mātātuhi Foundation for your support, The Spinoff and Tina! Book News- Ockham Longlist is out, check it out here! Shortlist is out March 6th http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2019-awards/longlist/  - James K Baxter week on The Spinoff. Our favourite piece is this one about Jacqui Sturm.- RIP Peter Wells- Ashleigh Young - is the new(ish) Spinoff poetry editor. Here's her first column in Canvas. Unity Book of the Month In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie ColvinLindsey HilsumVintage, 2018Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her age. Drawing on unpublished diaries and notebooks, and interviews with Marie's friends, family and colleagues, In Extremis is the story of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention.Format: HardbackPrice: $55.00  Book reviewsLK: Women in the Field, One and Two / Thomasin SleighLawrence & Gibson, 2018JT: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer - also mentions Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thompson
KD: A Mistake - Carl Shuker (pub March 14)
 Who the fuck is...AJ Finn/Dan Mallory
We love this piece in The Listener by Michele Hewiston
 Not BooksLK: Roma on Netflix
JT: NARRATIVE MUSE - book and movie matcher is now launched
KD: How to Fail pod by Elizabeth Day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's 2019 and our Papercuts team have been reading like mad over the summer break. We talk about reading resolutions, predict the Ockhams longlist, go through our summer reading piles and talk Marie Kondo's approach to hoarding books + much more!  You can email us at papercutspod@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter @papercutspod and we are now on Instagram! @Papercuts Podcast   Thanks to The Spinoff for having us and the Matatuhi Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final Papercuts for 2018. As always, we break down the latest book news, including - Wellington's LitCrawl, My Brilliant Friend on TV & our old mate Jordan B Peterson visiting New Zealand next year. We announce our Normal People tote bag winner & give you a list of Christmas book ideas, because we believe you can buy a book for everyone. As always, you can contact us at papercutspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello boils & ghouls,It's been a big week for books as The 2018 Man Booker has been announced! Is it worth reading? We then deep dive into a new Papercuts favourite, The Ice Shelf by Anne Kennedy. The latest review on The Spinoff Book's page did not favour it - let us know what YOU thought of the book!. We also chat Wellington LitCrawl, Valeria Luiselli, Sylvia Plath, literary witches & have our first ever giveaway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Papercuts we delve into all the latest book news, deep dive into the Booker longlisted (update: and scandalously not shortlisted), Normal People and ask who the fuck is Bob Woodward. With a lot more book & non-book related recommendations included! Check out the Booker Shortlist here! (Announced after recording) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/20/man-booker-2018-shortlist-daisy-johnson-anna-burns-rachel-kushner-richard-powers-esi-edugyan-robin-robertson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kia ora Papercuts listeners! You are listening to a podcast all about books on The Spinoff. Louisa and Jenna come to you from the NZ Booksellers Conference at the Rydges Hotel in Auckland. We talk about the Book Industry Awards, interview the owners of NZ's best bookshop 2018 and Louisa interviews Shaun Bythell, the real-life Black Books-esque bookseller from Wigtown, Scotland. We look forward to having our Kiran back for September's podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louisa, Kiran and Jenna are here to give you all the latest book goss. Authors are being ferried all over New Zealand to speak to you, the PANZ Book Design Awards are upon us and the Man Booker Prize Longlist has just been announced. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi ho! Our new episode of Papercuts is here to give you both book goss and a pile of recommendations to get you through this wintery weather. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kiran, Jenna & Louisa hid up on Level 5 of the Aotea Centre to record on the ground responses from three days at the Auckland Writers Festival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Papercuts is back! Louisa, Jenna and Kiran are back a little early to make sure you're all up to speed with the upcoming Auckland Writers Festival.Sadly, we've just heard that Eileen Myles can no longer attend the Auckland Writers Festival. We recommend still reading Afterglow & Chelsea Girls and listening to this interview with RNZ's Kim Hill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices