Category: writers

GLENN COLQUHOUN Glenn Colquhoun is accompanied by foot-high totems of New Zealand historical figures, which he uses to explore our history in songs and poetry drawn from both the Maori and European oral tradition, inspiredContinue readingOral Poetry & Totems

GLENN COLQUHOUN, ART NAHILL and CHRIS REID Three doctors whose life outside the consulting room is devoted to arts practice: Glenn Colqu­houn and Art Nahill through poetry, Chris Reid with photography. How does their medicalContinue readingThe Art of Healing

DAME ANNE SALMOND A literary and historical treat – a trip with New Zealand’s foremost historian Dame Anne Salmond on the tall ship, R. Tucker Thompson. Mark the 250th anniversary of Cook’s arrival in AotearoaContinue readingIn Cook’s Wake

STEVE BRAUNIAS & GUYON ESPINER Steve’s weekly Secret Diary is feared by politicians (and others); he has tracked his love for courtroom drama and small-town New Zealand in ten books and edits The Spinoff’s excellentContinue readingPolitics, Poetry and Personalities

GLENN COLQUHOUN Glenn Colquhoun is a poet and doctor. He grew up in South Auckland and studied theology and English, then medicine. In 1994 he took a year off and lived in Te Tii, beginningContinue readingHomecoming

Sarah Tuck Coming Un Stuck charts Sarah Tuck’s recovery from an empty nest and the end of her marriage. From the solo comfort of a gruyere and mushroom toastie to the indulgence of bitter chocolateContinue readingComing Un Stuck