Even a three-volume autobiography doesn't come close to telling the full story of poet Lauris Edmond OBE. So her daughter and literary executor, Frances Edmond, is filling in the gaps in a biography called Always Going Home. This includes assessing in depth the death of another of Lauris's daughters, Rachel, left emotionally damaged by a childhood assau ... Show More
Dec 2022
Lynn and Catriona MacLeod reminisce
Lynn Freeman writes: "This is the last Standing Room Only as I'm leaving to work with Forest & Bird. While I've hosted this programme for more than 21 years, I started at RNZ way, way back, in the era of typewriters and teletexting our copy to Wellington from the Dunedin 4ZB stud ... Show More
7m 42s
Oct 2017
Bonus Episode: "Goat" by James McBride
A well-meaning teacher discovers a student's talent, and in the process of helping out his family, bites off more than she can chew. Recorded live at the Now Hear This festival. This story appears in James McBride's collection FIVE CARAT SOUL, available now from Riverhead Books. ... Show More
1h 8m
Oct 2012
Kristyna Baczynski, Joe List, Jonathan Edwards, Felt Mistress and Warwick Johnson Cadwell
Recorded at the Patrick Centre in the Hippodrome in Birmingham as part of the Birmingham Zine Festival 2012. This was recorded in front of an audience, and we make reference to many wonderful images that were being projected throughout the show. You'll unfortunately have to imagi ... Show More
48m 16s
Aug 2022
From Cry Freetown to Sing Freetown
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with two of Sierra Leone’s most celebrated storytellers; award-winning playwright and founder of Freetong Players Charlie Haffner, and Emmy, BAFTA, and Peabody-winning journalist Sorious Samura. Show Notes Listen to Doniie Major’s Freetown Cit ... Show More
59 m