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A Write Thrill

UK writer Val McDermid (How the Dead Speak) joins three of Aotearoa’s finest crime and thriller writers: Charity Norman (See you in September) Renée (The Wild Card) and Alix Bosco (Greg McGee, Slaughter Falls).

Please note: unfortunately the first few minutes of this session weren’t recorded.

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Ghost Wall: Sarah Moss

Noelle McCarthy (RNZ) talks with celebrated UK novelist Sarah Moss at Verb Wellington, 2019

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Dr. Natalie Flynn: The BS of Bombardment

Clinical Psychologist Dr Natalie Flynn wrote the book she always wanted to read. After seeing patient after patient stressed out by screeds of conflicting information on parenting, she waded through all of the claims around breast feeding, sleep training, day care, and myriad other decisions parents have to make.

The result is the book Smart Mothering. Dr Flynn talks with RNZ’s Caitlin Cherry about sorting through the BS to help others make science-based decisions about caring for babies.

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Kaveh Akbar with Kim Hill

Kim Hall (RNZ) talks with Kaveh Akbar, an Iranian-American poet whose work has appeared in publications such as the New Yorker, New York Times and The Harvard Review. From Verb Festival 2018.

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