The Marlborough Book Festival's Podcast http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com The Marlborough Book Festival is an annual readers and writers festival held in July in Marlborough, New Zealand. Listen to our podcasts to hear discussions with our featured writers, as they explain the challenges and the highlights of creating their various works and their lives as writers. Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:43:43 +1300 https://podbean.com/?v=3.2 en Copyright 2017 All rights reserved. Arts:Literature 1440 The Marlborough Book Festival is an annual readers and writers festival held in July in Marlborough, New Zealand. Listen to our podcasts to hear discussions with our featured writers, as they explain the challenges and the highlights of creating their various works and their lives as writers. katharine.pickford@gmail.com No No http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/feed/ http://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/2239129/mbf_pumpkin.png The Marlborough Book Festival's Podcast http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com 144 144 MoreFM radio interview http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/morefm-radio-interview/ http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/morefm-radio-interview/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:39:32 +1300 marlboroughbookfestival Uncategorized marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/morefm-radio-interview-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 In 2017, The Marlborough Readers and Writers Charitable Trust won the supreme Marlborough Trustpower Community Award.  Trustee and founding Marlborough Book Festival committee member Sonia O’Regan spoke to Tash from MoreFM after our big win was announced.

]]> In 2017, The Marlborough Readers and Writers Charitable Trust won the supreme Marlborough Trustpower Community Award.  Trustee and founding Marlborough Book Festival committee member Sonia O'Regan spoke to Tash from MoreFM after our big win was announced.

]]> In 2017, The Marlborough Readers and Writers Charitable Trust won the supreme Marlborough Trustpower Community Award.  Trustee and founding Marlborough Book Festival committee member Sonia ... No No 00:01:50 7 full MoreFM radio interview Poet Brian Turner: an incredible life http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/poet-brian-turner-an-incredible-life/ http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/poet-brian-turner-an-incredible-life/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2017 07:02:31 +1300 marlboroughbookfestival writing reading literature book festival new zealand Marlborough poetry marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/poet-brian-turner-an-incredible-life-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Brian Turner is a New Zealand poet, essayist, biographer and editor, as well as an ardent and accomplished sportsman, conservationist and champion of our wild places.

In this conversation with Mike White, Brian, a previous New Zealand Poet Laureate, talks about growing up in one of New Zealand’s most famous sporting families and representing New Zealand; ocean sailing, climbing, cycling, fishing and golf caddying; his love of the environment and his battles to preserve it; and how it’s all played a part in a half century of extraordinary writing. 

 

]]> Brian Turner is a New Zealand poet, essayist, biographer and editor, as well as an ardent and accomplished sportsman, conservationist and champion of our wild places.

In this conversation with Mike White, Brian, a previous New Zealand Poet Laureate, talks about growing up in one of New Zealand's most famous sporting families and representing New Zealand; ocean sailing, climbing, cycling, fishing and golf caddying; his love of the environment and his battles to preserve it; and how it's all played a part in a half century of extraordinary writing. 

 

]]> Brian Turner is a New Zealand poet, essayist, biographer and editor, as well as an ardent and accomplished sportsman, conservationist and champion of our wild ... Brian Turner is a New Zealand poet, essayist, biographer and editor, as well as an ardent and accomplished sportsman, conservationist and champion of our wild places.
In this conversation with Mike White, Brian, a previous New Zealand Poet Laureate, talks about growing up in one of New Zealand's most famous sporting families and representing New Zealand; ocean sailing, climbing, cycling, fishing and golf caddying; his love of the environment and his battles to preserve it; and how it's all played a part in a half century of extraordinary writing. 
 
]]> No No 00:55:10 6 full Poet Brian Turner: an incredible life Digging for dinosaurs with John Pickrell http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/digging-for-dinosaurs-with-john-pickrell/ http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/digging-for-dinosaurs-with-john-pickrell/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:32:57 +1300 marlboroughbookfestival Uncategorized writing reading new zealand Marlborough non-fiction dinosaurs fossil hunters paleontology marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/digging-for-dinosaurs-with-john-pickrell-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 John Pickrell is an award-winning journalist, the former editor of Australian Geographic magazine and the author of Flying Dinosaurs, How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds, and Weird Dinosaurs, The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything we Thought we Knew.

John joined us at the 2017 Marlborough Book Festival for two sessions in conversation with Mike White, including this one at Spy Valley Wines, where he discussed his books on fascinating new dinosaur discoveries, fossil hunts from the Australian Outback to Antarctica, and his experiences digging for dinosaurs in Australia and Mongolia.

 

]]> John Pickrell is an award-winning journalist, the former editor of Australian Geographic magazine and the author of Flying Dinosaurs, How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds, and Weird Dinosaurs, The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything we Thought we Knew.

John joined us at the 2017 Marlborough Book Festival for two sessions in conversation with Mike White, including this one at Spy Valley Wines, where he discussed his books on fascinating new dinosaur discoveries, fossil hunts from the Australian Outback to Antarctica, and his experiences digging for dinosaurs in Australia and Mongolia.

 

]]> John Pickrell is an award-winning journalist, the former editor of Australian Geographic magazine and the author of Flying Dinosaurs, How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds, and Weird Dinosaurs, The Strange New Fossils ... John Pickrell is an award-winning journalist, the former editor of Australian Geographic magazine and the author of Flying Dinosaurs, How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds, and Weird Dinosaurs, The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything we Thought we Knew.
John joined us at the 2017 Marlborough Book Festival for two sessions in conversation with Mike White, including this one at Spy Valley Wines, where he discussed his books on fascinating new dinosaur discoveries, fossil hunts from the Australian Outback to Antarctica, and his experiences digging for dinosaurs in Australia and Mongolia.
 
]]> No No 00:57:13 5 full Digging for dinosaurs with John Pickrell The beer geek and the winemaker http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/the-beer-geek-and-the-winemaker/ http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/the-beer-geek-and-the-winemaker/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:59:58 +1300 marlboroughbookfestival Uncategorized writing reading literature book festival new zealand Marlborough non-fiction craft beer beer writer beer blog marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/the-beer-geek-and-the-winemaker-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Is beer pong an Olympic sport? What does beer made with stag semen taste like? Author of How To Have A Beer Alice Galletly provides answers to such pressing questions and offers tips on how to get the most out of every glass of beer, in conversation with wine maker Ben Glover at the 2017 Marlborough Book Festival. 

]]> Is beer pong an Olympic sport? What does beer made with stag semen taste like? Author of How To Have A Beer Alice Galletly provides answers to such pressing questions and offers tips on how to get the most out of every glass of beer, in conversation with wine maker Ben Glover at the 2017 Marlborough Book Festival. 

]]> Is beer pong an Olympic sport? What does beer made with stag semen taste like? Author of How To Have A Beer Alice Galletly provides answers ... No No 01:03:03 4 full The beer geek and the winemaker Dame Anne Salmond in conversation with Peter Jerram http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/dame-anne-salmond-in-conversation-with-peter-jerram/ http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/dame-anne-salmond-in-conversation-with-peter-jerram/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2017 06:21:49 +1300 marlboroughbookfestival Uncategorized writing reading literature book festival anthropology history new zealand Marlborough non-fiction Maori New Zealand history marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/dame-anne-salmond-in-conversation-with-peter-jerram-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Dame Anne Salmond makes history intriguing, exciting and highly relevant. An eminent anthropologist, historian, writer and environmentalist, Anne shares her understanding of the Māori experience and how it shapes us all as New Zealanders.

As Marlborough prepares to celebrate 250 years since Cook first visited the region, local author Peter Jerram, a long-time Cook enthusiast, spoke with Anne about two of her incredibly detailed and gripping books, Two Worlds, Between Worlds, and The Trial of the Cannibal Dog, Captain Cook in the South Seas onboard the Marlborough Tour Company’s MV Odyssea in the Queen Charlotte Sound.

]]> Dame Anne Salmond makes history intriguing, exciting and highly relevant. An eminent anthropologist, historian, writer and environmentalist, Anne shares her understanding of the Māori experience and how it shapes us all as New Zealanders.

As Marlborough prepares to celebrate 250 years since Cook first visited the region, local author Peter Jerram, a long-time Cook enthusiast, spoke with Anne about two of her incredibly detailed and gripping books, Two Worlds, Between Worlds, and The Trial of the Cannibal Dog, Captain Cook in the South Seas onboard the Marlborough Tour Company’s MV Odyssea in the Queen Charlotte Sound.

]]> Dame Anne Salmond makes history intriguing, exciting and highly relevant. An eminent anthropologist, historian, writer and environmentalist, Anne shares her understanding of the Māori experience ... Dame Anne Salmond makes history intriguing, exciting and highly relevant. An eminent anthropologist, historian, writer and environmentalist, Anne shares her understanding of the Māori experience and how it shapes us all as New Zealanders.
As Marlborough prepares to celebrate 250 years since Cook first visited the region, local author Peter Jerram, a long-time Cook enthusiast, spoke with Anne about two of her incredibly detailed and gripping books, Two Worlds, Between Worlds, and The Trial of the Cannibal Dog, Captain Cook in the South Seas onboard the Marlborough Tour Company’s MV Odyssea in the Queen Charlotte Sound.
]]> No No 01:23:01 3 full Dame Anne Salmond in conversation with Peter Jerram Long form journalism panel http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/marlborough-book-festival-2017-long-form-journalism-panel/ http://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/marlborough-book-festival-2017-long-form-journalism-panel/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2017 13:18:51 +1300 marlboroughbookfestival writing reading journalism feature writing literature book festival marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/marlborough-book-festival-2017-long-form-journalism-panel-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 Four of New Zealand’s leading journalists - Mike White, Nikki Macdonald, Naomi Arnold and Charles Anderson - discuss how they tell stories in depth in an age of clickbait, and the role of new story-telling techniques and the ressurgence of  podcasts.

]]> Four of New Zealand's leading journalists - Mike White, Nikki Macdonald, Naomi Arnold and Charles Anderson - discuss how they tell stories in depth in an age of clickbait, and the role of new story-telling techniques and the ressurgence of  podcasts.

]]> Four of New Zealand's leading journalists - Mike White, Nikki Macdonald, Naomi Arnold and Charles Anderson - discuss how they tell stories in depth in ... No No 01:09:01 2 full Long form journalism panel