Essays
Poppin' Off Pānui #6: with some unmissable weekend reading/listening
And a fair bit of love for the art of Zines
Nadine Hura
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Babe, that ain't hard
From the separation diaries: for my solo Māmā doing it tough out there
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Poppin' Off Pānui #5: And a plea to all the tired but talented New Zealand writers on the fence about newsletters
In which I enthusiastically share with you what I'm writing, reading, listening to, thinking, etc.
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Hands fluent in silence
A love song to all the words that have ever been crushed inside the chests of hardworking men
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It's better to write the feelings than to try and outrun them
From the separation diaries
Tips & Inspiration
What is the point of art/story?
In (metaphorical) conversation with Jack Trolove and Anahera Gildea
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Parenting Through Separation
I look around the room and try to pick the leavers from the leavees but it’s impossible, everyone looks the same. Left/bereft - who can tell the difference?
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The bend in the river where the driftwood collects: A Taitā love story
Irony makes for the best and worst stories
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Not another climate change story tell me a love story instead
Tell me honestly, will you click on this or scroll right past?
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The only writing prompt you might ever need
I met a couple of kids on the banks of the Wairoa and we got talking.
Audio & interviews
Decolonising famous writerly advice with Anahera Gildea
Neil Gaiman says you can do whatever you like as long as you do it with enough assurance. Let's unpack that.
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"Bro, we're all good. Are you all good?"
Climate Change, via a detour of colonial history and Te Tiriti o Waitangi