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Vanda Symon hosts a show on behalf of the Otago/Southland branch of the NZ Society of Authors
Write On with Vanda Symon
English, Literature, 1 season, 17 episodes, 14 hours, 46 minutes
Write On with Vanda Symon
English, Literature, 1 season, 17 episodes, 14 hours, 46 minutes
Write On with Beverly Martens - 14-02-2024 - News and views about local writers - Jan McEwen and Liz Breslin
News and views about local writers - This month Beverly chats with the exec director of the Michel King Writers' Centre, Jan McEwen, about the beautiful Signalman's Cottage in Devonport where the Centre is based, the various writers' residencies the Centre offers, along with the wider opportunities to also stay and write there as a visiting writer.
Beverly's second guest is the inimitable Otago-based writer, poet and performer Liz Breslin. Liz's pressing mission is to attend a Language Conference in Boston next month, but we also discuss her wider creative practice.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
2/14/2024 • 55 minutes, 8 seconds
Write On with Beverly Martens - 10-01-2024 - For and about local writers - Dr April-Rose Geers and Kathryn Van Beek
This month Beverly chats with UBS Emerging Writer in Residence, and poet-activist, Dr April-Rose Geers about the complex creative nonfiction memoir she will be working on while in Dunedin. Then, later in the show, Beverly chats with out-going 2023 Burns' Fellow Kathryn Van Beek who reflects on the highs, lows, challenges (and pressures) of this unique year-long creative opportunity.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
1/10/2024 • 54 minutes, 46 seconds
Write On with Beverly Martens - 13-12-2023 - Interviewing Local Writers - Ian Dougherty and Anna Hoek-Sims
Interviewing Local Writers - This month Beverly talks with regional historian and journalist Ian Dougherty, who has written over 30 books about local figures, families and organisations, including his latest updated book: The Steepest Street in the World... Baldwin Street here in Dunedin.
This is followed by a chat with UBS's Retail Manager, Anna Hoek-Sims, and her recommendations of the perfect novels and memoirs to enjoy at the bach or the beach over the Summer Break.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
12/13/2023 • 46 minutes, 41 seconds
Write On with Beverly Martens - 11-10-2023 - Dr Chris Brickell and Kitty Brown with Jen Stokes
Dr Chris Brickell and Kitty Brown with Jen Stokes
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
10/11/2023 • 45 minutes, 13 seconds
Write On with Beverly Martens - 13-09-2023 - Dr Susan Wardell and Vanda Symon
Dr Susan Wardell and Vanda Symon
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
9/13/2023 • 57 minutes, 56 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 09-08-2023 - Bronwyn Wylie Gibb and also Maxine Alterio, Penelope Todd and Carolyn McCurdie
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
8/9/2023 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 12-07-2023 - Fiona Farrell and Beverly Martens
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
7/12/2023 • 51 minutes, 40 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 14-06-2023 - Barbara Else and Michelle Elvy
Barbara Else and Michelle Elvy - Vanda chats to Barbara Else about her book Laughing in The Dark and Michelle Elvy about A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
6/14/2023 • 58 minutes, 25 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 10-05-2023 - Rachel Stedman and Kathryn van Beek
Rachel Stedman and Kathryn van Beek.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
5/10/2023 • 53 minutes, 47 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 12-04-2023 - Paul Sorrell and Laurence Fearnley
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
4/12/2023 • 53 minutes, 4 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 08-03-2023 - David Eggleton and David Elliot
David Eggleton and David Elliot.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
3/8/2023 • 54 minutes, 3 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 08-02-2023 - Sue Wootton and Daphne Lee
Sue Wootton and Daphne Lee - Vanda chats to Sue Wootton, publisher at Otago University Press and Daphne Lee talks about her Fossil treasures of Foulden Maar book.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
2/8/2023 • 55 minutes, 17 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 11-01-2023 - Neville Peat and DWARF 2021 Ngaio Marsh
Neville Peat and DWARF 2021 Ngaio Marsh.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
1/11/2023 • 40 minutes, 15 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 14-12-2022 - Laurence Fearney and Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb
Laurence Fearney and Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
12/14/2022 • 49 minutes, 8 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 09-11-2022 - Daphne Lee and Witi Ihimaera (Part 3)
Daphne Lee and Witi Ihimaera (Part 3) - Daphne Lee discusses her new book Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar.
We have the third installment of my talk with Witi Ihimaera at the NZSA Roadshow in New Plymouth.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
11/9/2022 • 56 minutes, 4 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 12-10-2022 - NZSA New Plymouth Roadshow - Witi Ihimaera
New Zealand Society of Authors - New Plymouth Roadshow - Witi Ihimaera.
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
10/12/2022 • 52 minutes, 33 seconds
Write On with Vanda Symon - 14-09-2022 - Bronwyn Wylie Gibb & Paddy Richardson
Featuring interviews with University Bookshop's book buyer Bronwyn Wylie Gibb and author Paddy Richardson about her new book Through the Lonesome Dark
Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz
9/14/2022 • 47 minutes, 49 seconds