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Radio ShowThe Top of the South Branch
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TOP WRITERS RADIO SHOW
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The Top Writers Radio Show began its fifth season on Fresh FM Radio on 15 August 2020. The six programmes go out fortnightly, being first broadcast on Saturday at 4 pm and then the following Tuesday at 1 pm.
Each programme features Gaelynne Pound interviewing a local writer, covering their influences, style, writing tips, future projects, and some music that has inspired or influenced them. The dates of upcoming programmes and the writers being interviewed are: 10 & 13 October: Ian Trafford on Into the Unknown, his grandfather's WW1 diaries 24 & 27 October: TBC If you miss the shows when they are broadcast, you can listen to the complete podcasts, which are uploaded to this website a couple of days after the second broadcast. Listen here to the 2020 showsShow One: 15 August with Carol Don Ercolano on her poetry and two children's books
Show Two: 29 August with Chris Stuart on her debut novel, For Reasons of their Own Show Three: 12 September with Robyn Prokop on her recently published books Show Four: 26 September with Dana Wensley on PEN (NZ) and freedom of expression Listen here to the 2019 showsShow One: 3 August with Marianne Castle on her recent book Two Dogs, One Bone
Show Two: 17 August with Holly Dunn on her picture book Moth Show Three: 31 August with Garrick Batten on his different writing styles Show Four: 14 September with Karen Stade on her book Driven by the Wind Show Five: 28 September with Chrissie Ward on copy editing and proofreading Show Six: 12 October with Ray Caird on his book Blood of the Flax Listen here to the 2018 showsShow One: 19 May with Cat Woodward on lyric poetry
Show Two: 2 June with Wendy Scott on books for younger readers Show Three: 16 June with Marion Day on children's picture books Show Four: 30 June with Sheila Kennard on her book Sky Full of Stars Show Five: 14 July with Emily Larkin on her historical romances Show Six: 28 July with Rachael Craw on her Spark sci-fi trilogy and new book The Rift. Listen here to the 2017 showsShow One: 8 April with Gaelynne Pound on her play writing
Show Two: 21 April with Bonnie Etherington on her novel The Earth Cries Out Show Three: 8 May with Bruce Gilkison on Walking With James Hogg Show Four: 20 May with Amy Hindley on her memoir Not a Leg to Stand On Show Five: 3 June with Alan Carter on his crime novel Marlborough Man Show Six: 17 June with Belinda Mellor on her Silvana series of fantasy novels Show Seven: 26 August with Fiona Summerfield on being a freelance writer Show Eight: 9 September with Paul Maunder on his writing, including for film & theatre Show Nine: 23 September with Emma Stevens on her memoirs of life in Alaska Show Ten: 7 October with John Ewan on writing family history Show Eleven: 21 October with David Briggs on his novel The Direction of Our Fear Show Twelve: 4 November with Sally Astridge on her children's novel Time Twins Listen here to the 2016 showsShow One: 23 April with Panni Palásti on her memoir Budapest Girl.
Show Two: 7 May with Sue Perkins on her fantasy novel Zaeyen Show Three: 21 May with Geoffrey Waring on his novel Deer Keeper. Show Four: 4 June with Annika Ohlson-Smith on the anthology Ripples. Show Five: 18 June with Jean Gorman on The Lionheart Chronicles. Show Six: 2 July with Christine Leunens on her novel A Can of Sunshine. |
Presenter Gaelynne Pound
PEN PODCASTS
PEN (NZ) representative Dana Wensley
Most of the programmes broadcast between 2016 and 2018 included a PEN section from Dana Wensley, who was the PEN (NZ) representative for freedom of speech until 2020, focusing on a different author or issue. Some of these are available as separate podcasts on the NZSA national website here Fresh FM is a Community Access radio station which can be heard on 104.8 in Nelson-Tasman, 95.0 in Takaka and 88.9 in Blenheim. It also operates in the inner Nelson City area on 107.2.
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