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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 completed its fifth season on Fresh FM Radio between August & October 2020. The six programmes went out fortnightly and each one was broadcast twice.
Each programme featured Gaelynne Pound interviewing a local writer, covering their influences, style, writing tips, future projects, and some music that has inspired or influenced them. If you missed the shows when they were 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 Show Five: 10 October with Ian Trafford on his family WW1 diaries, Into the Unknown Show Six: 24 October with Judy Fisher on her memoir Off the Hook 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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