MUSIC - APRIL BOOKS Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngāhuia the Awekōtuku (non-fiction, audiobook, NZ) Rejection: fiction by Tony Tulathimut...

MUSIC I went to see MJ Lenderman and the Wind at The Loons in Lyttleton at the end of March.  It was really great. The last 20 minutes of th...

MUSIC - JAN READING 18 books so far this year. On pace for 108 (yeah, but, holiday reading... but also, no poetry collections yet...) The Is...

I read 20 books that were released in 2024, but that's burying the lede. I actually read 100 books this calendar year, published betwee...

The awards: top ten albums released in 2024 (with honourable mentions) top song released in 2024 (with honourable mention) best artists disc...

MUSIC SCHEDULING NOTE I've got my best books and music lists in draft and will post my annual awards here before the end of the year if...

MUSIC BOOKS Pet by Catherine Chidgey  (novel, audiobook, NZ, 2023) - Eighties nostalgia + creepy teacher + dead mother = a winning combo. Th...

MUSIC - SEPTEMBER PARA-LITERARY INTERLUDE I came 2nd in the Sargeson Prize with my story 'Robinson in the Roof Space', which was su...