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  • This Reading Life with Rachel Kerr

    Wellington writer Rachel Kerr has just released her debut novel Victory Park, the story of single-mother Kara, who is caught up in a friendship with glamourous, mysterious Bridget, wife of a disgraced Ponzi schemer, "a rich, funny, compassionate exploration of care and carelessness" (Emily Perkins). Rachel caught up with ARTicle this week to share her literary loves and histories, including why you should always finish a book, and which lines have stuck with her.
  • Five Questions with Jonathan Lemalu

    Jonathan Fa’afetai Lemalu is a Grammy Award-winning bass of Samoan decent who was born and raised in New Zealand. Currently living through lockdown in London, Jonathan is creating a biographical series called Before and After Summer about his journey from Dunedin chorister to international success, including graduating from London’s Royal College of Music and receiving the Young Artist of the Year from the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Senior Pacific Artist Award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards.
  • Meet the Makers: Blair Latham

    In our final Meet the Makers series talking to the four artists commissioned by the 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival, we catch up with Blair Latham, who's got soprano saxophones and social divides on the mind. Blair's new suite Karla and the Divide will premiere at the Wellington Jazz Festival next week on Wednesday 18 November.
  • Three Picks from the Kāpiti Arts Trail

    Celebrating its twentieth year in 2020, the Kāpiti Arts Trail is an annual celebration of art and artists. The self-guided tour takes place over two weekends (7-8 and 14-15 November) and invites arts lovers into galleries, studios and more to explore the region's diverse range of arts and crafts. We get the low down from three of this years artists Studio Reset, Micheline Robinson and Lisa Call on beeswax and Beethoven.
  • Meet the Makers: Anita Schwabe

    Lecturer, pianist and composer Anita Schwabe is a familiar face in the Aotearoa Jazz scene. She'll be bringing new music to the Wellington Jazz Festival (18 - 22 November) as part of the Jazz Premiere Series. She sits down with ARTicle to talk composition and keeping it in the family.
  • Three Picks from Verb Wellington

    Verb, the capital's coolest indie writers and readers festival, is just around the corner (5-8 November). Here to share her top picks is Verb Director and Curator Claire Mabey.
  • Meet the Makers: Kevin Field

    Kevin Field is a pianist, lecturer and composer from Pōneke. As one of the recipients of the 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival commissions, Kevin is currently composing new music to be premiered in November. He answers the ARTicle questionnaire and gives us a glimpse into his collaboration process and tells us why Kiwi musicians need risk.
  • Three Picks from Visa Wellington On a Plate

    Beth Brash is the Programme Manager for Visa Wellington On a Plate, which is on now until the end of October. She gives us three picks from New Zealand's largest foodie festival.
  • Five Questions with Jo Randerson

    Jo Randerson is a writer, director and performer based in Pōneke. She will be presenting a theatrical lecture Secret Art Powers at literary Festival Verb Wellington. She tells us what to expect from this event, as well as the place of soft powers in parenting.
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