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My art inspiration: Amy Head
Christchurch-based Amy Head won the Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction in 2014 for her short story collection, Tough. Here she shares the creative inspiration behind her first novel, Rotoroa.
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Talking about gender and jazz
Dr Aleisha Ward will co-host the Jazz and Gender discussion at Wellington Jazz Festival in June. Ahead of the session she highlights some of the issues women in jazz have faced and how #Metoo is opening up the conversation around gender and jazz.
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Lexus Song Quest: a remarkable journey
The Lexus Song Quest journey is underway, with semi-finalists announced this month. ARTicle talks to three previous finalists – Isabella Moore, Amitai Pati and Madison Nanoa – about their Lexus journey.
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Reflections from Guildhall, London: Filipe Manu
Auditions for Aotearoa's most prestigious opera competition kicked off this week. London-based tenor Filipe Manu reflects on how the Song Quest led him to a spot at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
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This reading life: Emma Neale
Emma Neale is the new editor of the iconic New Zealand literary journal, Landfall. She talks to ARTicle about her reading habits and history ahead of the publication of Landfall 235 next month.
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My art inspiration: Myele Manzanza
Tui Award-nominated drummer Myele Manzanza is known for his work with Electric Wire Hustle and two albums, One, and One Point One. Ahead of his appearances at the Wellington Jazz Festival, he discusses three influences on his creative process.
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Three picks from Toi Art at Te Papa
Three Te Papa curators - Megan Tamati-Quennell, Lizzie Baikie and Justine Olsen - discuss a favorite piece from the new two-storied gallery space, Toi Art, recently opened at our national museum.
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Five questions for Gretchen Parlato
Award winning US jazz vocalist Gretchen Parlato will bring her tribute to Brazilian influences "flor" to the capital for one show during the Wellington Jazz Festival on Friday 8 June.
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This reading life: Kate Duignan
By her books we will know Kate Duignan. Kate's second novel, The New Ships, will be published by Victoria University Press in May.
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