Morning Glory with Emma

Sola Rosa’s Andrew Spraggon talks to Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason about his latest record, In The Mids, and imminent album tour. It kicks off in Auckland on Friday May 22 at Double Whammy, before travelling to Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Christchurch, New Plymouth and Wellington. Expect live interpretations of the album's tracks and reworked music from his extensive archive, plus (excitingly) an audio-visual element. Tickets are available here.

Tareq Baconi is a Palestinian writer, scholar, and activist. His 2018 book on Palestinian resistance movements, Hamas Contained, was shortlisted for a Palestine book award. 

His coming-of-age memoir, Fire in Every Direction, was published late last year. Described by Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost, as “moving and generous”, it spans Beirut, Amman, and London while remaining distinctly Palestinian. 

Caeden caught up with Tareq ahead of the Auckland Writers Festival this week, where he will be speaking.

A year on from publishing his bestselling novel 1985, author and poet Dominic Hoey chats to Emma Gleason about what it's like being a working writer in Aotearoa, as well as what he's got planned for the Auckland Writers Festival. Find all his events here.

A busy show on a beautiful sunny day in Tāmaki Makaurau. Emma was joined in the 95bFM studio by comedian Courtney Eggleton to talk funny business, her new Comedy Festival show and finding (and loving!) your inner rageful hag. We also heard from writers Laura Vincent and Dominic Hoey (follow the links for the full-length interviews) who discussed their work and what they're doing at the Auckland Writers Festival. Tunes today include new Aldous Harding, old Opossum and an epic track from Shayne P Carter with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Plus one luck B Card holder won a ticket to see Saul Williams and Carlos Niño at The Tuning Fork on June 9.

Thanks to The Tuning Fork