Better off Read

Ep 73 Sound Series 1 James Woods and Nick Ascroft

In the Sound Series I’ll be talking to 18 writers, musicians and other artists about how sound features in their work. Today James Woods and Nick Ascroft talk to Pip Adam about two songs.

 

James chose Neon Cross by Drunk with Power, which he wrote and recorded. You can listen to here on Spotify

 

Nick chose Dunedin Spleen by The Verlaines and you can listen and buy this song on Bandcamp

COMING SOON Better off Read: Sound Series

This season of ten podcasts exploring the relationships between sound and literature will be available an episode a week from 28 July.

 

https://better-read.com

Ep 71 Sinead Overbye talks to Pip Adam about Bernadine Evaristo's novel 'Girl, Woman, Other'

Bernadine Evaristo's novel 'Girl, Woman, Other' is the topic of this episode with Pip Adam and Sinead Overbye.

Short Red: Exercise 26

This exercise includes the poem 'The 1950s' by Bill Manhire which appears in his collection Victims of Lightning (VUP, 2010)

https://vup.victoria.ac.nz/the-victims-of-lightning/

Short Red: Exercises 25

This exercise includes sounds from the Free Sounds Library licensed under Creative Commons

Short Red: Exercises 24

This exercise includes 'The Kafka Divers' by Rachel O'Neill from her 2013 book One Human in Height published by Hue & Cry Press

https://www.hueandcrypress.com/shop/one-human-in-height

Ep 71 Jackson Nieuwland talks to Pip Adam about Crispin Best's 'gently' and Jackson Nieuwland's 'I am a photographer.'

This episode includes the poem 'gently' by Crispin Best

https://thequietus.com/articles/14067-two-poems-by-crispin-best

and 'I am a photographer' from Jackson Nieuwland's book I am a human being

https://compoundpress.org/books/i-am-a-human-being/

Short Red: Exercises 23

This exercise includes the poem Five Limericks on Grief by Nick Ascroft

https://nzbooks.org.nz/2016/poem/poem-nick-ascroft-five-limericks-on-grief/

Short Red: Exercises 22

This exercise includes sounds from the Free Sounds Library licensed under Creative Commons

https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/ambient-sounds/

And poems from Bill Manhire's poetry collection Call Me By My Name

https://vup.victoria.ac.nz/tell-me-my-name/

Short Red: Exercises 21

This exercise contains sounds from the Free Sounds Library licensed under Creative Commons

https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/crowd-laughing-applauding-sound-effect/