Critical Corner: Delirious by Damien Wilkins
Damien Wilkins’ novel about a couple moving onto the next stage of their life reveals itself to be a profound reflection on two lives lived fully, and well.
Writing with AI is not writing
If you’ve been doing literally anything better with your time over the past 72 hours, you might’ve missed
Critical Corner: Kaos
In this edition of Critical Corner, a review of Netflix’s messy Kaos.
Critical Corner: Home Truths
A review of Ngaio Marsh Award-winning author Charity Norman's new novel Home Truths.
Critical Corner: Parade by Rachel Cusk
In this edition of Critical Corner, a quick review of Rachel Cusk’s Parade.
Critical Corner: The Bear
In this edition, a review of The Bear season three.
Revisiting Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 20 years later
What one of the biggest games of all time feels like to play, twenty years later.
Critical Corner: Still Is, Tarot
In this edition of Critical Corner, two short reviews of two new books of poetry: Still Is by Vincent O’Sullivan and Tarot by Jake Arthur.
What it takes to curate an exhibition at the library
A quick Q&A with Auckland Libraries associate curator of ephemera Zoë Colling on the library’s latest exhibition That’s So Last Century, about fashion in Tāmaki Makarau between the 1950s and 1990s.
Critical Corner: Le Comte Ory
NZ Opera brings a Rossini to New Zealand for the first time, and manages to stick the landing – mostly.