Papercuts: Cutting to the Chase
An episode of the Papercuts podcast, hosted by The Spinoff, titled "Papercuts: Cutting to the Chase" was published on February 26, 2019 and runs 55 minutes.
February 26, 2019 ·55m · Papercuts
Summary
Papercuts #10: Cutting to the ChasePapercuts is here for your February book news and recommendations. We chat about The Ockhams longlist,Jacqui Sturm, dear Peter Wells and Ashleigh Young.As well as your usual book reviews and a bonkers Who the Fuck Is?, that could almost be a psychological thriller.TWITTER & INSTA: @papercutspod EMAIL: [email protected] Thank you Mātātuhi Foundation for your support, The Spinoff and Tina! Book News- Ockham Longlist is out, check it out here! Shortlist is out March 6th http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2019-awards/longlist/ - James K Baxter week on The Spinoff. Our favourite piece is this one about Jacqui Sturm.- RIP Peter Wells- Ashleigh Young - is the new(ish) Spinoff poetry editor. Here's her first column in Canvas. Unity Book of the Month In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie ColvinLindsey HilsumVintage, 2018Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her age. Drawing on unpublished diaries and notebooks, and interviews with Marie's friends, family and colleagues, In Extremis is the story of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention.Format: Hardback Price: $55.00 Book reviews LK: Women in the Field, One and Two / Thomasin SleighLawrence & Gibson, 2018 JT: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer - also mentions Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thompson KD: A Mistake - Carl Shuker (pub March 14) Who the fuck is... AJ Finn/Dan Mallory We love this piece in The Listener by Michele Hewiston Not Books LK: Roma on Netflix JT: NARRATIVE MUSE - book and movie matcher is now launched KD: How to Fail pod by Elizabeth Day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Description
Unity Book of the Month
In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie ColvinLindsey HilsumVintage, 2018Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her age. Drawing on unpublished diaries and notebooks, and interviews with Marie's friends, family and colleagues, In Extremis is the story of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention.Format: Hardback
Price: $55.00Book reviews
LK: Women in the Field, One and Two / Thomasin SleighLawrence & Gibson, 2018
JT: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer - also mentions Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thompson
KD: A Mistake - Carl Shuker (pub March 14)
Who the fuck is...
We love this piece in The Listener by Michele Hewiston
Not BooksLK: Roma on Netflix
JT: NARRATIVE MUSE - book and movie matcher is now launched
KD: How to Fail pod by Elizabeth Day
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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