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by Pip Adam
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About the show

My name is pip adam and in this podcast I speak with writers, musicians and artists about an ‘object’ as a way into talking about their work – what it is, how it works and what inspires it. Each year I choose a topic for our series. In 2021 it was elements of literary craft, in 2020 it was music, in our 2022 series Beyond a Joke the object I ask guests to offer is something that has made them laugh. One of the things I’m really interested in is what we can learn from talking to each other about our own practice and the things we make. Read more about me at my website

Latest episodes

  • Ep 165: Helen Lehndorf and pip adam talk about The Bruise Palette

    October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    Helen and i have been friends for a long time. Over the years her work has been incredibly inspiring to me. When i say 'Helen's work' i mean her writing, her activism, her visual art, her journaling, her essays, her thinking, her teaching…

  • Ep 164: Terri Te Tau and pip adam talk about The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances

    September 12, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    September is such an exciting month because it sees the launch of The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances an amazing novel written by Terri Te Tau and published by Spoor Books The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances is a wildly good book. It's…

  • Ep 163: Molly Crighton and pip adam talk about The Body and the Blood

    August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    i loved talking to Molly Crighton over Zoom earlier this month about her new novel The Body and the Blood out with Hachette New Zealand i first met Molly's work through her poetry and short stories and was thrilled to read this amazing…

  • Ep 162: Tīhema Baker and pip adam talk about One Day A Taniwha

    August 19, 2026 · 55 min

    i'm really grateful to Tīhema Baker for speaking with me about his new novel One Day a Taniwha (Hachette) i was a massive fan of Tīhema's last novel Turncoat and i've enjoyed hearing Tīhema talk over the last few years. i was lucky enough…

  • kluge: four covers four events

    August 11, 2026 · 7 min

    My new novel kluge is released in Aotearoa this week. Read about kluge Thanks to the amazing work of Te Herenga Waka University Press and Todd Atticus it has a beautiful cover which comes in four colours. To celebrate this, i'm…

  • Ep 161: Asher Emanuel and pip adam talk about The Valley

    June 17, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    i'm really grateful to Asher for taking the time out of a really busy month to chat with me about writing The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City published by Bridget Williams Books (BWB) There are quite a few places to…

  • Ep 160: Joseph Trinidad and pip adam talk about Lucky Creatures

    May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

    It was so great to catch up and chat with Joseph Trinidad about his new book Lucky Creatures (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2026) Reading Joseph's work makes me so excited about reading and speaking with Joe about his practice has…

  • Ep 159: Shana Chandra and pip adam talk about Banjara at Unity Books Te Whanganui-a-Tara

    May 5, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    On 22 April, at Unity Books Te Whanganui-a-Tara i spoke with Shana Chandra about her accomplished and beautiful novel Banjara (Moa Press | Hachette, 2026) i'm so grateful to Unity Books for hosting these lunchtime author talks. This…