Get your bookworm on with a rotating roster of, um, bookworms. Including Jenna Todd & Suri Reddy from Time Out Bookstore, bringing us a different book to talk about each week.
To grossly misquote Terence McKenna: "don't diddle the Didion dose." Kiran takes heed of that non-existent advice and discusses the author's career with Mikey, with special reference to Joan Didion's latest collection of journal excerpts, South and West.
Kiran talks to Mikey about the new book from Spacemen 3 member Will Carruthers, Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands. Containing forceful minimal music, literal metal and maximum drugs, how did Kiran find Carruthers' snapshot of a burn bright / burn out moment in English music?
Time Out bookstore's youngest employee, Eli, takes us through his personal books-on-the-go and his review of New Zealand bibliopole Gareth Ward's young adult steampunk mystery, The Traitor and the Thief.
Kiran Dass from Unity Books reviews music journalist Sylvia Patterson's account of her life and encounters with musicians in her book I'm Not With the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music.
Kiran talks to Mikey about Uniform, a limited-run zine (only 30 handmade copies!) made by a collective of Auckland multi-disciplinary female creators. Having contributed herself, Kiran gives Mikey some insight as to what the lucky 30 owners can expect.
Jenna talks to Mikey about Clare Nina Norelli's contribution to the 33 1/3 album exploration series, Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks. A frequent collaborator with Twin Peaks director David Lynch, Badalamenti's soundtrack became a cult favourite in its own right. Does Norelli's deep dive offer new insight or overwhelm with technical jargon?
Kiran talks to Mikey about Solar Bones, Irish writer Mike McCormack's third novel and longlist selection for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. Sitting outside of standard modes of punctuation, what did Kiran make of McCormack's poetic, ghost-led narrative?
Jenna talks to Mikey about Sour Heart, the debut collection of stories from American writer and poet Jenny Zhang. A favourite of the omnipresent Lena Dunham, Zhang's stories speak to the experiences of Chinese American female adolescence in New York City. But do Lena and Jenna agree?