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    Interviews

    Che Fu. Photo by Edith Amituanai

    The Navigator sails again: Michelle Langstone meets Che Fu

    A pioneering New Zealand voice, a neighbour, and not finished yet.
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    By Michelle Langstone | 19th February, 2021
    Contributing writer
    Aigagalefili ‘Fili’ Fepulea’i-Tapua’i. 
Photograph: Edith Amituanai

    Angry, eloquent and 17, Fili has something to say to you

    She's head girl, a viral star, a poet. But none of those credentials can ever capture the force of nature that is Aigagalefili ‘Fili’ Fepulea’i-Tapua’i. 
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    By Michelle Langstone | 26th December, 2020
    Contributing writer
    Original photo: RNZ /Dom Thomas

    Stuff the focus groups: The Spinoff meets Judith Collins

    The National Party leader tells Duncan Greive what conviction means to her, and why she thinks she gets treated differently to Jacinda Ardern.
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    By Duncan Greive | 22nd September, 2020
    Managing Editor
    Aigagalefili ‘Fili’ Fepulea’i-Tapua’i. 
Photograph: Edith Amituanai

    Angry, eloquent and 17, Fili has something to say to you

    She's head girl, a viral star, a poet. But none of those credentials can ever capture the force of nature that is Aigagalefili ‘Fili’ Fepulea’i-Tapua’i. 
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    By Michelle Langstone | 12th September, 2020
    Contributing writer
    Cover art of Notes from an Apocalypse, by Mark O’Connell. (Collage: Joe Webb.)

    The man who looked the apocalypse in the face – and laughed

    Mark O'Connell confronts his climate change anxieties and goes deep on prepper culture, even flying to Aotearoa to eyeball Peter Thiel's supposed bolthole in Queenstown.
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    By Kiran Dass | 23rd July, 2020
    Guest writer
    Tayi Tibble and her debut collection,

    Book of the Week: The revolutionary live email interview with Tayi Tibble

    Spinoff Review of Books editor Steve Braunias revives the revolutionary live email interview with a new star of New Zealand literature - the wildly talented Tayi Tibble.
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    By Steve Braunias | 12th July, 2018
    Books Editor
    Novelist Charlotte Wood: ‘The female body seems to provoke this bizarre hatred’

    Novelist Charlotte Wood: ‘The female body seems to provoke this bizarre hatred’

    Charlotte Graham-McLay interviews acclaimed Australian author Charlotte Wood - who is appearing at the New Zealand Festival this weekend - about sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and 'angry women'.
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    By Charlotte Graham-McLay | 7th March, 2018
    Guest writer
    Book of the Week: The revolutionary live email interview with Peter Wells

    Book of the Week: The revolutionary live email interview with Peter Wells

    The return of the patented Spinoff revolutionary live email interview, this time with Peter Wells, author of a new book devoted to the subject of "reclaiming Pakeha history".
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    By Steve Braunias | 1st March, 2018
    Books Editor
    The stars of Auckland’s spoken-word poetry scene

    The stars of Auckland’s spoken-word poetry scene

    Amanda Robinson meets five Auckland writers who are stunningly good at a much-derided art form – spoken word poetry.
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    By Amanda Robinson | 13th February, 2018
    Guest writer
    Kirsty Johnston and the goodness of investigative journalism

    Kirsty Johnston and the goodness of investigative journalism

    We conclude our week-long look at A Moral Truth, an important new book about investigative journalism in New Zealand, with the return of the dear old revolutionary live email interview - conducted with Kirsty Johnston, a Herald legend whose work features in the book
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    By Steve Braunias | 10th August, 2017
    Books Editor
    ‘My mom is my muse’: An interview with the guy who plays the mum on Bob’s Burgers

    ‘My mom is my muse’: An interview with the guy who plays the mum on Bob’s Burgers

    Madeleine Chapman speaks to John Roberts about impersonating his mum and how that became a full-time gig as Linda Belcher on Bob's Burgers.
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    By Madeleine Chapman | 19th June, 2017
    Contributor
    ‘I really admire that you have been open about mental health as a candidate’: Chlöe Swarbrick in conversation with Holly Walker

    ‘I really admire that you have been open about mental health as a candidate’: Chlöe Swarbrick in conversation with Holly Walker

    All this week the Spinoff Review of Books is covering the new, very candid memoir by former Green MP Holly Walker, and the mental health issues she experienced in parliament. Today: an interview conducted by Green candidate Chlöe Swarbrick.
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    By Chlöe Swarbrick | 13th June, 2017
    Guest writer
    Hey critics – don’t even bother. James Blunt doesn’t care what you think

    Hey critics – don’t even bother. James Blunt doesn’t care what you think

    James Blunt talks to Madeleine Chapman about dealing with fame, critics, and change in his musical style.
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    By Madeleine Chapman | 24th May, 2017
    Contributor
    And the winner is a genius: Steve Braunias interviews Ashleigh Young

    And the winner is a genius: Steve Braunias interviews Ashleigh Young

    Steve Braunias interviews literary sensation Ashleigh Young, who won the award for best book of non-fiction at last night's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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    By Steve Braunias | 17th May, 2017
    Books Editor
    Ockham New Zealand Book Awards: Revolutionary live email interview with Fergus Barrowman

    Ockham New Zealand Book Awards: Revolutionary live email interview with Fergus Barrowman

    VUP publisher Fergus Barrowman steps up for the revolutionary live email interview.
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    By Steve Braunias | 16th May, 2017
    Books Editor
    Ivan Coyote (Image: Supplied)

    Auckland Writers Festival: Rachael King interviews Ivan Coyote

    We conclude our week-long series of encounters with guests due to appear at the Auckland Writers Festival as Rachael King interviews the fairly fucken fantastic Ivan Coyote.
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    By Rachael King | 12th May, 2017
    Guest writer
    Auckland Writers Festival: Charlotte Graham interviews feminist author Susan Faludi

    Auckland Writers Festival: Charlotte Graham interviews feminist author Susan Faludi

    The best coverage of the Auckland Writers Festival continues right here, as the Spinoff Review of Books devotes the entire week to long, intelligent encounters with guest writers. Today: Charlotte Graham talks with Susan Faludi, author of the classic 1991 book Backlash.
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    By Charlotte Graham-McLay | 11th May, 2017
    Guest writer
    Auckland Writers Festival: Holly Walker interviews I Love Dick author Chris Kraus

    Auckland Writers Festival: Holly Walker interviews I Love Dick author Chris Kraus

    The best coverage of the Auckland Writers Festival continues right here, as the Spinoff Review of Books devotes the entire week to long, intelligent encounters with guest writers. Today: Holly Walker talks with Chris Kraus, an American writer who worked for newspapers in Wellington before creating the belated smash-hit feminist novel, I Love Dick.
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    By Holly Walker | 9th May, 2017
    Guest writer
    Auckland Writers Festival: Hera Lindsay Bird interviews George Saunders

    Auckland Writers Festival: Hera Lindsay Bird interviews George Saunders

    The very best coverage of the Auckland Writers Festival - the most expansive, the most intelligent - is right here, as the Spinoff Review of Books devotes the entire week to encounters with guest writers. Today: Hera Lindsay Bird talks with George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo, the stand-out novel of 2017.
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    By Hera Lindsay Bird | 8th May, 2017
    Guest writer
    Book of the week: the Spinoff live email interview with Adam Dudding

    Book of the week: the Spinoff live email interview with Adam Dudding

    Adam Dudding! Everyone's buying his book, and basically his family memoir has become the smash-hit New Zealand book this Christmas. He talks to Steve Braunias in the Spinoff live email interview.
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    By Steve Braunias | 24th November, 2016
    Books Editor

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