Events, interviews and writing

Upcoming events:

In conversation with Kiran Dass, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, 8 October

Recent news, events, interviews and other writing:

Bookety Book Books Book Club event, Hello Ranger, Wānaka, 9 September

Queenstown Writers Festival event, Te Atamira, 8 September

Katherine Mansfield House Fundraiser: Talking Books, 3 September

Word Christchurch Festival Strong Female Characters with Christine Jeffs, 31 August

Bookmarks, RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan – on some favourite recent books, TV shows, podcasts and music.

Some remarks on Janet Frame for this Guardian piece on her centenary.

Lioness television rights optioned by Made Up Stories!

Unity Books Auckland: Author Talk, 9 August

Hamilton Book Month Fiction Panel with Anna Smaill, 2 August

Marlborough Book Festival 3 events 26, 27 and 28 July

Interview with Cate Prestidge for 89.0 Free FM

Live Letters fundraiser for Randell Cottage Writers’ Residency, National Library Auditorium 15 July

Money Talks podcast with Liam Dann, NZ Herald

Schrodinger’s Books in conversation with Kirsten McDougall 27 June

Interview with Paddy Gower for RNZ, about a few things to enjoy right now

Brisbane Writers Festival 30 May – 2 June 2024

Sydney Writers Festival ‘Your Favourite’s Favourite’ with Charlotte Wood 24 April 2024

Auckland Writers Festival 14-19 May 2024

Arts Foundation talk: ‘A full life depends on creativity.’

Q&A with Time Out Bookstore

Interview with Rachael Comer for the Timaru Herald

Newcastle Writers Festival 2024 events

Emily was interviewed by Kim Hill and joined Stacey Morrison, Tusiata Avia and Anahera Gildea on stage for the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2024

Radio New Zealand’s Best of the Fest Panel: Emily reviewed The National and Lost Lear at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts

‘[Lioness is] brilliant, hilarious’ Virginia Fallon, Sunday Star-Times interview

Emily interviewed Scott Devendorf, bass player from The National for North & South

Bad Advice for Good Characters at LitCrawl 2023

Emily appeared at the 2023 Word Christchurch Festival

ABC The Book Show interview with Claire Nichols

North & South interview with Colin Hogg

‘Emily Perkins on Identity, Visibility and Feminism’ for The Stories Behind the Story with Better Reading

‘Razor-sharp… blistering’ interview with Mel Fulton on 3RRR’s Literati Glitterati

Nine to Noon interview with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ about Lioness and other work

‘Well worth waiting for’ A write-up of Emily’s Writers on Mondays event at Te Papa

Emily is interviewed by David Pine for Frontline, India

The Feminine Gaze panel discussion at the 2023 Jaipur International Literary Festival