Kevin the Kittin

. Floofy The cat spoke to me again today. It told me not to get a dog. It said I was not keeping the house properly heated. Food quality was okayish but the service slow. And you can stop calling me Floofy, it added. My name must remain a mystery, as you well know. .

‘It’s a mark of a good writer if they can get you to read and enjoy subjects in which you have zero interest. Megan Dunn is such a writer. I would read her on anything...’ Great review for our 2022 Writer in Residence nzreviewofbooks.com/the-mermaid-ch…

David Szauder, 'Chain Reaction', 2024

FUUUUUUUCK!! We're losing libraries and public transport but sure.

🧵 Five things you need to know about this week’s health news:

Friday night read! the bone people is now an audio book, read by Ruby Solly; & Ruby wrote this beautiful essay about the experience. thespinoff.co.nz/books/20-09-20…

September is when we showcase the work produced by the MA in Creative Writing in our Writers on Mondays series. It's also the time to start preparing your application to join the 2025 MA workshop - the deadline is 1 November! wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters/…

A reminder that submissions for the next issue of Starling close on October 10! x.com/starlingmag/st…

After lunch, showed drawings: how difficult it is to ensure or enforce, or conserve attention! Scatteriness is a deadly foe to collected attention on every subject. Yet I do not like to exclude children – whom of all creatures are the most interesting.. –Edward Lear, Sept 21 1862

. Solstice a month of snow the desperate birds hello to the lantern hello to the hiding one * hello .

Spotted this little guy waiting by a letterbox to be collected on what was my neighbourhood lockdown walk. It made me think back to the teddy bears that proliferated in the windows of the same street that year, and the kindness that we haven’t seen so much of lately.

Aue; bloody bastids.

Another cut to #NZ public health: without free RAT test kits, many people will be unable to afford to test, & so will unknowingly be out & about spreading #COVID_19. It remains a deadly disease for the elderly & other health vulnerable people. #LongCOVID is debilitating.

I think about this moment from Bob Dylan's 60 Minutes interview a lot

Narrative Muse was awarded $500,000 to boost sales of New Zealand books. It has reportedly had little, if any, impact. What went wrong? thespinoff.co.nz/books/23-09-20…

Q. Through here? Are you sure? Through the wardrobe? A. Yes, mind your head. It's quite low in there. Just push on through. Q. Oh, I see, there's a door at the back.

‘Wilkins, himself nearly two decades younger than his protagonists, captures their dilemma with delicacy and humour. Delirious is hardly a comedy, but it’s about two people who happen to have a sense of humour and wit.’ dramatic-pause.ghost.io/delirious/