Andrew SmithVoting in New Zealand is mundane — thankfullyVoting in New Zealand is pretty mundane but in the middle of a pandemic and assaults on democracy around the world, that’s a good thing.Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020
Andrew SmithinCuriousWhat I have learned from starting a podcastThree years ago — long before it was cool — a friend and I created a podcast.Oct 2, 20201Oct 2, 20201
Andrew SmithinBe YourselfWhen time flies and you’re not having funWe live in a world terrified by the thought of wasted time.Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020
Andrew SmithThe outback noir of Jane HarperSet against the heat, loneliness and mystery of the Australian outback, Jane Harper’s fiction intertwines past trauma and present violence.Jan 4, 2020Jan 4, 2020
Andrew SmithBingeing on US politicsI‘m a New Zealander and I know more about what’s happening in US politics than I do about my own country’s politics. How did this happen?Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
Andrew SmithinBe YourselfThink hard before starting that PhDPeople do PhDs for all sorts of reasons.Nov 29, 20191Nov 29, 20191
Andrew SmithinThe Writing CooperativeArchitect or Gardener?Do you plan your writing obsessively, or just plant some seeds and leave them to grow?Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019
Andrew SmithKeep Cold and Carry OnWrap up warm, keep your eyes peeled, and don’t trust grand narratives. Life in post-climate change Britain has never been so dystopian.Nov 14, 2019Nov 14, 2019
Andrew SmithPresident Obama’s SpeechesWhat made President Obama such a powerful speaker? A story, and an argument.Nov 6, 20191Nov 6, 20191
Andrew SmithA Portrait of the Reader as a Young ManWhat does it mean to be “a reader” and how do you become one?Oct 31, 2019Oct 31, 2019