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Andrew Smith

Voting in New Zealand is mundane — thankfully

Voting 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.

5 min readOct 29, 2020

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Voting in New Zealand is mundane — thankfully

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Curious

What I have learned from starting a podcast

Three years ago — long before it was cool — a friend and I created a podcast.

4 min readOct 2, 2020

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What I have learned from starting a podcast

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Be Yourself

When time flies and you’re not having fun

We live in a world terrified by the thought of wasted time.

6 min readJan 14, 2020

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When time flies and you’re not having fun

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Andrew Smith

The outback noir of Jane Harper

Set against the heat, loneliness and mystery of the Australian outback, Jane Harper’s fiction intertwines past trauma and present violence.

6 min readJan 4, 2020

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The outback noir of Jane Harper

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Andrew Smith

Bingeing on US politics

I‘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?

5 min readDec 16, 2019

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Bingeing on US politics

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Be Yourself

Think hard before starting that PhD

People do PhDs for all sorts of reasons.

5 min readNov 29, 2019

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Think hard before starting that PhD

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The Writing Cooperative

Architect or Gardener?

Do you plan your writing obsessively, or just plant some seeds and leave them to grow?

4 min readNov 23, 2019

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Architect or Gardener?

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Andrew Smith

Keep Cold and Carry On

Wrap up warm, keep your eyes peeled, and don’t trust grand narratives. Life in post-climate change Britain has never been so dystopian.

4 min readNov 14, 2019

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Keep Cold and Carry On

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Andrew Smith

President Obama’s Speeches

What made President Obama such a powerful speaker? A story, and an argument.

4 min readNov 6, 2019

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President Obama’s Speeches

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Andrew Smith

A Portrait of the Reader as a Young Man

What does it mean to be “a reader” and how do you become one?

5 min readOct 31, 2019

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A Portrait of the Reader as a Young Man

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Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith

I’m an avid reader from Wellington, New Zealand. History, crime fiction, literary classic. You name it, I’ll read it. Twitter @pileobooks

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