The story behind the award-winning novel, Auē by ksun Thirty-eight-year-old Becky Manawatu is the winner of New Zealand’s richest literary award for her debut novel, Auē. I spoke with her on Zoom, not long after the Level 4 lockdown … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | 10/07/2020
Through the looking glass by ksun Golden Bay-based artist Aralyn Doiron paints in reverse on glass. She is also a ‘deathwalker’ and runs a monthly Death Cafe in Takaka, and it’s this sense of the ineffable that infuses her art. AAD511 Communications Lab | 27/05/2019
Hashtag 101 by ksun What has Susan Boyle got to do with a post about hashtags? It’s a tale of caution. But let’s go back to the beginning to understand how and why hashtags … AAD511 Communications Lab | 28/03/2019
Welcome Diploma in Writing students by ksun Kia ora koutou, a warm welcome to the Diploma in Writing for the Creative Industries students who are joining NMIT’s Blog Network this week. I’m only just back from the … DCW502 Writing and Contemporary Practice | 07/08/2018
You only need 3 things to be a great speaker by ksun Meet Clare, who is dying a little faster than most of us. Claire Wineland was born with Cystic Fibrosis. Doctors say she has only a short time left to live, … AAD511 Communications Lab | 05/06/2018
Zuckerberg, you’re wrong by ksun Revelations that Cambridge Analytica misused Facebook members’ personal data and more recent allegations from fellow tech giant Oracle that Google has been extracting Android mobile users’ data at the customers’ … AAD511 Communications Lab | 15/05/2018
Why should artists blog? by ksun According to Textile Artist, if you’re a contemporary artist competing into today’s fast-paced market, you can’t afford not to be art blogging. Check out 10 reasons why you should blog. The … AAD511 Communications Lab | 10/04/2018
Rebecca Solnit on Facebook and privacy by ksun Rebecca Solnit is one of my favourite American authors. Here’s her take on the Facebook privacy furore: You can follow Rebecca on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.solnit AAD511 Communications Lab | 27/03/2018
Want to learn how to write on your blog? by ksun My first ever blog, published on 20 April 2008, was titled ‘Typepad, Blogger or WordPress?‘. (Bizarrely, it was published one month short of being exactly 10 years ago!) Yep, the … AAD511 Communications Lab | 20/03/2018
