‘We carry grief for people’: Francis Tipene on Life as a Casketeer

Yep, there’s a book of the TV show and yep, it’s just as wonderful. In this extract, funeral director Francis Tipene explains why you don’t need to splurge on send-offs, how he keeps his act together – and why he cringes when people talk about ‘closure’.  Funerals don’t need to be expensive. People can choose … Read more

Notes on burning: a stunning, apocalyptic essay by Kiwi crime writer JP Pomare

JP Pomare is a Kiwi living in Melbourne, and a stingingly great writer. His new thriller In the Clearing is set in the Australian bush, with fire forever licking the horizon. We asked him to tell us about the view from over there.  1  Notes on burning When my family read my new novel In The … Read more