Emily Perkins
The Forrests - Part 7
Dorothy and Andrew get the news that Eve is seriously injured in hospital. The parents fly from the U.S. with Ruth and they all keep vigil. Dot realises that Eve had an affair with Daniel. Eve returns… Audio
The Forrests - Part 6
Dorothy and Andrew go on holiday with thier children - Grace and new baby Amy. Evelyn and her husband Nathan join them with their daughter Lou. Dot saves Grace from drowning in the pool. Evelyn is… Audio
The Forrests - Part 5
Evelyn and Daniel are working in a ski resort in Canada. She's upset when Daniel is late back from a lesson with the 13 year old son of the family she's looking after. Daniel takes off. Back in New… Audio
The Forrests - Part 4
Dorothy is having a baby with Andrew and they get engaged. She tells Eve who wants to go to the scan,and meets with Daniel who asks why she got together with Andrew. Andrew's family and all the… Audio
The Forrests - Part 3
Evelyn, the oldest of the Forrest girls, goes to visit her father who is living in a house in the country. It's very cold and Frank isn't in great shape. Eve is envious of Dorothy and her life which… Audio
The Forrests - Part 2
Two debt collectors come to the Forrests house and Dorothy, now a student at training college, has to deal with them. Among the debts she discovers lots of unpaid driving fines for when she and Daniel… Audio
The Forrests - Part 1
Seven-year-old Dorothy Forrest moves with her family - American father Frank, mother Lee and older siblings Michael and Evelyn - from New York City to Westmere, Auckland. Michael's new friend Daniel… Audio
Emily Perkins: the Forrests
Short story writer, novelist, convenor of the Masters of Creative Writing programme at the University of Auckland, and host of The Good Word on TVNZ 7. Audio
New Zealand's short short story history
Lily Richards, Mark Broatch ad Emily Perkins. The Sunday Star Times and the The Long and Short of It short story writing competitions are still open. Audio
Google books
Google's plan to turn millions of books digital has hit another snag, with thousands of authors opting out of the project. Audio
The Montana Book Awards medal for fiction goes to Emily Perkins
New Zealand's biggest literary prize, the Montana Book Awards medal for fiction, has gone to Emily Perkins. Audio
Emily Perkins: London and art
Auckland writer who is a Montana Book Awards fiction finalist for Novel About My Wife. Audio
The Panel (part 2)
The Panel gets to talk about modern day phallus worship as well as doctors and nurses. Audio
The Panel (part 1)
The Panel lets loose on anything that's fair game and in the media or public eye. Audio