News
January 2022
John appeared on RNZ’s The Weekend to discuss disappearing New Zealand slang.
July 2021
Kim Hill interviewed John about The Commercial Hotel for RNZ’s Saturday Morning.
John and The Commercial Hotel appeared in Stuff.
Radioactive FM’s Caffeine and Aspirin included an interview with John about The Commercial Hotel.
Tom Doig interviewed John for the The Spinoff.
November 2020
John will be a panellist at Wellington LitCrawl’s My Personal Library in which writers discuss the books they turned to in 2020.
June 2020
RNZ’s the panel discussed John’s ‘A short history of the New Zealand jersey’
May 2020
John was a panellist in Wellington City Gallery’s Coronavirus Book Club
May 2019
John talked to Jesse Mulligan, RNZ Afternoons, about the cultural significance of the Arcoroc mug
April 2019
John was a finalist in the Voyager Media Awards
November 2017
John appeared at Wellington LitCrawl to read work about the wilderness
July 2017
John received a Surrey Hotel Writer’s Residency
May 2017
John spoke at Featherston Booktown
December 2016
John appeared on live story telling podcast ‘What we Talk About’ in conjunction with the 2016 Wellington LitCrawl
John awarded the annual D’Arcy Writer’s Grant
November 2016
John announced as winner of the non-fiction category in the Sunday Star-Times short story competition
November 2015
John read ‘Real Life’ at the second Wellington LitCrawl
June 2015
Along with Patricia Grace, Chris Tse and Kate Camp, John was part of a panel for Wellington City and Sea Museum’s Literary Celebration of Matariki
May 2015
John spoke to RNZ’s Arts on Sunday about The Mermaid Boy
John interviewed on RadioActive FM’s Caffeine and Aspirin
April 2015
February 2015
John and Alison Glenny read at Hue & Cry Press event, Six Barrel Soda, Wellington
November 2014
John read new work at the inaugural Wellington LitCrawl
February 1992
John awarded ‘3rd place, Floatboard Width’ at Beckenham School Swimming Sports