Kiran Dass
Kiran Dass is a critic, writer and Programme Director at WORD Christchurch. She has written about music, books and culture for the New Zealand Herald, the Guardian, North & South, The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, the Sunday Star-Times and many more. Kiran also reviews books regularly on RNZ’s Nine to Noon.
Events at WORD
The Silver Book:
Art & Desire in Italy: Olivia Laing (UK)
Celebrated writer and critic Olivia Laing’s The Silver Book is a queer love story and noirish thriller set in stylish 1970s Italy.
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