Hera Lindsay Bird

Jan 16, 2025 | thespinoff.co.nz | Hera Lindsay Bird

Finally, some good fucking news. The Friday Poem is back!Last year, The Spinoff leveled with its audience about the financial reality it faced and called for support from its audience. Some tough decisions were made at the time including cuts to our commissioning budget and the discontinuation of The Friday Poem. This was sad news, but possibly not surprising. While poetry is less niche than it has ever been, it’s still fairly niche, and it’s nicher still to find people willing to pay for it.

Jan 15, 2025 | thespinoff.co.nz | Hera Lindsay Bird

I’ve already broken most of my resolutions, and it’s only January. How do I salvage my clean slate? Want Hera’s help? Email your problem to [email protected] Hera,It’s only 6 days into the new year, and I’m already ready for 2026. I made five resolutions and have already broken all but one of them. I resolved to improve my relationship with my sister, and we’ve already had a catastrophic fight. I resolved to read one book a week, but so far I haven’t turned a single page.

Jan 11, 2025 | thespinoff.co.nz | Hera Lindsay Bird

Summer reissue: With funding ending for Archives New Zealand’s digitisation programme, Hera Lindsay Bird shares a taste of what’s being lost – because history isn’t just about the big-ticket items. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member today. First published May 16, 2024.

Jan 5, 2025 | thespinoff.co.nz | Hera Lindsay Bird

Summer reissue: Hera Lindsay Bird reveals the best places in Ōtepoti to score more for your apocalypse-prep book hoard. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member today. First published May 4, 2024.

Jan 4, 2025 | thespinoff.co.nz | Hera Lindsay Bird

Booksabout 13 hours agoSummer reissue: You don’t have to live a haunting life of unparalleled grief and sorrow to be a great children’s author, but it helps. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member today. Content warning: This article mentions suicide and abuse. It’s always been a cliche of children’s literature, that many of the greatest writers for children dislike children.