Episode 15: Katherine Mansfield 8 The Escape

- Friday 11th October 2024 10am (replays at 10pm on the same day + Sunday 13th October 2024 at 9am) NZ time

- Short story reading: "The Escape" (1920) by NZ writer Katherine Mansfield (1888 – 1923)

- Interviews with Fiona Samuel (NZ writer/director) and Kate Elliott (NZ actress) on Bliss Film (2011)

- Haiku by Avrom Altman (USA), Antonio Sacco (Italy) & rengay by Milan Rajkumar (India), Sherry Grant (NZ) & Zoe Grant (NZ)

- 3 Poems by KM

- Music: (NZ COMPOSERS) (1) John Psathas: Waiting for The Aeroplane (1990) - Sherry Grant, piano (2) Ross James Carey: Two Katherine Mansfield Poems “There is a Solemn Wind Tonight" & "Sea Song" (2023), composed for and premiered by Tessa Romano (Mezzo soprano) and Sherry Grant (piano) (3) Nigel Keay: "Voices of the Air" (2023), composed for and premiered by Tessa Romano (Mezzo soprano) and Sherry Grant (piano), here performed in Avon, France (where KM died) in a 2023 concert “Katherine Mansfield et la musique, by NZ contralto Kayla Collingwood, French pianist Isabel Dutel with the exceptional participation of French cellist Sébastien Hurtaud. In a version for voice, piano and cello. (4) Po karekare ana - sung by Hayley Westenra (NZ)​

- News: (1) Bliss: The beginning of Katherine Mansfield film screening on Wednesday 23 October 2024 (5.30pm start to 8pm) Free event at HOME Café, Ground Floor Foyer, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington (2) Avrom Altman haiku book “Flowers of Emptiness: Imaginal Haiku”, purchase here (3) Antonio Sacco haiku book "Haikai writing manual. Practical handbook for composing haiku poems and other poetic genres of japanese origin" (Italian only), purchase here (4) Art exhibition “Now Always Forever” by Cruz Jimenez (NZ) till 12 Oct 2024, more info here

- Artwork: “By Twos They Flow” (2024) by Cruz Jimenez (NZ)​

- Background Image: Anne Estelle Rice’s 1918 portrait of Katherine Mansfield. Photograph: De Agostini Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty Images