Upbeat for Tuesday 6 September 2016

1:40 PM.The Going West Books and Writers Festival celebrates 21 years, with two new people at the helm, including critic and agency creative Mark Easterbrook. He explains how it is important to combine… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.In this week’s episode Upbeat producer Zoë George turns the page on poor etiquette at book launches. Unity Books’ Dylan Sherwood explains whether we have to buy the book that is being launched, what… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.New Zealand School of Music puts on a show this week featuring its vocal performance students in a mix of classical opera and musicals. Music Director Mark Dorrell used to work in London’s West End… Read more Audio