The 2023 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture was given by the NZSA President of Honour 2022-2023, Witi Ihimaera-Smiler in November 2023. The prestigious position of NZSA President of Honour, is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving member in recognition of their contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa. The aim of the Janet Frame Memorial Lecture is to deliver an overview of the “state of the nation” for literature and writing in New Zealand.

If you couldn’t make it to the event, you can now listen in to the podcast of it, or read the transcript. All episodes from NZSA Live! and the NZSA Oral History Podcast are available on our website, Google, Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts (search ‘NZ Society of Authors’).

All Janet Frame Memorial Lectures, with their podcast episode links and transcripts, are available on our Janet Frame Memorial Lecture page.