I interviewed the very charming and funny Jarrad Carlin for Free Skate Magazine issue 43. It’s now online along with Jarrad’s video part.

I am very proud to have three stories included in Brain Dead’s Isolated Community Zine Issue 1.

‘The Isolated Community zine is Brain Dead’s gift of respite during what have become the strangest days of our lives.’ – Brain Dead

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I wrote a sort of love letter to Wellington for the latest issue of Monster Children. I wrote it in the final weeks of our NZ tenure, a time in which, ironically, I finally felt really comfortable there. The magazine is available here.

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In this issue, I interviewed Devendra Banhart the day after his house was burgled. It’s such a nice magazine, good on them.

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I was very chuffed to be asked to write something for the ABC. It felt like I was contributing to the great canon of Play School, The Late Show, and Rage. Now I stand among these giants, with my silly article about kids parties.

I spoke to Harry Culy of Bad News Books about the ups and downs of being an independent publisher in New Zealand, and I also hassled him for one of those cool hoodies. Link here

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In this issue, I wrote about how I never liked Bruce Springsteen but I like him now. More broadly, the piece is about why we like or don’t like things, and how those preferences and tastes can change. The magazine is available here.

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In this issue, I was very fortunate to speak to comedian Maria Bamford about the meaning of (her) life.

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In this issue, I wrote a feature about the weird and delicious wines Garage Project have been making lately, along with a wider discussion about the contentious term ‘natural wine’. I also wrote some contentious product reviews.

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I wrote an afterword for my friend Matt’s great new book. ‘Looking through this book searching for inspiration on what to write about it, I’m rendered mute. It’s not because the images aren’t saying anything to me – they’re saying plenty. And it’s not as if they don’t remind me of anything – they remind me…

An interview with some incredible Japanese kids I met in China. ‘It’s evolved beyond anything we ever imagined. They’re not just good; it’s mastery. They’ve mastered skating.’

One day an email popped up with the subject line “Wanna go skating in China?” and I got that feeling. That freelance feeling. “Hi Ingrid,” I typed in reply, “I’d love to go skating in China!” A couple of months and about 50 emails later…