Three Christchurch writers joined Kate De Goldi to discuss living, working and writing in the aftermath of the devastating Christchurch earthquakes.

Fiona Farrell’s latest work, The Broken Book, is a meandering travel book interrupted by 20 poems about the Christchurch earthquakes. Jane Higgins is a research fellow in youth studies at Lincoln University. Her debut novel is The Bridge – a gritty, futuristic work for young adults. Patrick Evans teaches New Zealand literature at the University of Canterbury. In 2010 he wrote Gifted, an imagining of Janet Frame’s first encounter with Frank Sargeson.