Fast Favourites with NZ Listener editor Kirsty Cameron
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Editor of NZ Listener, Kirsty Cameron, got her start in journalist at RNZ and broadcasting before moving into print where she's stayed ever since. She spent more than a decade working in Australia; initially as a feature writer and political reporter before moving in magazines and editing In Style and becoming editor in chief and overseeing several women and home magazines. After moving back to New Zealand, Cameron continued her role as an editorial director and prior to the Listener, was editor of North and South magazine. Kirsty Cameron joins Culture 101 to discuss her cultural favourites including the one novel she considers the most elegant.
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