Many will know Michelle Langstone as an actress, best-known for the likes of McLeod’s Daughters, The Almighty Johnsons and 800 Words.

She’s also a writer and a regular contributor to The New Zealand Herald, The Spinoff and North and South, having won awards at the last two Voyager Media Awards.

Now Langstone written a beautiful book of essays called Times Like These, which captures stories of love, loss, grief and hope.

She joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss writing the book and how it was affected by her father’s death.

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