Alie Benge is a Wellington-based nonfiction writer. Her essays have been published in Takahē, Turbine | Kapohau, Mimicry, and others. She was joint winner of the 2017 Landfall Essay Competition.
Never mind the film: Alie Benge, aka Jo/Meg, on the book that meant the world to her.
Alie Benge signed up to a dating app with a sense of dread. What she found restored her faith in people – and in love itself.
Kiwi comedians unite in Golden Boy to bring us a fun, breezy sitcom that will brighten any bad day.
In the final instalment of her column about her adventures in online dating, Alie Benge ponders a world that isn't afraid of love.
In the latest instalment of her column about her adventures in online dating, Alie Benge makes a real connection – and wonders why she can't shake the need for romantic love.
In the latest instalment of her series chronicling the ins and outs of dating in 2020, Alie Benge details the unique challenges of dating while Christian.
As a wise philosopher once said, 'If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends'.
Rose Matafeo's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show is not just a silly show about love, it's about obsessive devotion.
Snowpiercer imagines a world where the class system follows us to the grave, but in doing so, does it fail at its own goals?
You can be attracted to someone on an app, but you don’t know if there’s anything between you until you interact in real life – the air either crackles around you or it doesn’t.
Alie Benge signed up to a dating app with a sense of dread. What she found restored her faith in people – and in love itself.
People have called it for it be pulled from the service, but the escapist fantasy of 365 Days is nothing new, writes Alie Benge.
Eamonn Marra's debut novel makes a study of the mundane: sanding a fence, heating baked beans, three pizzas for $29.99 delivered. Alie Benge reckons it belongs somewhere between Sally Rooney and Elena Ferrante.
Never mind the film: Alie Benge, aka Jo/Meg, on the book that meant the world to her.
Yesterday, we published an essay by novelist Lloyd Jones lamenting the change in New Zealand's book culture. Today, Alie Benge responds with a passionate defence of the modern NZ library.
