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Giovanni Tiso

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Giovanni Tiso is a writer and translator based in Wellington. He is a regular contributor to the Australian literary journal Overland, and his blog Bat Bean Beam earned him a nomination as best blogger at the 2014 Canon Media Awards – won, famously, by Whaleoil. Giovanni was born in Milan in 1971.

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The Miramar Central scandal lays bare a cavalier culture at the Ministry of Education

A Wellington school's use of a 'seclusion room' to isolate autistic children has been dismissed by officials as a sorry aberration. But the school cell speaks to a much bigger problem with special education in New Zealand, says Giovanni Tiso, the father of two children with autism.

By Giovanni Tiso | 14th October, 2016

MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 20: Jhumpa Lahiri attends the Giorgio Armani Show as part of Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2015 on September 20, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

The far-fetched true story of a meteorically successful American writer who decided to write in Italian: Giovanni Tiso on Jhumpa Lahiri

By Giovanni Tiso | 22nd June, 2016

Members of the Stop the War Coalition protest near Parliament on January 29, 2015 in London, England. Members of Parliament are today debating delays to the official inquiry into the Iraq War. The Chilcot inquiry began in 2009 and says it will not give it’s final report until after the general election.

A wonderful dream: Tony Blair on the guillotine

Everything, including a jar of honey tipped in the kitchen sink, seems to find a way in Tom Bowers' large, ponderous biography of the venal Tony Blair.

By Giovanni Tiso | 13th April, 2016