Ears Wide Open Podcast
1) #31: Rachel O'Connor
Anna talks to Rachel about Greece, love at first sight and the uselessness of poets, as well as writing fiction and the wonders and oddities of translation.
2) #30: Anna Livesey
Hayden Glass, co-proprietor of The Open Book talks to Anna about poetry and strategy, poetry and music and breastfeeding while posting.
3) #29: David Merritt
Anna and David talk about poetry business models, the great unravelling, the role of the fool, love, regret and chickens.
4) #28: Christmas Gala Reading
A gala reading at the shop, featuring Alex Taylor, Makyla Curtis, Megan France, Kim Tairi, Cybonn Ang, Craig Foltz, Rachel O’Connor, Gina Cole, Tom Romeo, Sophie van Waardenberg, Paula Morris, Lisa Sa...Show More
5) #27: Ian Wedde
Anna and Ian talk about big ideas, boyhood in East Bengal, being a twin and the joy of form.
6) #26: Bill Direen
Anna and Bill talk about writing, sanity, love and music, with extra lip-smacking. Bill Direen is performing with an eight-piece improvisation orchestra in Dunedin and Oamaru this coming Armistice W...Show More
7) #25: Judges' Report
Anna and Sophie Van Waardenberg read and talk about the poems that were finalists in the Geometry | Open Book National Poetry Competition. Pyjamas, punching and Casablanca also feature. Ears Wide Op...Show More
8) #24: Paula Morris Part 2
Anna and Paula talk about Laura Ingalls Wilder, dying parents and weaving.
9) #23: Paula Morris Part 1
Anna and Paula discuss fiction and non-fiction, the bright-line test and what one starts with when one sits down to write (part 1 of 2).
10) #22: Piet Nieuwland
Anna and Piet trees, policy and mysticism and a wee bit of poetry as well.