#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...
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20 of 33 episodes#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.
#29: David Merritt
Anna and David talk about poetry business models, the great unravelling, the role of the fool, love, regret and chickens.
#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 Co...
#27: Ian Wedde
Anna and Ian talk about big ideas, boyhood in East Bengal, being a twin and the joy of form.
#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 improvisati...
#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. P...
#24: Paula Morris Part 2
Anna and Paula talk about Laura Ingalls Wilder, dying parents and weaving.
#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)
#22: Piet Nieuwland
Anna and Piet trees, policy and mysticism and a wee bit of poetry as well.
#21: Bryan Walpert
Anna and Bryan talk about mindfulness, old times, Palmerston North and even a little bit of corporate strategy.
#20: Gina Cole
Anna and Gina talk about constraint, giving up law to pursue writing and what it's like to be edited.
#19: Ya-Wen Ho
Ya-Wen and Anna talk about language and translation, poetry and art and how to speak responsibly in the languages of colonisation.
#18: Jo Giddens
More letterpress, and some haiku. Anna and Jo talk about ink kissing paper and the secret society of the letterpressers.
#17 Makyla Curtis
So much to learn about letterpress printing! Anna and Makyla talk poetry, maps, printing, poetry and history.
#16 Graeme Lay
Graeme and Anna chat about Captain Cook, historical fiction and Graeme's personal version of "the New Zealand canon".
A break for a week
EWO is on a mini-break, back next week with episode 16!
#15: Megan Blakie
Megan Blakie works for the Book Discussion Scheme - dedicated to helping people read and connect nationwide for over 40 years.
#14 Ted Dawe
Anna and Ted talk about kids and stories and books and sex.
#13: Kim Tairi
Anna talks to Kim, the AUT Librarian, about librarians and big data, the secret languages of librarians and how the modern library can inclu...