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Poet and comic Anna Livesey In conversation with writers and bookpeople. Brace yourselves, world.

  1. 02/13/2019

    #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. 01/31/2019

    #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. 01/16/2019

    # 29: David Merritt

    Anna and David talk about poetry business models, the great unravelling, the role of the fool, love, regret and chickens.

  4. 12/17/2018

    #28: Ears Wide Open

    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 Samuels and Josie Shapiro.

  5. 11/14/2018

    #27: Ian Wedde

    Anna and Ian talk about big ideas, boyhood in East Bengal, being a twin and the joy of form.

  6. 10/31/2018

    #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 Weekend. He will sing songs in English, many of them translated from the languages of our allies or enemies in the First World War. The songs will alternate with ensemble improvisations on war, peace, political violence and political progress. The evening begins with a song cycle co-written by Bill (Direen) and NZ poet Alan Brunton based on the life of Michael Joseph Savage. Those dates are: two nights in The New Athenaeum Theatre, the Octagon, Dunedin, Friday November 9th and Saturday November 10th at 8:30pm, and one show on Armistice Day itself, Sunday November 11th, at 4pm in the Grainstore, Harbour Street, Oamaru. https://www.facebook.com/events/2179503808985793/ https://www.facebook.com/events/919754151544297/

  7. 10/24/2018

    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 Open will have a another release this Thursday 2 November and we will then resume our two-weekly on a Thursday schedule.

  8. 09/19/2018

    #24: Paula Morris Part 2

    Anna and Paula talk about Laura Ingalls Wilder, dying parents and weaving.

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Poet and comic Anna Livesey In conversation with writers and bookpeople. Brace yourselves, world.

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  • Creator
    The Open Book
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2019
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • Show Website
    Ears Wide Open