Anna Rankin

We're going to chat books now and a new collection coming out in November is celebrating Auckland and some of the reasons people choose to live there. To share the details Anna Rankin joins Jesse, she… Audio

Working homeless is a phrase that applies to people who are employed but don't have anywhere to live, generally it is a consequence of low wages or other financial instability. It's a topic author… Audio

Book reviewer Anna Rankin talks to Jesse about her recommendations, Some Helpful Models of Grief, from Compound Press, by Aotearoa writer and artist Hana Pera Aoake and Notes to John by Joan Didion. Audio

Anna Rankin reviews Nadine Hura's Slowing the Sun and Forrest Gander's Mojave Ghost. Audio

Anna Rankin reviews Murdoch Stephen's Visas Now! And she looks at Lucinda Williams' memoir Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You. Audio

Today, Anna Rankin reviews Wellington writer Greg Kan's forthcoming poetry collection Clay Eaters. Audio

Anna Rankin reviews Caroline Crampton's new book, a fascinating mix of memoir, history and literary criticism.  Audio

Anna Rankin reviews a new NZ history book she says is going to become a classic. Audio

In 2021, a largely-unknown company was given $500,000 by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Three years later, there are still more questions than answers about Narrative Muse.  Audio

Dougal McNeill's Forms of Freedom, Marxist essays in New Zealand and Australia literature and Mary McCarthy's Vietnam. Audio