Paula Morris Zooms to writers from her dining table
8 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Paula Morris. Photo / Mike Brooke
By: Paula Morris
Last year, almost every Sunday morning for three months, I sat at my dining table interviewing writers in many different time zones, sitting at their own desks and dining tables, via Zoom. The big Covid lockdown had scuppered the Auckland Writers Festival, so director Anne O Brien created the 2020 Winter Series. Over 12 weeks I interviewed 37 writers and Tina Makereti interviewed another three on my one Sunday holiday. Total views for the series were more than 72,000, with people tuning in from all over the world – especially for big international names like Bernadine Evaristo, fresh from her Booker win, and Neil Gaiman.