Presentation by Michael

Ingrid Prosser interviews Michael O'Leary about influences on his work; his journey publishing his own poetry and that of many other poets; and his influences on the Kapiti Coast. Michael reads three of his poems, and we hear two songs created a...

[14 October 2017]A bevy of poets mark 50 years since the end of six o'clock pub closing at a free event next week at the National Library in Wellington. The finish of the "six o'clock swill" changed the way many New Zealanders drank and socialised - ...

A reading by Apirana Taylor for Paekakariki FM in three parts of the brief history written by Michael O'Leary.https://soundcloud.com/paekakariki-fm/20141026-spoken-apirana-taylor

A new history of Paekakariki School by Michael O’Leary.. The school opened in 1886 near the railway moving to its current site in 1946. We’re joined by Michael and technical editors Dave Johnson of the Paekakariki Station Museum and Moira Romeril, fo...

1 – What was your initial reason for getting involved in publishing – please try to think of this in the spirit of what you were thinking and doing at the time. I realized that my writing would not be acceptable to commercial or conventional pub...

Rebel writer with a cause by Richard LangstonWhen Michael O’Leary – aka the Earl of Seacliff – moved from Auckland to Seacliff near Dunedin to work on his third novel, he brought with him 12 boxes of books and a stuffed hawk.Books he regards as a vit...