Vana Manasiadis talked to Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand National's Saturday Morning show about the situation in Greece at the moment. Vana has lived in Crete for the last few years, but is currently spending time in Athens. She talks about what it's like in Athens at the moment and gives a background to Greece's economic troubles. Most interestingly, she talks about the grassroots movement, the 'Aganachtismeni', which has been holding general assemblies around the country, and particularly in Athens. You can listen to the interview on the Radio New Zealand website: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20110709.

Vana's poetry collection, Ithaca Island Bay Leaves:  A Mythisitorima, which imaginatively examines links between Greece and New Zealand, was published by Seraph Press in 2009.