2009 - William Taylor
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2009 Janet Frame Lecture by Wiliam Taylor - Part 1
The 2009 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture features the well-known author William Taylor, reflecting on a forty-year career of writing for children and young people. Audio
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2009 Janet Frame Lecture by Wiliam Taylor - Part 2
The 2009 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture features the well-known author William Taylor, reflecting on a forty-year career of writing for children and young people. Audio
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2009 Janet Frame Lecture by Wiliam Taylor - Part 3
The 2009 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture features the well-known author William Taylor, reflecting on a forty-year career of writing for children and young people. Audio
2009 Lecture: William Taylor on the state of the nation’s literature
William Taylor is one of New Zealand's most prolific and popular writers with a significant body of his work published internationally, often in translation. His humorous novel for 10-12 year olds, Agnes the Sheep, is now considered by the National Library of New Zealand as a 'classic' book for the young.
His more reflective young adult fiction has touched on issues seldom addressed in New Zealand writing for the young; for example, the widely acclaimed, and recently re-published, The Blue Lawn; also Jerome, and Pebble in a Pool. His most recent novel for young adults is Land of Milk & Honey. Taylor was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004 for his services to children's literature.