The second edition of the New Zealand Book Council's Talking Books is hosted by author Paula Morris and features poet and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh and reviewer, editor and poet Iain Sharp.
Paula Morris and her guests delve into the book voted 2015 Great Kiwi Classic Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame. They talk passionately about reading this 'multi-layered and complex' novel and explore what makes the book distinctive, relevant and 'classic'.
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