On Coming Home - by Paula Morris
Photo: Paula Morris
What does it mean to return home after living and working abroad for many years?
In On Coming Home, award-winning writer Paula Morris confronts long-standing fears about whether she'd ever come back to New Zealand and whether she'd feel she belonged here if she did.
- Listen to Paula Morris talk about On Coming Home here.
Written and read by Paula Morris
Produced by Duncan Smith
Published in 2015 by Bridget Williams Books
[ISBN-978-0908321117]
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On Coming Home Ep 1
20 Aug 2018Writer and teacher Paula Morris lived and worked abroad for many years. She always held secret fears about whether she would ever return and whether she'd feel she belonged if she did. Audio
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On Coming Home Ep 2
21 Aug 2018Paula Morris explores what it means to be an 'expatriate' writer. Audio
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On Coming Home Ep 3
23 Aug 2018When you have family connections both in here in New Zealand and around the world what does the notion of 'home' mean for a writer. Audio
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On Coming Home Ep 4
24 Aug 2018Paula Morris takes some cheeky potshots at one of the sacred cows of New Zealand literature and speculates about whether a writer has to be on the outside looking in to gain insights that will truly… Audio
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On Coming Home Ep 5
25 Aug 2018When Hurricane Katrina swoops through New Orleans, killing thousands, causing a mass evacuation and bringing the city to its knees, Paula Morris is forced to consider again the notion of 'home' and… Audio
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