Janet Frame

Today marks 100 years since the birth of one of our most beloved authors: Janet Frame. Audio

Foxton-born author Meg Mason would be forgiven for feeling like the last 12 or so months have passed in a blur. Although it was her second novel (and third book overall), the release of Sorrow and… Audio

Hollywood leading man Gabriel Byrne has played some memorable roles in his prolific film career, but his new autobiography, Walking With Ghosts, could be considered his boldest and most dramatic work… Audio

Do you ever feel like a failure? Enter widely acclaimed observer of daily life Professor Joe Moran, not to tell you that everything will be OK in the end, but to reassure you that failure is an… Audio

Celebrated New Zealand writer Janet Frame's work has never been adapted for the stage. That's about to change with a play based on her iconic novel Owls Do Cry set to premiere in her childhood… Audio, Gallery

Until her death in 2004, Janet Frame was New Zealand's most celebrated living author, but also very misunderstood.  Janet's niece, Pamela Gordon talks about the beloved aunt who was funny… Audio

Owen Marshall, the country's leading writer of short stories surveys his chosen literary form in his 2017 Book Council Lecture, talking of the authors who have influenced him, and his audiences. Audio

Christchurch author Patrick Evans returns to his muse - writer Janet Frame - for the third in his trilogy about her life. In Salt Picnic, set in 1956, Evans has fictionalised the few known facts about… Audio

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

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