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Celebrating Brian Turner: “Taking Off” in poetry and song
Composer Janet Jennings and writer and environmentalist Jillian Sullivan will meet in an Aspiring Conversations session at the Wanaka Festival of Colour to talk about the life and poetry of Brian Turner.
Beneath the trees: voices of women of Aotearoa
Beneath the trees: 21x21 is a new album of songs by 21 women composers of Aotearoa, setting words by our female poets. It’s an invaluable addition to the canon of New Zealand song.