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Podcast: Smart Talk
Episode: Renée looks back on a life devoted to reading in the 2021 Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui
Description: In a personal address tracing a lifetime of reading, the renowned playwright Renée explores the power of literature, and its role in shaping her own professional and imaginative worlds.Although she grew up poor with a solo mother, the career of New Zealand playwright and author Renée seems, in retrospect, to have been pre-determined.Why? Because of the love of reading which filled her childhood years.In this lecture, Renée, aka Renée Gertrude Taylor, looks back over a life enthralled by words. Listen to Renée deliver the 2...