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- Title
- The Book Show - Series Two
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
Get your nose stuck into some great reads with the second season of The Book Show, presented by author Emily Perkins. Each episode offers a chatty dive into New Zealand's literary landscape. Perkins hosts a lively book club of readers and writers, sharing their takes on the book of the week from a wonderfully antiquated literary haven. Then journalist Finlay Macdonald hits the road to meet beloved authors like Anne Salmond, Vincent O’Sullivan and Brit Neil Cross, uncovering what makes their w...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2007
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-book-show-series-two-2007
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