09. Can you hear me, Whangaparaoa?

Janet Frame and Charles Brasch in their own words
The Janet Frame Literary Trust presents the première of a tribute session in honour of Charles Brasch's 100th anniversary in 2009. This performance consists entirely of original passages written by Janet Frame and Charles Brasch, sourced mostly from their unpublished letters.

The readings portray the relationship between Frame and Brasch, and range from their early correspondence concerning Frame's submissions to Landfall in the 1940s, to Frame's reminiscences about Brasch after his death in 1973. "Can you hear me, Whangaparaoa?" is the first line of a poem Brasch dedicated to Frame on his deathbed. The readings were selected by Frame executors Pamela Gordon and Denis Harold with the cooperation of Brasch executor Alan Roddick.

Readers are Peter Simpson, Hannah Taylor, Tim Kerr and Stella McKay

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