Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. In his book “Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions,” best-selling author John Grisham and Jim McCloskey — his co-author ...

Janet Frame's first novel, Owls Do Cry, created a sensation in New Zealand when it was published in 1957. It was hailed by some critics as the country's long-awaited first great novel, even "a ...

Janet Frame, who has died aged 79, was New Zealand's best known but least public author. The originality and power of her fiction ensured that she was frequently spoken of as a candidate for the Nobel ...