It takes the average reader 1 hour and 40 minutes to read Taking Off by Brian Turner
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Collection of poetry by Brian Turner, who is considered to be one of New Zealand's leading poets. Turner's first collection of poetry, Ladders of Rain (1978) won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and his sixth collection, Beyond (1992), won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry. Taking Off contains poems written over the past decade. Themes of the poems include: separation, the poet's relationship with his aging father, departed friends, fishing, golf, cricket and living in Central Otago.
Taking Off by Brian Turner is 100 pages long, and a total of 25,000 words.
This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 16 minutes to read Taking Off aloud.
Taking Off is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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