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Odiyo adds Diana McCaulay’s ‘Dog-Heart’ to growing catalogue

Dog-Heart by award-winning Jamaican author Diana McCaulay will join Caribbean audiobook marketplace Odiyo’s catalogue this August. The novel will be narrated by Joan Kenzie.
McCaulay shared her appreciation for Dog-Heart being added to Odiyo, stating, “It’s special for me to hear my written words expressed in Jamaican voices,” she told The Gleaner.

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