So Far, For Now
March 2022
It is a little over a decade since Fiona Kidman wrote the last volume of her memoir. But her story did not end on its last page; instead her life since has been busier than ever, filled with significant changes, new writing and fascinating journeys.
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All the Way to Summer
Stories of love and longing
March 2020
To mark her 80th birthday, this volume brings together a variety of her previously published stories as well as several that are new or previously uncollected; all moving, insightful and written with love.
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This Mortal Boy
Fiction, July, 2018
A novel based on real people and the real events that led to one of the last executions in New Zealand. Albert Black, known as the ‘jukebox killer’, was only twenty when he was convicted of murdering another young man in a fight at a milk bar in Auckland on 26 July 1955. His crime fuelled growing moral panic about teenagers, and he was to hang less than five months later, the second-to-last person to be executed in New Zealand.
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All Day at the Movies
Fiction, Vintage, 2016
Life isn’t always like it appears in the movies. In 1952, Irene Sandle takes her young daughter to Motueka. Irene was widowed during the war and is seeking a new start and employment in the tobacco fields. There, she finds the reality of her life far removed from the glamour of the screen. Can there be romance and happy endings, or will circumstances repeat through the generations?
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This Change in the Light: A collection of poems
Poetry, Godwit, 2016
A companion volume to the bestselling Where your left hand rests.
A superb collection of poetry from one of New Zealand’s top writers. – Random House New Zealand
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The Infinite Air
Fiction, Vintage, 2013
Aviator extraordinaire and international icon, Jean Batten was as elusive as she was glamorous. One of the world’s most courageous and daring aviators, she broke “men’s records” and became a legend. But who was Jean Batten and why did she die in obscurity in Majorca; lost to the world and buried in a pauper’s grave until a film crew came looking for her, some five years after her death?
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Preservation Short story Random House New Zealand 2013 A serious but also blackly funny short story about old friendships, love and formaldehyde by one of New Zealand’s most distinguished writers. Now middle-aged, the one-time teenage rebels live staid, safe lives, while their friend Jan, who had been the good one of their pack, is now …
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Search for Sister Blue: A Play for Radio Play AH & AW Reed, 1975
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Honey and Bitters Poetry Pegasus Press, 1975 First collection of poetry.
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On the Tightrope Poetry 1978 Second collection of poetry.
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