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Authors: Fiona Sussman
Hunt, Sam. N.d. ‘Winter Solstice Song’. In
JAAM 21 ‘Greatest Hits’: An Anthology of Writing 1984–2004,
ed. Mark Pirie and Mike O’Leary. Wellington, NZ: JAAM in association with HeadworkX publishers and ESAW. With grateful thanks to Sam Hunt for permitting me to quote his poem in my work.
Grace, Patricia. 1987. ‘Butterflies’. In
Electric City and Other Stories.
NZ: Penguin. With grateful thanks to Patricia Grace for permitting me to use her short story in my work.
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Genesis 2.24
The Official King James Bible Online, Authorised version KJV. <
http://www.kingjamesbible.org/1611_Genesis2-24/
>
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Hunt, Sam. N.d. ‘Winter Solstice Song.’ In JAAM 21 ‘
Greatest
Hits’: An Anthology of Writing 1984–2004,
ed. Mark Pirie and Mike O’Leary. Wellington, NZ: JAAM in association with HeadworkX publishers and ESAW.
3
King, Michael, p. 156
The Penguin History of New Zealand
(New Zealand: 2003).
4
On plaque on wall at Paremoremo prison. Also in Foreword by Robson, Matt p. vi
About Time: Turning people away from a life of crime and reducing re-offending. Report from the Department of Corrections to the Minister of Corrections
(New Zealand 2001).
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file
/0011/666218/abouttime.pdf
5
Duff, Alan,
Once Were Warriors
(New Zealand, 1990).
6
Glaubman, Richard,
Life is So Good
(USA, 2000).
7
Haka Ka Mate
http://www.kawhia.maori.nz/haka.html.
8
Information from a talk I attended at the wharenui Ngākau Māhaki, Unitec Mt Albert campus, May 2015, as part of the Auckland Writers Festival and handout:
A Vision Beyond Its Time: Moemoea Kei Tua I Tōnā Wā
(UNITEC, New Zealand).
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Grace, Patricia. 1987. ‘Butterflies’. In Electric City and Other Stories (New Zealand:1987).
With thanks to all the authors and individuals below whose works enlightened me, and enriched my understanding of the world my characters would inhabit.
Anderson Atholl, Binney Judith, Harris Aroha. 2015.
Tangata Whenua. An Illustrated History.
NZ: Bridget Williams Books.
Capote, Truman. 2000.
In Cold Blood.
UK: Penguin Classics.
Compain, Glen. 2008.
Street-Wise Parenting.
NZ: Harper Collins.
Duff, Alan. 2004.
Once Were Warriors.
NZ: Vintage, Random House NZ.
Ihimaera, Witi. 2014.
Māori Boy.
NZ: Random House.
Isaac Tuhoe ‘Bruno’ with Haami Bradford. 2007.
True Red – The Life of an Ex-Mongrel Mob Gang Leader.
NZ: True Red.
King, Michael. 2003.
The Penguin History of New Zealand.
NZ: Penguin Books.
Lashlie, Celia. 2005.
He’ll Be OK – Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men.
NZ: Harper Collins.
Lashlie, Celia. 2003.
The Journey to Prison – Who Goes and Why?,
revised edition. NZ: Harper Collins.
Latte, Nigel. 2007.
Into The Darklands and Beyond – Unveiling the Predators Among Us.
NZ: Harper Collins.
Picoult, Jodi. 2008.
Change of Heart.
Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Scott, Owen. 2004.
Deep Beyond the Reef – A True Story of Madness and Murder in the South Pacific.
London: Penguin Books.
Wishart, Ian. 2001.
Breaking Silence. The Kahui Case.
NZ: Howling at the Moon.
Radio NZ. 2008. Sat 16 August. 09.05hrs Kim Hill interview with JJ Joseph and Celia Lashlie.
Male Violence.
Radio New Zealand. 2008. Sunday 18 May. 13.35hrs. Lynn Freeman interview with Isaac Marsh.
TVNZ. 2009.
The Outsiders.
Greenstone
Pictures.com
. Director: Reuben Pillsbury. Producer: Cass Avery.
TV 3. 2008. Thursday 19th June 21.30hrs.
Inside New Zealand: The Gangs:
Part One. Top Shelf Productions Ltd. Producer/director: Laurie Clarke.
TV 3. 2008. Thursday 14th August 21.30hrs.
Inside New Zealand: First Time in Prison.
Ponsonby Productions Ltd, Director: Te Arepa Kahi, Producer: John Keir.
Writing
The Last Time We Spoke
has been a long and fascinating journey for me. It was a work in its infancy during my Masters of Creative Writing year at AUT in 2009 and grew to adulthood over eight subsequent years. I grew alongside it.
Many people have impacted on its evolution – to all, a big thank you.
Special mention to:
John Cranna, Tina Shaw and fellow colleagues of the MCW Class of 2008 for your early encouragement and feedback;
Renae Maihi for your invaluable honesty, guidance and support;
Amali Fonseka, John Quirk, Rob Tuwhare, Steph Van Meulen and Murray Darroch for your time, enthusiasm, interest and input;
Inspector Gary Davey and Constable Glen Compain for assisting in my research around violent youth offending in New Zealand, as well as police protocol; and Catherine Lawla of Victim Support North Shore;
Those in the NZ prison service who facilitated my research into prisons: Warren Cummings, Kelly Pouhotau, Annie Tausi, Chris Burns, Tom Sherlock, Peter Phelan, Ranga Hohai, inmates at The Northern Correctional Facility Ngawha; and
Dr Julian Fuller for assisting in the above introductions;
Alan Ringwood for your time and expertise; Lesley Marshall for your sharp editorial skills of the very first draft, and for so generously sharing some of your life experiences with me;
And The New Zealand Society of Authors and Kobo for your endorsement through the Kobo/NZ Author Publishing Prize 2014.
A huge thank you to the A-team – my wonderful agent, Hannah Ferguson, and all the terrific people at Allison & Busby – for your unerring support and hard work.
Finally, thank you to my dearest Nadia, Andrew and Luigi for your endless patience, unconditional love, and might I say, supreme editorial skills. I’m keeping you all on!
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Growing up in a publisher’s home in South Africa, Fiona Sussman fell in love with language and the written word at an early age. Her family’s house was always filled with manuscripts, books and colourful authors. This was during the apartheid era, and witnessing the brutal regime at work sensitised Fiona to the issues of injustice and racial prejudice. The illness and untimely death of her father led her to pursue a career in medicine and work as a GP. She emigrated from South Africa to New Zealand in 1989 where she still lives with her family, juggling her time between writing and running the charity hospital she and her husband established.
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First published in Great Britain by Allison & Busby in 2016.
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IONA
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