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Fiona Farrell


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Anthology
Contemporary New Zealand poets in performance (+ 2 sound discs). Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007. Voyager link
Essential New Zealand short stories. Auckland: Random House, 2009.
Look this way: New Zealand writers on New Zealand artists. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007. Voyager link
The best New Zealand fiction. Volume 4. Auckland: Vintage, 2007. Voyager link
The Cats Whiskers: New Zealand Writers on Cats. Auckland: Vintage, 2005. Voyager link
The Source of the Song: New Zealand Writers on Catholicism. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1995. Voyager link
Twenty contemporary New Zealand poets: an anthology. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2009. Voyager link
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Criticism
Listener 2297.106; (1984): 82.
"A look at Canadian theatre." Act 22; Mar (1974): 3-5.
"Nineteenth century New Zealand drama : Kainga of the Ladye Birds." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 5; (1987): 61-72.
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Drama
Bonds. UNPUBLISHED 1986.
Act 4.11; Aug (1986): 44-45.
In Confidence. UNPUBLISHED 1982.
Act 6.7; Dec (1982): 67-68.
Act 5.8; Oct (1983): 56-57.
Passengers. Wellington, Playmarket 1986. Voyager link
Act 5.10; Oct (1985): 56-56.
Evening Post May 17 (1990): 21-21.
Song of the Shirt : Three One-act Plays for Young Actors. Dunedin, McIndoe Publishers 1993.
Dominion (1993): 12.
Otago Daily Times (1993): 20.
New & Notable 4.10; Sept (1993): 13-16.
Dominion April 17 (1993): 12-12.
Otago Daily Times September 11 (1993): 20-20.
New and Notable 4.10; Sept (1993): 13-16.
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Essay
"Does charm matter?." New Zealand Historic Places 66; Nov (1997): 10-13.
"Otanerito humming." North and South 230; May (2005): 102-103.
"Rocks and water." Antipodes 6; (2000): 59-61.
"The manufacture of the news." Comment 11; June (1980): 16-18.
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Exhibitions
Dark Plain : Barry Cleavin, Margaret Dawson, Tony de Lautour, Andrew Drummond, Bill Hammond, Julia Morison, Peter Robinson, Ronnie van Hout. Curator: Ewen McDonald. Christchurch, Christchurch Arts Festival 2001.
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Memoir
Cherries on a Plate: New Zealand Writers Talk About their Sisters. Auckland, Random House 1996. Voyager link
Landfall 193; Autumn (1997): 124-126.
Sunday Star Times September 15 (1996): E: 4-E: 4.
Evening Post September 27 (1996): 7-7.
Listener October 12 (1996): 46-46.
Press October 12 (1996): Sup. 12-Sup. 12.
Dominion November 2 (1996): 20-20.
Quote Unquote 4; Nov (1996): 28-29.
Metro 185; Nov (1996): 111-113.
New Zealand Books 6.5; Dec (1996): 12-13.
North and South 130; Jan (1997): 114-120.
New Zealand Herald September 7 (1996): G: 7-G: 7.
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Novel
Book Book. Auckland: Vintage, 2004. Voyager link
New Zealand Herald Sup.; September 4 (2004): 33, 35.
Press D; September 4 (2004): 12-13.
Sunday Star Times C; September 5 (2004): 8-8.
Dominion Post E; September 18 (2004): 10-11.
Listener September 25 (2004): 46-46.
Otago Daily Times Sup.; November 13 (2004): 6-6.
New Zealand Books 5.14; Dec (2004): 7-7.
"Doing it by the book." Herald on Sunday Sup.; July 24 (2005): 20-21.
Limestone. Auckland: Vintage, 2009. Voyager link
Six Clever Girls Who Became Famous Women. Auckland: Penguin, 1997. Voyager link
Quote Unquote 40; Oct (1996): 28-29.
Evening Post October 4 (1996): 7-7.
Listener October 5 (1996): 44-45.
New Zealand Herald G; October 12 (1996): 6-7.
Dominion October 12 (1996): 20-20.
Pavement 19; Oct/Nov (1996): 140-140.
North and South 128; Nov (1996): 140-142.
New Zealand Education Review 29.1; November 22 (1996): 12-12.
New Zealand Books 5.6; Dec (1996): 12-13.
Metro 186; Dec (1996): 124-125.
Otago Daily Times January 18 (1997): 22-22.
The Hopeful Traveller. Auckland: Vintage, 2002. Voyager link
New Zealand Herald G; September 7 (2002): 7-7.
Dominion Post F; September 14 (2002): 14-15.
Listener October 12 (2002): 57-57.
Press D; November 9 (2002): 15-15.
Otago Daily Times B; November 23 (2002): 8-8.
Takahe 47; Dec (2002): 35-35.
North and South 201; Dec (2002): 106-107.
New Zealand Books 2.13; June (2003): 7-8.
The Skinny Louie Book. Auckland: Penguin, 1992. Voyager link
Dominion August 29 (1992): 11-11.
Evening Post August 28 (1992): 7-7.
Dominion Sunday Times September 6 (1992): 20-20.
Listener 2737.135; September 12 (1992): 51-52.
New Zealand Herald 2; October 10 (1992): 6-6.
New Zealand Books 3.2; Dec (1992): 5-5.
Otago Daily Times December 19 (1992): 22-23.
New and Notable 1.10; Mar (1993): 8-11.
Landfall 185; April (1993): 159-161.
Printout 6; Oct (1993): 57-57.
The skinny Louie book. North Shore, NZ: Penguin, 2010.
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Poetry
"A fine night." North and South 158; May (1999): 107-107.
"But where's this country's soul...asked the visting novelist." North and South 166; Jan (2000): 108-108.
"Creed." Listener 3037.164; July 25 (1998): 46-46.
Cutting Out. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1987. Voyager link
Broadsheet 149; May (1987): 47-47.
"Earth." Sport 13; Spring (1994): 64-64.
"Eel." Landfall 210; Spring (2005): 28-30.
"Extras - All the things U are - Dreaming with the Sheik - But where's the soul? said the visiting novelist?." Takahe 35; Dec (1998): 3-4.
"First up." Listener 2537.122; October 15 (1988): 17-17.
"Images Sheep." Printout 11; Winter (1996): 1, 67.
Inhabited Initial. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1999. Voyager link
Poetry NZ 20; (2000): 83-84.
Evening Post January 7 (2000): 7-7.
JAAM: just another art movement 13; Mar (2000): 156-157.
Landfall 199; Mar (2000): 138-142.
New Zealand Books 2.10; June (2000): 15-16.
"Our trip to Takaka." Best New Zealand Poems (2003).
"Penguins." Press Sup.; May 4 (2002): 14-14.
Playlunch: five short New Zealand plays. Dunedin, University of Otago Press 1996.
"Sheep." Sport 19; Spring (1997): 175-175.
"The inhabited initial." Sport 22; Autumn (1999): 5-14.
"The proposition Getting the drift Aerogramme." Takahe 7; Autumn (1991): 44-45.
"The song of the vagabond tomato." Press Sup.; November 10 (2001): 16-16.
"Thread." Listener 3141.174; July 22 (2000): 46-46.
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Short Story
"A story about Skinny Louie." Listener 2620.127; May 28 (1990): 96-102.
"Airwaves." Quote Unquote 26; Aug (1995): 16-10.
"Footnote." Listener 2461.115; April 25 (1987): 77-78.
"From: Six clever girls who became famous." Landfall 187; Autumn (1994): 59-65.
"Kids buy the damdest things." Comment 5; Nov (1978): 26-28.
Light Readings : Stories. Auckland, Vintage 2001. Voyager link
New Zealand Books 4.11; Oct (2001): 6-7.
North and South 181; April (2001): 98-99.
Listener April 7 (2001): 60-61.
Evening Post May 11 (2001): 5-5.
Otago Daily Times May 24 (2001): 21-21.
Sunday Star Times F; May 27 (2001): 2-2.
"Night grown." Listener 2494.119; December 5 (1987): 56-58.
"OE." Listener 2753.137; January 9 (1993): 30-33.
"Rag bag." Vital Writing 1990/91.2; (1990): 177-188.
"School Report." Comment 8; Sept (1979): 18-20.
"Sure to rise." Auckland, Metro 162; Dec (1994): 170-175.
"The overseas trip." Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada 9; June (1993): 38-46.
The Rock Garden : Stories. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1989.
Landfall 2.44; June (1990): 261-264.
Evening Post June 10 (1989): 29-29.
Dominion June 10 (1989): 9-9.
Dominion Sunday Times July 2 (1989): 16-16.
New Zealand Herald 2; August 5 (1989): 7-7.
PPTA Journal 3; (1989): 49-49.
Listener 2585.125; September 23 (1989): 46-46.
TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4531; February 2 (1990): 123-123.
Otago Daily Times February 17 (1990): 21-21.
"The tale of Richard Seddon." Sport 2; Autumn (1989): 129-141.
"True stories." Sport 10; May (1993): 26-34.
"Turnip dreams." North and South 170; May (2000): 94-97.
"Worm." Landfall 200; Nov (2000): 107-108.
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Short Story Collection
Small packages. Auckland, Longman 2000. Voyager link
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Videorecording
Artsville. Auckland, 3rd Party Productions 2008. Voyager link
 

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Anthology
Aotearoa Neuseeland. Edition Klaus Isele, Eggingen, 1994.
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Article
Standring, Douglas. "Telling the truth." Listener 2585.125; September 23 (1989): 49-50.
McCauley, Sue. "The long and short of it." Listener 2737.135; September 12 (1992): 50-51.
Smith, Charmian. "Another page in lifes encounters." Otago Daily Times January 22 (1994): 21-21.
Welch, Denis. "Leap to fame." Listener October 5 (1996): 44-44.
Matthews, Philip. "A womans work." Listener October 4 (1997): 34-36.
Moore, Christopher. "Genre-bending." The Press Sup.; April 7 (2001): 16-16.
Sharp, Iain. "Light-hearted virtuoso." Sunday Star Times F; May 27 (2001): 2-2.
Moore, Christopher. "A woman of real words." Press E; January 3 (2003): 5-5.
Knight, Kim. "Writers at work." Sunday Star Times August 24 (2003): Supplement, p. 20-22.
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Column
Bowron, Jane. "Farrells story mirrors Mansfield." Sunday Star Times D; December 4 (1994): 2-2.
Rewi, Adrienne. "Exploring new territories." Press Sup.; October 5 (1996): 3-3.
Harvey, Siobhan. "A life in books." Dominion Post E; July 23 (2005): 14-14.
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Criticism
Leek, Robert H. "Surveys 1985-86: Homegrown drama of the mid-eighties." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 5; (1987): 1-13.
Watson, John. "From Mansfield to Svensson: the female hero in recent short fiction by women writers." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 7; (1989): 44-64.
Dale, Judith. "Womens theatre and why." Australasian Drama Studies 18; April (1991): 159-182.
Jones, Lawrence. "Magic, myth and metafiction : the transformation of the family chronicle." CRNLE Reviews Journal 1; (1993): 86-89.
Rewi, Adrienne. "Fiona Farrell : exploring new territories." Pacific Way 99; Oct (1996): 40-42.
Earl, Vicki. "One clever girl." Quote Unquote Dec 1996/Jan 1997.42; Dec/Jan (1996): 10-10.
Pordzik, Ralph. Magical realism and the transformation of dystopian space : a comparative approach to postcolonial speculative fiction. WVT, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, Trier, 2000.
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Interview
Sharp, Iain. "Six clever girls struggle to become famous." Sunday Star Times E; October 27 (1996): 5-5.
Harvey, Siobhan. Words chosen carefully: New Zealand writers in discussion. Cape Catley, Auckland, 2010.
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Short Story Collection
McLeod, Marion. Some other country: New Zealand's best short stories. Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2008.
Edmond, Lauris. Essential New Zealand short stories. Random House, Auckland, 2009.
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