Fiona Kidman

When Betty Guard steps ashore in Sydney, in 1834, she meets with a heroine's welcome. Her survival during a four-month kidnapping ordeal amongst Taranaki Maori is hailed as nothing short of a miracle. But questions about what really happened slowly surface within the elite governing circles of the r...

In her first acclaimed volume of memoir (At the End of Darwin Road), Fiona Kidman described her background and childhood, evoking the places she lived in and the people she knew. It finished with the publication of her first, hugely successful novel. In this sequel, she explores further the influenc...

Fiona Kidman has a genius for peeling back the lives of ordinary people to reveal their hidden passions and complexities. In this brilliant new collection, she explores - with her customary subtlety and insight - how we are all touched and sometimes scarred by the flames of emotion - whether it be t...

This is the first volume of a memoir, covering Fiona Kidman's early years, notably living in Kerikeri - at the end of Darwin Road. From the distance of France, where Fiona was the Katherine Mansfield Fellow in Menton, she reconsiders her past, weaving personal reflection and the progression of her l...