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Author: Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod

Sailing Through My Imagination
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Sailing Through My Imagination

This personal essay first appeared on GrownUps website, 21 December 2021: Grandparents give their grandchildren amazing experiences; it’s a pity … Continue reading Sailing Through My Imagination

Lit: stories from home
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Lit: stories from home

Originally publishes as the introduction to the short story collection Lit: stories from home, edited by Elizabeth: For years I … Continue reading Lit: stories from home

Unspooling Threads
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Unspooling Threads

This essay first appeared in  takahē 100, released in December 2020: When we come across something beautiful, do we look at … Continue reading Unspooling Threads

Moonwalking
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Moonwalking

This essay first appeared in the online journal Love in the Time of Covid: A Chronicle of a Pandemic, on … Continue reading Moonwalking

Close Neighbours: a short story
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Close Neighbours: a short story

This short-story first appeared in Takahe 98, released in April 2020: It’s impossible anything being said could be that funny. … Continue reading Close Neighbours: a short story

It’s time for moral courage
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It’s time for moral courage

This opinion piece first appeared on Newsroom, on 2 April 2020: Here’s a joke for our times: what should we … Continue reading It’s time for moral courage

Book Review: Contents Under Pressure by Gail Ingram
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Book Review: Contents Under Pressure by Gail Ingram

I remember watching the Christchurch earthquakes from afar. In my Auckland home, a new baby at my feet, I folded … Continue reading Book Review: Contents Under Pressure by Gail Ingram

Is it fair to pass on our despair?
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Is it fair to pass on our despair?

This essay first appeared on The Sapling, on March 19, 2020: In the late 1990s the world was always about … Continue reading Is it fair to pass on our despair?

Book Review: Back Before You Know by Murray Edmonds
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Book Review: Back Before You Know by Murray Edmonds

Reviewed for Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2020, first published in March 2020: Back Before You Know stands out from other … Continue reading Book Review: Back Before You Know by Murray Edmonds

Origins
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Origins

This essay first appeared on Newsroom under the title ‘How to write about a father’s suicide’ on February 12, 2020: … Continue reading Origins

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