State Ward (11 page)

“Dom, George. Freedom.” Charlie grinned back at George. Mean going back to Riverton for him for sure,
but that strength, that sureness was in him now. Gave him his own freedom. Throwing a playful punch at George, his mate, best mate.

The fire began to die. A siren howled in the far distance. And two boys padded slowly away in the dust. And stars, as always, shone overhead.

The
Family
Man
by Ian Cross

Unlawful
Entry
by Marilyn Duckworth°

Seeing
Red
by Marilyn Duckworth°

To
the
Is-land
by Janet Frame*

An
Angel
at
My
Table
by Janet Frame*

The
Envoy
from
Mirror
City
by Janet Frame*

Owls
Do
Cry
by Janet Frame*

The
Adaptable
Man
by Janet Frame*

The
Carpathians
by Janet Frame*

The
Pocket
Mirror
by Janet Frame*

The
Good
Tourist
and
the
Laughing
Cadaver
edited by Michael Gifkins

The
Foreign
Woman
by Fiona Kidman

True
Stars
by Fiona Kidman

Wakeful
Nights
by Fiona Kidman

Fifteen
Rubies
by
Candlelight
by Shonagh Koea

Staying
Home
and
Being
Rotten
by Shonagh Koea

Finding
Out
by Elspeth Sandys°

Love
and
War
by Elspeth Sandys°

Always
the
Islands
of
Memory
by Noel Virtue*

The
Eye
of
the
Everlasting
Angel
by Noel Virtue*

The
Redemption
of
Elsdon
Bird
by Noel Virtue*

*Available only in New Zealand

°Available only in Australia and New Zealand

Alan Duff was born in Rotorua in 1950 and now lives in Havelock North. He has published two previous novels and a non-fiction work.
Once
Were
Warriors
won the PEN Best First Book for Fiction Award and was runner-up in the 1990 Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards. In 1991 he was awarded the Frank Sargeson Fellowship.
One
Night
Out
Stealing
was shortlisted in the 1992 Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards and
Once
Were
Warriors
has now been made into a film. Alan writes full-time and is a syndicated newspaper columnist. He first wrote
State
Ward
for National Radio in 1993.