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Prize winner
I am pleased to announce the winner of the prize draw for a copy of The Trials of Minnie Dean: A verse biography is Lyn Minchinton. Copies of The Trials of Minnie Dean: A verse biography are also available for sale at $25.00 each by emailing pukekopublications@gmail.com
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Prize draw
Remember the prize draw tomorrow 18 August for a copy of The Trials of Minnie Dean: A verse biography. Closing at midnight. See karendzelas.com – click on page ‘Prize Draw’. For radio broadcasts and podcast episodes, see plainsfm.org.nz/prog/falling
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Tom Long hangman
if I drink don’t blame me it’s me occupation they call me hangman with good cause but not without a dash of condemnation there’s none will do it save for me & I console meself in spirit tis one thing to kill a man in battle still another kill his brother in cold blood…
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Counting down
Only 3 more sleeps until the release of FALLING – concerning Minnie Dean’s final journey, 1895 At that point you will be spoiled for choice: See https://plainsfm.org.nz/prog/falling Canterbury listeners can hear my play broadcast on Plains FM as a Morning Series or an Evening Series or, from anywhere, as a Podcast Series through the…
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12 August 1895
127 years ago today, Minnie Dean was executed by hanging at the Invercargill Prison, the only woman ever hanged in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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The Laurels
This is the cottage outside Winton that Charles Dean built after their house was burned down by an angry creditor – “this is the house that Charles built … these are the debts that Charles accrued , that lived in the house that Charles built …”
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Minnie Dean
This photo of Minnie Dean was taken around the time of her marriage to Charles Dean. She was 28 years of age. Minnie was a governess and teacher, and she supported her two daughters, Ellen and Isabella, with the help of her maternal aunt, one of the founders of Invercargill and known affectionately as “Granny…
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Toi Ōtautahi
The Toi Ōtautahi arts website has posted an interview with me: at https://toiotautahi.org.nz/views/falling-a-new-radio-drama-coming-in-august/ Tap the photo labelled ‘Karen Zelas’ to find the interview. The Arts are obviously alive and well in Ōtautahi. There is so much information on their site that I find it rather hard to navigate. So I shall also post the interview…
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Good news
The following Access Radio stations advise that they will also be playing the FALLING series: Manawatū People’s Radio, Palmerston North Arrow FM 92.7, Masterton, Wairarapa Coast Access Radio, Waikanae (Kapiti/Horowhenua) Fresh FM Nelson/Marlborough Plains FM, Christchurch Otago Access Radio, Dunedin Radio Southland, Invercargill Check for the programme schedule with the access radio in your area.
Karen Zelas 