Abigail

A group of would-be criminals kidnaps the 12-year-old daughter of a powerful underworld figure. Holding her for ransom in an isolated mansion, their plan starts to unravel when they discover their young captive is actually a bloodthirsty vampire.



Origin 

Based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in each country's history.



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Abigail 
A group of would-be criminals kidnaps the 12-year-old daughter of a powerful underworld figure. Holding her for ransom in an isolated mansion, their plan starts to unravel when they discover their young captive is actually a bloodthirsty vampire. 
 
Origin  
Based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in each country's history. 
 
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News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?

Jack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB. News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?

Jack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB.News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?

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Francesca Rudkin: Abigail and Origin

Catherine Chidgey is incredibly talented. 

The Kiwi author is highly acclaimed, having won the Prize in Modern Letters, the Katherine Mansfield Award, the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, the Janet Frame Fiction Prize, and the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction twice. 

A theme Chidgey explores in some of her novels is that of "ordinary people who do terrible things", and it's one she explores in her most recent work, 'The Starving Bride'.  

The novel is based off a 1930s sideshow act, resurrected in the future, in which a young woman dressed as a bride would lay in a glass casket for a month without eating, in full public view. 

And although in real life, this act disappeared last century, the novel paints a comparison between the Starving Bride of old and modern social media. 

"I do include the voices of the crowd who come to see Hazel, the starving bride ... it's kind of like sitting behind a screen, you know, those keyboard warriors who think they can say whatever they want to, to other people online," Chidey told Jack Tame. 

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Catherine Chidgey is incredibly talented.&nbsp;
The Kiwi author is highly acclaimed, having won the Prize in Modern Letters, the Katherine Mansfield Award, the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, the Janet Frame Fiction Prize, and the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction twice.&nbsp;
A theme Chidgey explores in some of her novels is that of "ordinary people who do terrible things", and it's one she explores in her most recent work, 'The Starving Bride'. &nbsp;
The novel is based off a 1930s sideshow act, resurrected in the future, in which a young woman dressed as a bride would lay in a glass casket for a month without eating, in full public view.&nbsp;
And although in real life, this act disappeared last century, the novel paints a comparison between the Starving Bride of old and modern social media.&nbsp;
"I do include the voices of the crowd who come to see Hazel, the starving bride ... it's kind of like sitting behind a screen, you know, those keyboard warriors who think they can say whatever they want to, to other people online," Chidey told Jack Tame.&nbsp;
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Catherine Chidgey: Kiwi author on her new book 'The Starving Bride'

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A pioneer in the Kiwi music scene is taking his largest tour around the country. 

Che Fu is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his 2001 album 'The Navigator', touring New Zealand alongside his band The Kratez and a few special guests. 

Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to discuss the tour. 

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A pioneer in the Kiwi music scene is taking his largest tour around the country.&nbsp;
Che Fu is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his 2001 album 'The Navigator', touring New Zealand alongside his band The Kratez and a few special guests.&nbsp;
Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to discuss the tour.&nbsp;
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Chris Schulz: Che Fu's 25th Anniversary Tour of 'The Navigator'

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Thursday was a special day for Kevin Milne. 

His wife Linda loves pigs and won't eat pork, which naturally means Kevin also doesn't eat pork at home. 

But Linda was away on Thursday, which means Kevin cooked his annual pork chop. 

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Thursday was a special day for Kevin Milne.&nbsp;
His wife Linda loves pigs and won't eat pork, which naturally means Kevin also doesn't eat pork at home.&nbsp;
But Linda was away on Thursday, which means Kevin cooked his annual pork chop.&nbsp;
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Kevin Milne: My annual pork chop

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Francesca Rudkin: Abigail and Origin

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