Writer
Детектива Джил Фитцпатрик нанимают родители Микки Норрис, пропавшей девушки, молодой поэтессы. В ходе расследования Джил знакомится с профессором Дианой Мейтлэнд, которая преподавала Микки литературу. У них начинается роман, несмотря на то, что Диана замужем. Скоро обнаруживают труп Микки, и Джил принимается за поиски убийцы. Она погружается в литературный мир Австралии, полный интриг и секса. Скоро она выясняет, что у Микки было много романов и все свои похождения она записывала в дневнике и отражала в стихах. Следы расследования приводят Джил к тому, что в деле замешана Диана.
Script Editor
Sayo and Keiji have eloped to New Zealand to marry, away from the interference of Keiji's disapproving mother in Japan. On their honeymoon, they have the freedom to express their love away from her repressive influence. However, on what should be the happiest of days, Keiji is drowned and Sayo must, by custom, return to live with her cruel and selfish mother-in-law.
Screenplay
On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted to the novelist's 15 year old daughter, leading to stormy emotions.
Writer
It is 1962. New Zealand is emerging from the austerity of the 1950s into a new age. Daniel is a nine-year-old Catholic boy, an only child given to colourful imaginings. He discovers that an old man who passes the plate in church bears a striking resemblance to the great Russian dictator, Joseph Stalin. Daniel starts to believe that the old man really is Stalin, come to take over New Zealand. Daniel takes it upon himself to give Stalin a fright and send him on his way. He hits on a method of doing so after finding where the old man lives and spying on him. Stalin is banished, but events take a strange twist, leaving Daniel with an even worse threat to deal with.
