Janet Frame with the three actresses that portrayed her in An Angel At My Table. From left: Karen Fergusson, Alexia Keogh and Kerry Fox.

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Photographer: Reg Graham

A still from 2009 movie Under the Mountain. From left: Oliver Driver as Mr Wilberforce, Tom Cameron as Theo and Sophie McBride as Rachel.

Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission  

Oliver Driver as Mr Wilberforce in Under the Mountain.

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Glynis McNicoll and expat New Zealand actor Noel Trevarthen as Aunty Noeline and Uncle Clarry in Under the Mountain.

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Mr Wilberforce (Bill Johnson) flanked by some close friends, in 1981 TV series Under the Mountain.

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Under the Mountain: from left, Mr Jones (Roy Leywood), Theo (Lance Warren) and Rachel (Kirsty Wilkinson).

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Two creatures which feature in the later episodes of Under the Mountain.

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Twins Theo and Rachel Matheson encounter the evil atmosphere of Lake Pupuke and the Wilberforce house, in the first episode of Under the Mountain.  

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A shot from TV series Under the Mountain: the sinister Mr Wilberforce reveals his true form.

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Margaret Mahy and Elizabeth Knox talk with characters from Mahy's books.

Photographer: Denise Baldwin. Animations: Euan Frizzell.

Margaret Mahy and Elizabeth Knox talk with characters from Mahy's books.

Photographer: Denise Baldwin. Animation: Euan Frizzell.

Margaret Mahy reads to her grandchildren and Elizabeth Knox as characters from the books listen in.

Photographer: Denise Baldwin. Animations: Euan Frizzell.

Harry Woods, Sophie Hambleton and Bernard Kearns in a scene from A Tall Long Faced Tale.

Photograph by Helena Fierlinger

Michael King wrote Janet Frame's biography Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame.

Photographer: Reg Graham.