The Trouble with Fire (Vintage, $36.99) We usually think of historical fiction as something we find in novels that tell tales about life in the very distant past. In her short story collection The Trouble with Fire, Fiona Kidman offers us an alternative framework for considering history and fiction in a way that is complicated …
November 2011 archive
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Holst in Harrods
A Home Grown Cook: The Dame Alison Holst Story (Hyndman Publishers) is fresh in the bookshops. This memoir is the writer/chef’s 100th book, something to celebrate. I’m a fan, one of the thousands of home cooks who have turned to her recipes for good homely inspiration. The Foreword by Sharon Crosbie is a marvelous tribute …
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Events in 2012
13 March 6-7.30 p.m. Taihape Public Library On and Off the Track: A New Zealand Book Month rail tour Fiona talks about her work and life, and invites questions and discussion 14 March 6 –7.30 p.m. St John’s Ambulance Hall, Otorohanga Fiona talks to secondary school students in Taihape before catching the train to …
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News from Telling Stories group 2011
A happy outcome of the Telling Stories class for 2011 is that class member Marlene Ditchfield convened a gathering of members, who have formed a regular ongoing writing group. It plans to meet regularly in 2012. The group calls itself ‘A Thorn in Your Side’ which well represents the sparky irrepressible nature of our meetings …
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