The Writing Life, by Deborah Shepherd (Massey University Press) Interviews with twelve New Zealand writers (interview)
Women Now, the Legacy of Female Suffrage, ed. Bronwyn Labrum, Te Papa Press (essay, Playing with Fire)
The Friday Poem, ed Steve Braunias, Luncheon Sausage Books (poem, Man Weeping)
A Conscientious Bloody Clergyman, The diaries of Reverend William Levack 1952–1964, curated by the Waipu Museum Trust (essay, 1954 Reflections)
News
Contributor to 4 new books in 2018
Visit to Frankfurt Book Fair 2016
Visit to Frankfurt Book Fair 2016, funded by Creative New Zealand in association with PANZ. Report from Fiona Kidman
I would like to express my appreciation for the opportunity to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair. It was a first for me and offered a major and enriching experience. My thanks go to Creative New Zealand for funding the trip, to PANZ staff for their meticulous organisation, and to
New fiction title, All Day at the Movies
My new novel is called All day at the movies. I describe it as an ‘episodic novel’ that follows the fortunes of one family from the 1951 waterfront strike to 2015.
I talk about it and my other books in an interview…
German edition of The Infinite Air
The Infinite Air is being launched in its German edition at Frankfurt Book Fair in October.
Telling Stories: Life writing and memoir course 2016
A Writing Programme in Wellington
Dame Fiona Kidman will conduct a course of workshops over four Saturdays from August to September 2016: 6 August, 20 August, 3 September, 17 September.
This Change in the Light: a collection of poems
Godwit Publishing has just released my new collection of poems, a companion volume to the bestselling Where your left hand rests.
Les Livres des Secrets
The Book of Secrets had a great run in France last year as Les Livres des secrets (Sabine Wespieser Editeur).
Better than Fiction
Better than Fiction 2, True adventures from 30 great fiction writers (Lonely Planet 2015) includes the story “The Road to Lost Places” by Fiona, and stories by Jane Smiley, Alexander McCall Smith, Marina Lewycka, Lloyd Jones and Avi Duckor-Jones.
An Innocent Abroad: Life changing trips from 35 great writers
An Innocent Abroad: Life changing trips from 35 great writers is Lonely Planet’s annual collection of literary essays. It’s edited by Don George, who writes in his Introduction that ‘[these stories] all ultimately illuminate one common truth: However it manifests itself when we travel, innocence can be a life-changing catalyst for discovery, connection, and transformation on …
Fiona and Fiona
Fiona Farrell (centre) and I read at Wairarapa Word in Carterton early this month (Fiona and Fiona). We travelled by train to Matarawa and had a superb lunch at the home of artist Rhondda Greig (left) before our reading (see the food column). Our bookseller was Almo’s Books at Carterton, the moderator of the …