This year I was a judge of the Commonwealth Fiction Prize (South East Asia Pacific Region). A Man Melting was the winner of Best First Book division. The Best Book division was won by Australian Kim Scott for That Dead Man Dance (Picador). The final Commonwealth-wide results will be announced in Sydney on May 21, …
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I launched Sue Orr’s new book of short stories in February. This is what I had to say about From Under the Overcoat: ‘Sue Orr’s stories have that mesmerising quality that makes the reader race on, hoping they will never end, yet desperate to find out what happens next. Their stylishness marks a new departure …
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Selwyn Central Community Board has very kindly named a street in Rolleston after me. The new street, between Tennyson Street and Rolleston Drive, is now called Kidman Street.
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The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Maori and Pakeha from Tasman to Today Edited by Vincent O’Malley, Bruce Stirling and Wally Penetito, Auckland University Press, 2010 Vincent O’Malley is another member of my family to publish recently. The Treaty of Waitangi Companion tells the story of the Treaty and Maori and Pakeha relations through the many …
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Our grandson Zach and Anna Kidman were married last year. :Anna is Advertising and Editorial Manager at Design Folio.
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Looking Back from the Centre: A Snapshot of Contemporary New Zealand Education ed. Joanna Kidman & Ken Stevens, pub. Victoria University Press 2010 My daughter Joanna Kidman worked for the School of Education at Victoria University for several years. When the School became the part of the new Faculty of Education, she was one of …
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To mark my 70th birthday, Godwit, Random House published a beautiful pocketbook sized edition of my poems, illustrated with reproductions of Victorian fabrics from the collection of Victorian Gilt antique collectibles. The book was launched at Unity Books. My daughter Joanna Kidman gave one of the …
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I am a Board Member of the Randell Cottage Writers Trust and Friends of the Randell Cottage located in Thorndon, Wellington.
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My grandson Raphael Kidman won the Jack Lasenby Award for Writing. He and I appeared together in the Dominion Post. The reporter suggested I might be an influence, but Raphael’s wit is all his own.
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Excerpts from the Bookman Beattie files, written by Mary McCallum, June 11 2009: Dame Fiona Kidman has become a knight – or more exactly a ‘Chevalier d’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’. The surprise honour was presented at the home of the French Ambassador at a celebration of Dame Fiona Kidman’s latest book – Beside …
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Winner: New Zealand Heritage Prize for Fiction 2018