Sunday 7 August:Dame Fiona Kidman – Author & Teacher

Fiona Kidman is a leading contemporary novelist, short story writer and poet. Much of her fiction is focused on how outsiders navigate their way in narrowly conformist society.

To date she has published over 20 books, including novels, poetry, non-fiction and a play and has worked as a librarian, producer and critic.
Fiona has won numerous awards, and she has been the recipient of fellowships, grants and other significant honours, as well as being a consistent advocate for New Zealand writers and literature.

She is the President of Honour for the New Zealand Book Council, and has been awarded an OBE and a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to literature.

Her last novel, The Captive Wife, was runner up in the Montana Book Awards Deutz Medal for Fiction.
Fiona will be conducting a workshop for our local high school students at REAP on Monday 8 August.