Fiction Three Ways

The Meteor Theatre

1 Victoria St, Hamilton

Friday 31 August

6.30-8pm

Free event with a glass of wine

Come along and hear our women writers Dame Fiona Kidman, Catherine Robertson and Julie Thomas in conversation with chair Kiran Dass.

Dame Fiona Kidman is the author of some 30 books which include novels, non-fiction and poetry. She has worked as a librarian, screen writer and radio producer. Her fiction has been critically acclaimed in New Zealand and abroad, and she has received numerous awards such as the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, the Creative New Zealand Michael King Fellowship and the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction. She is the recipient of the DNZM, OBE and the French Legion of Honour. Her most recent novels are All day at the Movies and This Mortal Boy (July 2018).

Julie Thomas's first novel, The Keeper of Secrets, was published on Amazon and Smashwords and sold in excess of 52,000 copies. HarperCollins USA published it in 2013 in eight markets internationally and in 2015 HarperCollins New Zealand published Blood, Wine and Chocolate. This black comedic thriller debuted at number one on the Nielsen New Zealand Best Seller Fiction List and stayed on the list for sixteen weeks. In 2017 it was released in the USA through Harpers 360. In 2016 Rachel’s Legacy, a sequel to The Keeper of Secrets, was published by HarperCollins New Zealand. This also debuted at number one on the Nielsen New Zealand Fiction Best Seller List and stayed on the list for six weeks. This year Levi’s War, the final instalment of the Horowitz Chronicles, was published and tells the story of the eldest son who was a spy and a partisan fighter during WW2.

Catherine Robertson’s five novels have all been #1 New Zealand bestsellers. Her latest, Gabriel’s Bay, was out in January and a sequel will be out in early 2019. Catherine reviews contemporary fiction for The New Zealand Listener and is a regular guest on RNZ National's "The Panel", and Jesse Mulligan’s Book Chat slot. She is on the board of LitCrawl, and on the Book Awards Trust.

Our chair Kiran Dass is an Auckland-based writer and reviewer who has covered books and music for the NZ Herald, Listener, Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times, Metro, Landfall, The Spinoff, The Pantograph Punch, The Wire (UK), and regularly reviews books on RNZ's Nine to Noon and 95bFM. She is a 2018 PANZ Book Design Awards judge. Twitter: @SteelyDass

This event is supported by Poppies Bookshop with books for sale and signing.

Poppies Bookshop have sponsored wine for this event.

Dame Fiona Kidman, photo credit: Robert Cross. Catherine Robertson, photo credit: Russell Kleyn.