The Friday Poet: Dame Fiona Kidman on Lauris Edmond
A memoir by Dame Fiona Kidman on the occasion of a new, posthumous book of poems by her "beautiful friend", Lauris Edmond.
Fiona Kidman
Dame Fiona Kidman is one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers. She has published ten novels, eight short story collections, and five volumes of verse. Fiona was born in Hawera in 1940.
‘Moved to tears before the faces of the lost’ – Fiona Kidman on the fight to bring the Pike River men home
Among the protesters who gathered last week to oppose the sealing of the Pike River mine was the great NZ author Dame Fiona Kidman. Here she explains why more must be be done to retrieve the bodies of the 29 men killed in the 2010 disaster.
The Friday poem: Man Weeping, by Fiona Kidman
Good heavens - it's Fiona Kidman Day! Her insightful review of Helen Garner ran this morning; now here's a poem from her new, very handsome book of verse.
Book of the Week: Fiona Kidman reviews the amazing Helen Garner
Fiona Kidman once had Helen Garner over for dinner. It did not go well.
Books: Does Funnyman Joe Bennett Know How to Write a Novel, and Does he Have a Problem with Women? Yes and yes, says Dame Fiona Kidman
Dame Fiona Kidman reviews King RIch, the debut novel by columnist Joe Bennett.
