Renée
Renée is an Ōtaki author who has written numerous plays and novels. Her memoir These Two Hands was published by Makaro Press in October 2017. Renée was born in 1929 in Napier.
Renée is an Ōtaki author who has written numerous plays and novels. Her memoir These Two Hands was published by Makaro Press in October 2017. Renée was born in 1929 in Napier.
'My patience, never a very strong part of my character, is being stretched a bit so thinking of something else is preferable to throwing all the cups on the floor.'
'Illegal bulletins by Rona and Chips Bailey and cartoons by Max Bollinger continued in spite of police raids'
'Yes, it's endearing that the PM said that the Easter Bunny is an essential service but I wondered how many kids had a hope in hell of seeing three good meals a day let alone a chocolate egg.'
In which another lockdown milestone is reached – tackling the kitchen cupboards.
In our new series some of NZ's best writers tell us what they’ve been up to in the days of alert level four. Today, Ōtaki author Renée.
In the final of a special travel writing series, playwright and novelist Renée reflects on the past and ponders the future on a road trip up the East Coast.
A memoir of the end of a marriage by playwright Renée.
All week we revisit the Mervyn Thompson Affair - the strange, powerful 1984 incident when six women abducted an Auckland university lecturer, chained him to a tree in Western Springs, and labelled him a rapist. Today: a memoir by playwright Renee, who became victimised after the attack.