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Fiona Kidman

Dame Fiona Kidman is one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers. She has published ten novels, eight short story collections, and six volumes of verse. Fiona was born in Hawera in 1940.

Fiona Kidman

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The Friday Poem: ‘The clothes of the dead’ by Fiona Kidman

Dame Fiona Kidman: The heart of the matter

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Fiona Kidman: Why I love literary festivals

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An essay on love by that ‘bad, sexy girl’, Fiona Kidman

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Remembering the sensational, ‘filthy’ first novel by Fiona Kidman

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The Friday Poet: Dame Fiona Kidman on Lauris Edmond

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‘Moved to tears before the faces of the lost’ – Fiona Kidman on the fight to bring the Pike River men home

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The Friday poem: Man Weeping, by Fiona Kidman

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Book of the Week: Fiona Kidman reviews the amazing Helen Garner

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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