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Wonderland at Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival

Wonderland at Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival

23 March 2025
Wonderland’s first festival outing – just a week after publication – will be at Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival. The programme for this year’s festival – the tenth – is outstanding (take a look). I’m particularly ...
Robert Lord Writers Cottage Residency in 2025

Robert Lord Writers Cottage Residency in 2025

20 December 2024
I’m really thrilled to have been awarded a 6-week residency at Robert Lord Writers Cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin in early 2025. Six recipients of residencies at the cottage in early 2025 were recently announced. From the ...
Wonderland wins NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

Wonderland wins NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

15 June 2024
I am over the moon – and a little overwhelmed, though in the best of ways – that the manuscript for my novel Wonderland has been awarded the 2024 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize. ...
Wonderland shortlisted for NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

Wonderland shortlisted for NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

20 April 2024
I’m truly thrilled that my unpublished novel, Wonderland, has been shortlisted for the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024, a prize that celebrates writing with a ‘unique and original vision’. The shortlist of four writers ...