Iona Winter

Category: guest writer

• A Counter of Moons creative writing grief guest writer Lifting the Lid Festival New Zealand social issues suicide bereavement

  Speaking to suicide bereavement – A Counter of Moons at Lifting the Lid Festival (audio)

  Heartfelt thanks and my deepest respect to the 2025 Lifting the Lid Festival last weekend. Thank you for providing such a generous and inclusive space to discuss all things death and dying. Thanks to Dr Annetta Mallon for having a fearless conversation with me, about suicide bereavement and my creative…

  November 20, 2025
• Aotearoa Dunedin City of Literature Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature events grief guest writer laughter love mental health New Zealand New Zealand Literature

  New Zealand Young Writers Festival

  In September the New Zealand Young Writers Festival, held in Ōtepoti Dunedin, marked its 10th year. I was invited as a guest writer, on the other side of fifty, to participate in three panel discussions: Writing Grief with Ruby Macomber and Rushi Vyas, Te Ao Kāi Tahu with Tessa Patrick and Rauhina Scott-Fyfe, and How…

  October 3, 2024
• Aotearoa guest writer Nottingham Poetry Festival

  Nottingham Poetry Fest

  Next week I’m appearing (via Skype) as a guest writer at this fantastic Nottingham Poetry Festival event. It’ll be strange to be 11 hours ahead and into Tuesday morning (and possibly just out of my autumnal pj’s) when everyone there will be enjoying a glass of wine on Monday night!…

  April 17, 2018