Iona Winter

Category: New Zealand

• Aotearoa Christchurch Gail Ingram New Zealand New Zealand Literature poetry

  Part 3: other writers

  Gail Ingram lives and writes on the Port Hills of Ōtautahi Christchurch. Her first poetry collection Contents Under Pressure was published this year (Pūkeko Publications) ✨ Contents Under Pressure is a novella in poetry that tells a story of a mother-turned-graffiti artist in Christchurch. It blends poetry, narrative and collage,…

  August 12, 2019
• Aotearoa Bruce the Cat Children’s Fiction Kathryn van Beek New Zealand New Zealand Literature short stories women writers

  Part 2: other writers…

  Kathryn van Beek is an Ōtepoti Dunedin based writer. Her children’s book ‘Bruce Finds a Home’ is about ‘New Zealand’s most famous cat’ who she found on the side of the road when he was just one day old Bruce the cat ✨ Kathryn is currently working on the next ‘Bruce the…

  August 5, 2019
• Aotearoa Children’s Fiction creative writing New Zealand New Zealand Literature

  Other writers…

  Over the next wee while I’ll be promoting the work of other writers, mostly from Aotearoa New Zealand. These are people who are possibly lesser known, but have valuable voices in our writing community. I also see this as another way of getting our wonderful work out there in the…

  July 29, 2019
• Aotearoa creative process Dunedin City of Literature flash fiction Māori Writers New Zealand poetry then the wind came

  Last copies

  These are my last copies of my debut collection then the wind came. If you would like a signed copy, for yourself or someone you love, please message me and I’ll send you the payment details.  I’m happy to send them anywhere in the world 💜 Iona x

  July 23, 2019
• Anthology Aotearoa flash fiction Flash Frontier New Zealand Sonder Press The Best Small Fictions then the wind came

  Best Small Fictions 2019

  Last week I was also excited to announce that my story Toetoe had been nominated and selected for the prestigious The Best Small Fictions 2019 Anthology https://www.thesonderpress.com/bsf-selections-2019 Toetoe was published with Flash Frontier and subsequently in my collection then the wind came in 2018. Here’s the link to the original version…

  April 16, 2019
• Aotearoa Dunedin City of Literature flash fiction Māori Writers New Zealand poetry publication short stories then the wind came

  Thank you

  Whakawhetai ki a koutou, massive thanks for all your support during 2018. then the wind came was successfully launched at the Dunedin Athenaeum Library on December 14th, and it was beautiful to see so many people attending. We writers can’t do this without support, be that encouragement, critique, hugs, or…

  January 2, 2019
• Aotearoa flash fiction New Zealand poetry publication short stories then the wind came

  Book Launch Week

  Whā. Four…more sleeps until ‘then the wind came’ is launched. I’m obviously excited now that I’m counting down the sleeps. Today, the wonderful Poppie Johnson at Crux Queenstown posted an article about the book. https://crux.org.nz/arts/book-release-then-the-wind-came/ If you would like a copy you can email: info@steeleroberts.co.nz, or check their website from…

  December 10, 2018
• Aotearoa flash fiction New Zealand poetry publication short stories then the wind came women writers

  Invitation

  Nau mai haere mai. You’re invited to the book launch of then the wind came, my debut collection of stories and poetry. https://www.facebook.com/events/291350861706642/ If you can’t make the launch in Ōtepoti Dunedin, you are very welcome to contact the publisher directly for pre-order information. Details are on the event page.…

  November 18, 2018
• Aotearoa celebration Dunedin City of Literature flash fiction Māori Writers New Zealand poetry short stories then the wind came

  Book launch…

  Tēnā koutou katoa, greetings everyone, I’m incredibly proud to say we have a book launch date for ‘then the wind came’ – my debut collection of poetry and short fiction, published by Steele Roberts Aotearoa. For those of you in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand, we’ll be launching ‘then the…

  October 18, 2018
• Aotearoa brain injury creative process creative writing flash fiction Flash Frontier Māori New Zealand Radio New Zealand TBI

  On the radio…

  Last week I had the pleasure of being interviewed on Radio New Zealand, with Karyn Hay. Here’s the link if you’d like a listen. I’m on about 27 minutes in. https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/lately/20181001 We had a kōrero about the genre, and the writing of flash fiction, my journey with healing from a…

  October 8, 2018