Iona Winter

Category: suicide

• Aotearoa creative writing Flash Frontier grief New Zealand suicide suicide bereavement

  Silence that Speaks

  Last month, I had the privilege to be part of a panel discussion speaking to suicide and the arts, with Nadine Anne Hura, Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha and Susan Wardell (moderator). This was a collaboration between Flash Frontier’s Roundtable Series He mutunga | Endings and the Centre for Medical Humanities, University of…

  April 2, 2026
• A Counter of Moons grief In the shape of his hand lay a river love New Zealand Non-fiction NZ Books poetry Reuben Samuel Winter suicide suicide bereavement women writers

  The book(s)

  Kā mihi aroha ki a koutou, my loving thanks to everyone who has purchased and begun reading A Counter of Moons. In case you missed it, A Counter of Moons is available via Steele Roberts Aotearoa https://steeleroberts.co.nz/product/a-counter-of-moons/ or your local bookshop should have them in stock by now. The feedback…

  July 3, 2025
• A Counter of Moons CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award grief loss love New Zealand Literature Non-fiction NZ Books Reuben Samuel Winter Steele Roberts Aotearoa suicide suicide bereavement

  New Book: A Counter of Moons

  Kia ora friends, whānau and writerly colleagues. Today’s news is that my new book A Counter of Moons has been printed and published with Steele Roberts Aotearoa. A Counter of Moons shares my initial grief experiences, after my son Reuben Winter took his life in 2020. Each chapter explores a…

  June 11, 2025
• Aotearoa creative writing grief loss love mental health New Zealand poetry suicide suicide bereavement

  Rejections and openings

  I’ve come to loathe the 17th each month, being the counter of moons that I am these days. 21 months last week since Reuben took his life, and despite meandering through the day fully aware of it, it wasn’t until I checked messages from him, in the weeks before he…

  June 21, 2022
• Aotearoa aroha grief love poems poetry suicide

  a new poem…

  The wonderful poet Gail Ingram of Ōtautahi Christchurch, has a new poem of mine I count chimneys up on her (virtual) fridge this week. I’m infinitely grateful for my ability to write, even when dealing with overwhelming emotions such as grief and love. I count chimneys speaks to one of several…

  August 7, 2019