Sunday, July 27, 2014

Keynote Speaker Dame Fiona Kidman

"Dame" Fiona Kidman
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Fiona Kidman has written novels, collections of short stories, poetry and non-fiction. She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her work. Her story collection 'The Trouble with Fire' (2011) was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize and the New  Zealand Book Awards. Her most recent book is 'The Infinite Air', a novel based on the life of aviator Jean Batten.

Kidman is a Dame Commander of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and has an OBE. She is also a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour and a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Artes et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters). In her early life she worked in libraries.

http://www.fionakidman.com/

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