New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey – UK autumn events

Multiple award-winning New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey is in the UK in October to discuss her latest novel, Pet, which probes themes of racism, misogyny and the oppressive reaches of […]
Cheltenham Literature Festival: New Zealand novelist Catherine Chidgey joins line-up

New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey will join the glittering line-up of speakers at this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival. On stage this autumn, journalist and author Sam Baker will talk to […]
Pet by Catherine Chidgey – UK book publication

The eighth novel by award-winning New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey is a chilling story of vulnerability and violence in a Catholic primary school. Set in New Zealand in the 1980s, Pet […]
Catherine Chidgey wins major prize at 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

A ‘powerfully compelling’ novel narrated by a cheeky magpie called Tama has flown off with New Zealand’s top literary prize. The Axeman’s Carnival, by Ngāruawāhia-based writer Catherine Chidgey, has won […]