Catherine Chidgey
AUTHOR

Catherine Chidgey

Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
‘she is the real deal, the star of her generation’ (New Zealand Listener magazine) New Zealander Catherine Chidgey is a multiple award-winner whose novels have attracted international acclaim. In a Fishbone Church, her debut, won Best First Book at both the New Zealand book awards and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Asia-Pacific region). It also won the Betty Trask Award and was longlisted for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Golden Deeds, was a Best Book in the LA Times Book Review and a Notable Book in the New York Times Book Review. Her novel The Wish Child won the 2017 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize – New Zealand’s richest writing prize. Radio New Zealand called it ‘a brilliant, brilliant novel…a masterpiece’, and The Times (UK) ‘a remarkable book with a stunningly original twist’. Other honours include the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award, the $60,000 Prize in Modern Letters and the Janet Frame Fiction Prize. The best-selling New Zealand edition of her sixth novel, Remote Sympathy, was published to acclaim in October 2020. It is released internationally in April/May 2021.
Read more Read less

Try Audible membership today. Start enjoying the benefits.

Try Audible for free with an audiobook of your choice.
Automatically renews at AUD $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Most Popular

Product list
  • Non-member price: $33.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $33.99 or 1 Credit

  • Non-member price: $24.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $24.99 or 1 Credit

  • Non-member price: $24.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $24.99 or 1 Credit