Kate De Goldi

Kate De Goldi writes fiction for all ages. Her most recent novel, From the cutting room of Barney Kettle, won the Esther Glen Award in 2016. 

Together with Susan Paris, editor of the School Journal, Kate commissioned and edited Annual and Annual 2, introducing a new generation of New Zealanders to the joy of reading miscellanies.

Kate reviews and discusses children’s literature on National Radio and works with students and teachers in schools promoting reading and teaching creative writing. 

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Festival sessions

Kate De Goldi & Susan Paris - Breaking the Rules

Picton Library, 3-4pm, Saturday 7 July (No booking - gold coin with proceeds to Marlborough District Libraries)

Come and hear Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris speak to middle readers, aged 9 and up, all about their vibrant, best-selling annuals, which serve up a smorgasboard of stories, comics, poems, how-tos, songs, cooking, art, games, essays “and un-classifiables” from some of New Zealand’s best writers and illustrators. 

 

The Secret History of Children’s Literature 

Cloudy Bay winery, 10am, Sunday 8 July, $30 - in conversation with Jane Forrest Waghorn

Ask Kate De Goldi about children’s literature, and she’ll dig deep through shelves and catalogues to reveal treasures that few of us know.  Most of us see the surface layer of writers - exposed by publishers and bookshops - but there are so many more to be discovered.

Hear former children’s librarian Jane Forrest-Waghorn talk with Kate about some of their favourite books, and why we are limiting ourselves, and our children, by not digging a little deeper.

 

Kate De Goldi & Susan Paris - Breaking the Rules 

Marlborough District Library (Blenheim), 12.30-1.30pm, Sunday 8 July (No booking - gold coin with proceeds to Marlborough District Libraries)

Come and hear Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris speak to middle readers, aged 9 and up, all about their vibrant, best-selling annuals, which serve up a smorgasboard of stories, comics, poems, how-tos, songs, cooking, art, games, essays “and un-classifiables” from some of New Zealand’s best writers and illustrators.