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Catherine Chidgey

@cathchidgey

Novelist; secretary to @TamaMagpie. Longlisted @WomensPrize; shortlisted @DublinLitAward. Out now: europaeditions.com/book/979888966…. Rep'd @UA_Books

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PUBLICATION DAY 📖 We're thrilled that the dark unflinching novel of 2025, THE BOOK OF GUILT by Catherine Chidgey, is finally out in the world! Remember: Morning, afternoon, night. The mothers are always watching . . . 👀 brnw.ch/21wSFIq

PUBLICATION DAY 📖

We're thrilled that the dark unflinching novel of 2025, THE BOOK OF GUILT by <a href="/CathChidgey/">Catherine Chidgey</a>, is finally out in the world!

Remember: Morning, afternoon, night. The mothers are always watching . . . 👀

brnw.ch/21wSFIq
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I'm talking about #TheBookofGuilt at Auckland Writers Festival on Sunday...would love to see you there and am happy to write an overly personal dedication in your book! #AWF25 writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/eve…

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Here's Tulip, then - the newest and slinkiest member of the Odd-Eyed Pride, making her social media debut. If she lives to 20, we'll be 75. Oh God.

Here's Tulip, then - the newest and slinkiest member of the Odd-Eyed Pride, making her social media debut. If she lives to 20, we'll be 75. Oh God.
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“One of the more perplexing legacies of empire is the continuing separateness of OZ & NZ lit culture….There’s a long list of exciting NZ writers who deserve to be better known” - proud to have brought @catherinechidgey to OZ readers! thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/books/…

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'Chidgey’s luxurious, unhurried prose stokes tension in a compulsive thriller with macabre hints at historical cases...scarily momentous.' Wonderful review by Catherine Taylor for The Observer

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"There is something obviously and explicitly special going on with the reading public’s adoration of Catherine Chidgey." Lovely piece by Steve Braunias on Newsroom today. newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/28/for…

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"Her vision of slightly altered late-70s Britain, one that has become rapidly tawdry, bleak and cruel for the sake of a few limited advancements, is powerful." Wonderfully thoughtful review of #TheBookofGuilt by Julian Novitz for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/what-if-hitler…

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An alternate history, a bildungsroman, a mystery to solve, a #YeahNoir thriller, a cautionary tale, a vivid description of the self-serving cruelty of those in power - The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey My Review: tinyurl.com/evtmvt6e #ReadNZ #AotearoaReads Te Herenga Waka University Press

An alternate history, a bildungsroman, a mystery to solve, a #YeahNoir thriller, a cautionary tale, a vivid description of the self-serving cruelty of those in power - The Book of Guilt by <a href="/CathChidgey/">Catherine Chidgey</a> My Review: tinyurl.com/evtmvt6e #ReadNZ #AotearoaReads <a href="/thwupbooks/">Te Herenga Waka University Press</a>
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Thanks Adam Wyeth and The Irish Times for this brilliant review of #TheBookofGuilt: "a singular story that lingers...a novel of conscience and consequence: quietly devastating, fiercely intelligent and unforgettable" John Murray Press irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

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Just have to share this amazing quote on The Book of Guilt from THE Karen Joy Fowler! It's out in the US in September with Cardinal Publishing Grand Central Pub

Just have to share this amazing quote on The Book of Guilt from THE Karen Joy Fowler! It's out in the US in September with Cardinal Publishing <a href="/GrandCentralPub/">Grand Central Pub</a>