Fiona Kidman

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Dame Fiona Kidman is one of New Zealand's leading authors. Novelist, short story writer, poet, she has been garlanded with awards at home and abroad, including the French Legion of Honour. She talks to Mariella Frostrup about her latest novel, All Day At The Movies a family saga which opens in 1950s New Zealand. Also on the programme, the rise and rise of non fiction books for children; 30 years of the Lambda literary award and a reading tip for June.