Then the wind came

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Passionate about Aotearoa, Iona Winter has a deep connection with nature and weaves past, present and future to create a bicultural melding of the worlds she inhabits. Themes of family, dysfunction, violence, survival and hope perfuse. These stories and poems bring a wonderful new realism to the page. The writing is strong and clear, infused with human feeling and shot through with a palpable sense of an expanded natural world. Sue Wootton a startling collection of stories and poems by an original new voice complex, traumatic, and ultimately celebratory. This book confirms Iona Winter as a profound writer who is a welcome, necessary voice in the literature of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Siobhan Harvey

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IONA WINTER, of Waitaha and Celtic descent, lives in Dunedin. Her short stories, poetry and essays have appeared in many New Zealand and international publications. The recipient of the 2016 Headland Frontier Prize, she has performed at the Edinburgh Inter-national Book Festival, and in 2018 was shortlisted for the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award.