Fiona Farrell
Anthony Ritchie: You! Who? (Poems by Fiona Farrell)
'You! Who?' is a powerful and moving New Zealand work that traces the entire arc of a relationship. From the magic of a first meeting through the complexities of marriage, separation, reconciliation… Audio
The case for a national Covid memorial
Dunedin writer and novelist Fiona Farrell joins Emile Donovan. Audio
Ritchie, Anthony: You! Who?
Performed by Tessa Romano (mezzo-soprano) and Terence Dennis (piano) at the University of Otago - Te Korokoro studios on 17 August 2025. Poem by Fiona Farrell.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer &… Audio
Book review: The Deck by Fiona Farrell
Lynn Freeman reviews The Deck by Fiona Farrell, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio
“I led a happy life, but I wrote sad poems” – Bill Manhire on his time as a Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow
Celebrating 50 years of the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, five writer read their letters to New Zealand's most famous author. A highlight of Word Christchurch 2020. Audio
New writing from Fiona Farrell
Author Fiona Farrell encapsulates our nation's contemporary history into her novel Decline and Fall on Savage Street - and within that novel, a street and a house. If that's not clever enough, the… Audio
What makes a city, a city?
In 'The Villa at the Edge of The Empire', author Fiona Farrell explores the essence of cityhood and community with a particular focus on Christchurch. From its founding, to its post-quake devastation… Audio
Fiona Farrell - Michael King Fellowship
Recipient of Michael King Fellowship talks about 'The Villa at the Edge of the Empire'. Audio
Fiona Farrell: Writing the Quakes
Fiona Farrell has been awarded the $100,000 Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer's Fellowship to research and write twin books, one fiction and one non-fiction, inspired by her experiences of the… Audio
Fiona Farrell : The Quake Year
Christchurch writer Fiona Farrell offers revealing stories in her book of interviews called The Quake Year. Audio
The Broken Book by Fiona Farrell - Part 7
Dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake Fiona looks things up. She discovers a poem and an account of the Lisbon earthquake in 1755. Audio
The Broken Book by Fiona Farrell - Part 8
Stopped for lunch Fiona feels the quake on the 22nd of February 2011, but the car radio reveals the true impact. Audio
The Broken Book by Fiona Farrell - Part 6
Jolted awake by the earthquake on the 4th of September 2010, Fiona and her community are relieved no one has died. Audio
The Broken Book by Fiona Farrell - Part 5
The year Fiona noticed everything getting bigger, this masculinist era we're living in and how her granddaughter changes Fiona's perception when they walk together. Audio
The Broken Book by Fiona Farrell - Part 4
Some history on Fiona's home in Banks Peninsula and what runs through her mind on her morning walk. Audio
The Broken Book by Fiona Farrell - Part 3
Fiona walks her granddaughter down the steepest street in the world thinking about being in the autumn of her life and being accompanied by Spring. Audio
The Broken Book by Fiona Farrell - Part 2
Walking a track in France following the same path as Robert Louis Stevenson's, 'Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes'. Audio
The Broken Book by Fiona Farrell - Part 1
Walking out of necessity and walking for pleasure - Fiona rediscovers the latter while on the Katherine Mansfield fellowship in Menton in the south of France. Audio
The Court
Fiona Farrell attended the opening night of the venue's first show, Short Cut to Happiness, and provides us with an insight into the edgy new space. Audio
Fiona Farrell: walking and the broken city
Writer of novels, short stories, plays, poems and non-fiction, and Robert Burns fellow 2011 at the University of Otago. Her new travel book of essays and poems is The Broken Book. Audio
