Kathryn van Beek

A selection of book covers on coloured backgrounds. The authors and titles can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/41654560-kathryn-beek?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read

A selection of book covers on coloured backgrounds. The authors and titles can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/41654560-kathryn-beek?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read

A selection of book covers on coloured backgrounds. The authors and titles can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/41654560-kathryn-beek?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read

A selection of book covers on coloured backgrounds. The authors and titles can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/41654560-kathryn-beek?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read

A selection of book covers on coloured backgrounds. The authors and titles can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/41654560-kathryn-beek?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read

A selection of book covers on coloured backgrounds. The authors and titles can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/41654560-kathryn-beek?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read

A selection of book covers on coloured backgrounds. The authors and titles can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/41654560-kathryn-beek?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read

My 2025 reading roundup! I went on a Daphne du Maurier and Tessa Hadley jag this year, and enjoyed discovering Cathi Unsworth, too 📚

Day three of the festive sound of the annual pre-Christmas battle of the power tools 🎄🚨

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Ash and Ice — Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival

Prepare for hot takes and volcanic discussion at 'Ash & Ice', the Dunedin Writers Fest session I'm chairing tomorrow. Lawrence Fearnley and Louise Wallace will share inspiration, craft insights, writing tips and much more in this fiery session!
www.dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz/tickets-1/ash-and-ice

Ok, this is just lovely, he was SO the right person to buy this house.

Have a read to escape from the doom for a bit :)

How to write without feeling anything You can't – but should Adele's 'Someone like you' be in every writer's toolbox? How I make myself write when I'm dead inside.

Check out my friend @lilobrien.bsky.social's substack where she reveals what it was like to co-edit Otherhood, and shares some hot pictures of 🐈

A street art image of three people dancing.

Dunedin City Council's looking for a Communications Advisor to join our friendly team.

You'll contribute your mahi to:
❤️ Community wellbeing
🤝 Māori partnerships
🚰 City projects
🌳 Parks & nature
🎨 Arts & culture
🏛️ Democracy
🦭 ...and you'll learn a lot about pakake (sea lions)!

shorturl.at/RGEnv

Worrying about Dunedin Hospital An author voices her concerns as Health Minister Simeon Brown prepares to make an announcement on Dunedin's hospital.

"I’ve worked in the public sector for years, but it’s difficult to describe the privations of the hospital work environment. My office had IT issues so crazy-making I booked employee assistance appointments just to vent about them."

newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/30/w...

Nelson Arts Festival: Four authors sit on stage in front of a purple curtain

Queenstown Writers Festival: Three women sit on the edge of a stage, a geometric mural on the wall behind them

It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks bringing Otherhood to Nelson Arts Festival and Queenstown Writers Festival. Talking about the book, hanging out with our contributors, meeting other writers and hearing the stories of other 'others' has been such a treat ❤️🩷

The bold pink and red Otherhood book cover, on a pink background.

Looking forward to chatting with Otherhood contributors Iona Winter, Etta Bollinger and Lily Duval at the Nelson Arts Festival 25 October 🐈❤️https://nelsonartsfestival.nz/event/otherhood-childless-childfree-child-adjacent/

Sign the Petition We urge the New Zealand Government to urgently establish a Special Humanitarian Visa to allow family members of New Zealand Palestinians, affected by the war in Gaza, to seek refuge in Aotearoa. New Z...

Here's a petition for the NZ govt to establish humanitarian visas for whānau of Palestinian New Zealanders change.org/specialvisa 🕊️

Thanks... and I hope you have a great time! 🌞

Short story: Papaya, by Kathryn van Beek “Belle? Belle, are you okay?”: a hook-up in Rarotonga.

My short story, Papaya, is on Reading Room today 🥭 newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/17/s...

Our new issue! As beautiful inside as it is outside 🥰

www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-111/

The Spinoff Essay: Following the Swiss wolf, who walked 2,000 kilometres for love When we insert ourselves into the lives of animals, we become complicit in their fates.

My essay 'The Swiss Wolf' is up on The Spinoff today 🐺 thespinoff.co.nz/society/10-0...

Three panelists on a stage

Authors at a book signing table

Image of a woman talking and speech bubbles

The Barrenesses (aka the OTHERHOOD editors) had a fab time at #awf24. We love the images @samorchard.bsky.social drew for us during our panel!🩷 ❤️ We sold out of our book at the event, but you can grab a copy from your local bookshop: shorturl.at/JPZSq 🩷 ❤️

Kathryn van Beek Thanks Ōtepoti Dunedin for a fantastic OTHERHOOD launch last night! Thanks to Jodie Gibson for the photos, Criollo Designer Cakes for the cake that had a BOOK hidden inside it, The University Book...

Thanks for a sweet OTHERHOOD launch Ōtepoti! A secret cake, brilliant readings and a few tears made our launch at the University Book Shop extra special ❤️🩷 Pics here: shorturl.at/arsFS ❤️🩷

Three women in pink and red suits

Thanks for an incredible OTHERHOOD launch, Tāmaki Makaurau! Looking forward to the Ōtepoti Dunedin launch this Wednesday, 5.30pm at the University Bookshop. All welcome. There will be cupcakes!

A group of writers on stage at Meow bathed in pink light

Thanks for an amazing Otherhood launch on Wednesday night, Pōneke! ❤️🩷
otherhoodeditors.wixsite.com/-otherhood

Red Otherhood book on pink background

Looking forward to seeing Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau people at the Otherhood book launches later in the week! ❤️🩷
Wellington on Weds: www.facebook.com/events/92247...
Auckland on Thurs: www.facebook.com/events/11578...

'Otherhood' text in white and pink on a red background

We'd love to see you at an Otherhood book launch in May 🎉
❤️Pōneke: www.facebook.com/events/92247...
❤️Tāmaki Makaurau: www.facebook.com/events/11578...
❤️Ōtepoti: www.facebook.com/events/13689...

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that! Big congrats on your PhD ❤️

A doctor of professional practice on the topic of using writing to make positive change, through Otago Polytechnic 📖✏️

A red-haired woman in blue regalia

Graduation day! I finally got to wear the floppy hat! ❤️

An image of the Otherhood book cover, which features cream and pink text on a red background.

You can now pre-order Otherhood (our book of essays about being childfree/childless) to arrive on your doorstep 9 May ❤️ www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/all/ot...
We're also hosting launches in Wellington (8 May), Auckland (9 May) and Dunedin (15 May). We'd love to see you there! ❤️

Thanks Sophie ❤️

Quicksand in Portobello Today is the last day of the novelist Kathryn van Beek's year-long tenure as Dunedin's Robert Burns Fellow

A wee piece on Newsroom today - my last day as the Robert Burns Fellow! 🖊️ A huge thank you to the University of Otago for an absolutely magical year 🩷 newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/31/q...

The ManyEnding Story is an online choose-your-own-adventure for grown-ups A pick-a-path essay about writing a pick-a-path story.

On The Spinoff Today: a pick-a-path about pick-a-paths 🦈🏤💍👑

A collage of the various ManyEnding Story endings including artwork, quicksand, a beach, a shark, a detective and a dog

Will you bust an international smuggling ring, or will you get eaten by labradoodles? Play The ManyEnding Story to find out! 🦈🐕💍🕵️‍♀️🏝️ manyendingstory.itch.io/the-manyendi...