Iona Winter
Iona Winter is a poet, essayist, storyteller and editor. With several published collections of poetry and hybrid fiction, most recently In the shape of his hand lay a river (2024), her work has been anthologised and shortlisted internationally.
In 2022, Iona was awarded the CLNZ/NZSA Writers' Award for A Counter of Moons, due for publication in 2025. She is the founder of Elixir & Star Press, an indie press dedicated to the expression of grief in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Iona's creative work also includes poems spraypainted on fences, collaborative exhibitions with musicians and mixed-media artists, and performances at numerous festivals locally and abroad. When she's not writing you'll probably find her at her loom or in the garden. Iona lives in Reefton, on Aotearoa's southern West Coast.
Genre:
- Adult Fiction
- Adult Non-Fiction
- Autobiography / Memoir
- Fiction
- Flash Fiction
- Health
- Non-Fiction
- Poetry
- Review Writing
- Short Stories
Skills:
- Competition Judging
- Editing
- Poetry Readings
- Proofreading
- Public Speaking
- Readings (adults)
- Reviews
- Short Story Writing
- Workshops (adults)
Branch:
Top of the South
Location:
West Coast
Publications:
then the wind came
then the wind came, Steele Roberts 2018
Gaps in the Light
Gaps in the Light, Ad Hoc Fiction (UK), March 2021
https://adhocfiction.com/2021/02/gaps-in-the-light-iona-winter/
Te Hau Kāika
Te Hau Kāika - limited edition poetry collection, from the multimedia exhibition Te Hau Kāika, 2019
a liminal gathering
a liminal gathering, Elixir & Star Press Aotearoa NZ, November 2023
https://elixirandstarpress.wordpress.com/upcoming-publications
In the shape of his hand lay a river
In the shape of his hand lay a river. Limited edition poetry collection. Elixir & Star Press 2024.