Sunday, March 18, 2012

Justin Paton - 42nd Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow


Last Thursday, 14 March, a function was held to celebrate the 42nd Katherine MansfieldMenton Fellow, Justin Paton. Members of the Winn-Manson Trust, The New Zealand-France Friendship Fund, Creative New Zealand and the Embassy of France along with other invited guests congratulated Justin.

The 41st Fellow, Chris Price, spoke about her experience in Menton and read extracts from work written during her residency. Chris will be giving the inaugural Katherine Mansfield Menton Lecture at City Gallery, Wellington , on Thursday 17 May at 5.30.

Christchurch author and curator, Justin Paton will spend his time in Menton working on a book about‘shelter, memory, belonging and place’. Justin and his family leave for the residency in Menton in the South of France at the end of March.
The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship is one of New Zealand 's longest-standing and most prestigious literary opportunities for established and mid-career New Zealand writers and is supported by the New Zealand-France Friendship Fund and Creative New Zealand.

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