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Julie Kennedy, born in Christchurch, is now a Picton-based writer. The Marlborough Sounds and the local landscape inspire her writing both non-fiction and poetry. Her book Katherine Mansfield in Picton was published in 2000 and was one of 40 books selected by NZSA to be on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2012. She has poetry in a number of anthologies, has also written a Chronology of Picton and Queen Charlotte Sound and co-edited an anthology for Picton Poets. Julie is a member of the NZ Poetry Society and NZ Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc). She also belongs to Eco Artists NZ and a percentage of her sold work goes towards conservation projects.

Julie is working on her own poetry collection, researching a non-fiction book about Captain Cook in Queen Charlotte Sound and editing an anthology for Picton Poets. She enjoys being involved in local community projects and has contributed to the Top of the South Writers' Trail:  www.topwriters.co.nz
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www.juliekennedy.nz

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Katherine Mansfield in Picton by Julie Kennedy

Katherine Mansfield first made the Wellington-Picton crossing to the Marlborough Sounds when she was six months old. The area helped form her, and its images appeared in her letters and stories throughout her life. Her story The Voyage is included here. Previously unpublished material appears in Katherine Mansfield in Picton. It quotes extensively from Mansfield and her relatives, and traces the links she and her family had with the Sounds.  Read More
"Kennedy recounts the facts of Mansfield's life which, especially as she grew sick with tuberculosis, included some poignant and nostalgic reminiscences of the country in which she grew up"