Beryl Fletcher

Beryl Joan Fletcher (31 May 1938 – 21 February 2018) was a New Zealand feminist novelist. Her first novel, The Word Burners won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book, Asia/Pacific region.

She graduated from the University of Waikato with a master's degree in Sociology in 1979. She was resident at the University of Iowa, International Writing Program. In 1999, she was Writer in Residence at Waikato University. In 2005, she was a Ledig House International Writers’ Resident. In 2006, she was Writer in Residence at the Randell Cottage.

Works

• The Word Burners. Daphne Brasell Associates Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-908896-03-5.; Spinifex Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-876756-23-9
• The Iron Mouth. Spinifex Press. 1993. ISBN 978-1-875559-22-0.
• The Silicon Tongue. Spinifex Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-875559-49-7.
• The Bloodwood Clan. Spinifex Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-875559-80-0.
• Juno and Hannah. Spinifex Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1-74219-875-0

References

External links

• Author's website Archived 7 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• Beryl Fletcher interview, The University of Iowa, Nov. 18, 1994 ^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Her way", New Zealand Listener, Beryl Fletcher, July 5, 2003