We’re excited to announce that Lynley Edmeades is going on tour for her new book, Hiding Places!
Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Lynley Edmeades in conversation with Kiran Dass.
5.30pm for a 6pm start
Thursday 27 November 2025
Scorpio Books
120 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City
Please RSVP here: tinyurl.com/ScorpioBooksRSVP
Facebook event page here
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
Lynley Edmeades in conversation with Chloe Blades.
5.45pm–7:00pm
Saturday 6 December 2025
The Frame Workshop
182 Jervois Road, Herne Bay
Please RSVP to: shop@unitybooksauckland.co.nz
Eventbrite page here
Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Lynley Edmeades in conversation with Claire Mabey
5:00pm–6:00pm
Sunday 7 December 2025
Unity Books Wellington
57 Willis Street
Facebook event page here
Hiding Places is a compelling and beautifully written meditation on early motherhood and creativity. Told through a series of fragments that range from raw and troubled to delightful and hilarious, this remarkable book responds to the unexpected shocks and discoveries of becoming a mother, drawing on excerpts from family letters and secretive medical records, and advice contained in Truby King’s 1913 tract, Feeding and Care of Baby.
Lynley Edmeades has an MA in Creative Writing from Queen’s University Belfast and a PhD in avant-garde literature from the University of Otago. Her previous books include As the Verb Tenses (OUP, 2016), Listening In (OUP, 2019) and Bordering on Miraculous, a collaboration with artist Saskia Leek (Massey University Press, 2022). She is the current editor of Landfall Tauraka and teaches English and creative writing at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka.