Catherine Chidgey

Novelist; secretary to @TamaMagpie. Longlisted @WomensPrize; shortlisted @DublinLitAward. #TheBookofGuilt out now: Rep'd @UA_Books

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

Magpie merch is here, dear readers!

[Tama Magpie @TamaMagpie]

I'M A T-SHIRT! I'M A COFFEE MUG! I'M A MOTHERFUCKING THROW PILLOW! GET YOUR MAGPIE MERCH TODAY - JUST IN TIME FOR SWOOPING SEASON!

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@EuropaEditions @EuropaEdUK @thwupbooks @CathChidgey #axemanscarnival

[Sargeson Prize Short Story Competition @SargesonPrize]

10 days left to enter the Sargeson Prize! There’s $15,000 up for grabs in the Open Division, and $2,000 + a one-week summer writing residency for the Secondary Schools winner. Winning stories will also be published on @NewsroomNZ!

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@Tighe11Laura @CRees13261345 Thanks very much, Laura!

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@CRees13261345 Thank you so much!

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

Six weeks left to enter the Sargeson Prize, writers!

[Sargeson Prize Short Story Competition @SargesonPrize]

We are officially at the halfway mark for the 2026 Sargeson Prize ⏳ Yes, your story is probably ready and yes, we would love to read it. ➡️ Submit here: https://t.co/ja60OALkWA

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@alixhigby I check in every so often but don't really post.

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@LiamMcIlvanney In September, actually, but I'm still feeling pretty smug!

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

Happy 17th to Mintie, who has never forgiven us for naming her after cheap confectionery. Equally unacceptable: Moo, Mintie-Moo, Moop, Moopy, Moo-Poo, Moop-De-Doop, Schmoop, Schmoop Dog, Itsamoo, Moosh, Moosh-Moosh, Mrs Moo, Itsamrsmoo, Ouch Stop That. 🐾 🎂 💞

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@ChidgR @colintrish @RandomKiwiNZ @TamaMagpie You’re not the first person to mention that. Not sure how the profanity would go down!

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@colintrish @ChidgR @RandomKiwiNZ Thank you! But don't be calling it MY book within earshot of @TamaMagpie

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

Very happy to see The Book of Guilt rubbing shoulders with these fine works of fiction #theockhams @theockhams

[Ockham NZ Book Awards @theockhams]

Whakamihi to the 2026 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction longlists authors! @thwupbooks @tenderpressnz @MakaroPress @TheCubaPress @aporopress @uglyhillpress @Moapress

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

Thanks to all who voted for The Book of Guilt! "Winner of @TheSpinoffTV's People’s Choice for New Zealand Fiction 2025 is the latest, chilling novel from the queen of fiction: The Chidge! ...a spellbinding, ominous mystery with thriller tendencies."
https://t.co/f9VLmb9A8g

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

In which I am an "alarmingly productive literary genius" and also "a psychopath" 😂 Thanks so much to @Augengrau and @SteveBraunias of @NewsroomNZ for choosing The Book of Guilt as best novel of the year. @thwupbooks
https://t.co/As9R5jW1SF

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

The Book of Guilt is best book of 2025 on @TheSpinoffTV! Thanks to fabulous @FreyaDalySad. 'it blew my mind...I’ve since read Pet and The Axeman’s Carnival which have solidified my opinion of her as a fuckin’ legend...She does ominous like no one else.' https://t.co/EWQ14Czmrd

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@NZAllison @thwupbooks @nzlistener I'd say 5000?

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

Thrilled to see The Book of Guilt make the NZ bestseller list for the year - the only work of fiction on there (maybe that bit's not so thrilling). @thwupbooks @nzlistener

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@pacificraft Shh!

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

Thank you to @strandbookstore in NYC for all the Book of Guilt love! (Cristin, I am so sorry about your glasses.) (Also secretly thrilled.) ❤️💛💚😎 @HachetteUS

[Sargeson Prize Short Story Competition @SargesonPrize]

⭐ 'Orange Warning' by Kate Duignan — the third-place winner of the 2025 Sargeson Prize — is now live on @NewsroomNZ! https://t.co/1G95RkyyEk

[Catherine Chidgey @CathChidgey]

@thereadingpara So sorry, Jules x