The Infinite Air

Fiona Kidman has published over 30 books, including novels, poetry, non-fiction and a play. She has worked as a librarian, creative writing teacher, radio producer and critic, and as a scriptwriter for radio, television and film, but primarily as a writer. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships; in more recent years The Captive Wife was runner-up for the Deutz Medal for Fiction and was joint-winner of the Readers' Choice Award in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, and her short story collection The Trouble With Fire was shortlisted for both the NZ Post Book Awards and the Frank O'Connor Award. She was created a Dame (DNZM) in 1998 in recognition of her contribution to literature, and more recently a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. ‘We cannot talk about writing in New Zealand without acknowledging her,' wrote New Zealand Books. ‘Kidman's accessible prose and the way she shows (mainly) women grappling to escape from restricting social pressures has guaranteed her a permanent place in our fiction.'

Heather Bolton is a Melbourne-based actor who has extensive stage and screen experience. After winning a GOFTA for her role as Meg in Gaylene Preston’s 1985 debut feature Mr Wrong, she went on to feature in television series Blue Heelers, Stingers, Rush and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, and films Illustrious Energy, Rainbow’s End and The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. Heather also writes and performs in plays for Melbourne’s Ranters Theatre.