# Catherine Chidgey - The Axeman’s Carnival

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Podcast: [The Marlborough Book Festival](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-marlborough-book-festival-6717437)
Published: 2024-03-21T00:17:01+00:00
Episode link: https://marlboroughbookfestival.podbean.com/e/catherine-chidgey-the-axeman-s-carnival/
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Duration seconds: 3667

## Resource

An utterly believable mimicking magpie narrates this extraordinary story set in the beautiful yet harsh landscape of Central Otago. Catherine Chidgey discusses her inspiration for the novel, with its exploration of themes encompassing domestic violence, the challenges of farming, the weird world of internet fame, and the vagaries of human relationships with animals, which she suggests can be at once closely bonded and exploitative. Catherine was in conversation with Nikki Macdonald at the 2023 Marlborough Book Festival.

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