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Philippa Swan

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Originally trained as a landscape architect, Philippa Swan has worked as a magazine columnist, won awards for her short stories and written an acclaimed non-fiction book. Her first novel, 'The Night of All Souls' is now available as an eBook.

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Pertinent lessons from Edith Wharton, icon

Wellington writer Philippa Swan's new novel The Night of All Souls is an homage to Pulitzer-winning and all-round fabulous American writer Edith Wharton. Wharton died in 1937 but, Swan writes, she's very much of the moment.

By Philippa Swan | 4th April, 2020