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Eleanor Catton: 2012
University of Auckland Writers Residency
Eleanor Catton: 2012
University of Auckland Writers Residency 223 226 Michael King Writers Centre

Eleanor Catton, winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Literature, held the 2012 University of Auckland Residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre. She…

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Chris Else: 2012
Autumn Writers Residency
Chris Else: 2012
Autumn Writers Residency 186 186 Michael King Writers Centre

Chris Else has had more than eight books published: six novels, and two collections of short fiction. His work appears in many anthologies and magazines,…

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Sarah Laing: 2013
University of Auckland Writers Residency
Sarah Laing: 2013
University of Auckland Writers Residency 310 310 Michael King Writers Centre

The Michael King Writers’ Centre is delighted to welcome back novelist and graphic artist Sarah Laing for her second residency at the centre. This year…

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Judith Bryers-Holloway: 2013
Māori Writers Residency
Judith Bryers-Holloway: 2013
Māori Writers Residency 238 238 Michael King Writers Centre

Judith Bryers Holloway has Ngapuhi, French, Norwegian and Irish/English ancestry, was brought up in King Country and Whanganui. She has lived most of adult life…

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Don McGlashan: 2013
Summer Writers Residency
Don McGlashan: 2013
Summer Writers Residency 167 167 Michael King Writers Centre

Don McGlashan is one of New Zealand’s most popular and celebrated songwriters and performers, whose music provides the soundtrack to our most significant national occasions…

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Deborah Shepherd: 2013
Autumn Writers Residency
Deborah Shepherd: 2013
Autumn Writers Residency 400 400 Michael King Writers Centre

Deborah Shepard has written a blog about her residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre. Deborah Shepard held the Autumn Residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre.…

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Peter Wells: 2014
Autumn Writers Residency
Peter Wells: 2014
Autumn Writers Residency 250 250 Michael King Writers Centre

Peter Wells is a distinguished writer and film-maker. As a writer, he won the 1992 NZ Book Award for Fiction for his first book of…

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Jian Ling – MKWC 2017
Jian Ling – MKWC 2017 470 470 Michael King Writers Centre

Yin Jian Ling held a two-month residency. Yin is a poet, essayist, novelist, literary critic, illustrator and translator.

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Kathy Derrick (2017)
Kathy Derrick (2017) 250 247 Michael King Writers Centre

Katharine Derrick lives in Kerikeri and writes mainly for children and young adults. She once had a fifty-word story published in Brian Edwards’ Book of…

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Donna Blaber (2017)
Donna Blaber (2017) 188 187 Michael King Writers Centre

Donna Blaber writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She is an experienced journalist, magazine editor and author. Her first book, New Zealand Driving Holidays,…

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