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Clare Moleta: 2022
Winter Residency 2
Clare Moleta: 2022
Winter Residency 2 1707 1708 Michael King Writers Centre

Clare was born in Aotearoa, raised on Whadjuk Noongar Country in Western Australia and has lived in Pōneke since 2005. Her first novel, Unsheltered (Scribner,…

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Gillian Candler: 2022
Winter Residency
Gillian Candler: 2022
Winter Residency 774 774 Michael King Writers Centre

Our tenth writer-in-residence for the year, Gillian is an award-winning children’s author. Her books include the popular “Explore and Discover” series about nature habitats. Her…

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Kurangaituku – Whiti Hereaka 2021
Kurangaituku – Whiti Hereaka 2021 300 400 Michael King Writers Centre

Whiti has twice held a MKWC Residency, (2012/2017) and joined the Michael King Writers Centre Trust in June 2019. Kurangaituku is Whiti’s fourth novel and…

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Sinead Overbye: 2022
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
Sinead Overbye: 2022
Emerging Māori Writers Residency 1539 1541 Michael King Writers Centre

Our ninth resident for the year, Sinead (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou) is a kairangahau and writer who lives in Wellington. Her work has been…

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Gina Cole: 2022 Australian Residency Exchange – to Varuna
Gina Cole: 2022 Australian Residency Exchange – to Varuna 1708 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

Gina is of Fijian, Scottish and Welsh descent. She is a freelance writer and lives in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her collection Black Ice Matter won the…

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Tara Black: 2022
Emerging Writers Residency
Tara Black: 2022
Emerging Writers Residency 1708 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

Tara is a Te Whanganui-a-Tara based cartoonist and art school drop-out. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from Massey University and can often be…

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Bloody Woman – Lana Lopesi 2021
Bloody Woman – Lana Lopesi 2021 400 600 Michael King Writers Centre

Lana was our our fourth writer-in-residence for 2021 and worked on this book, her second manuscript – a work that seeks to build a speculative…

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Michele Powles: 2022
Autumn Residency
Michele Powles: 2022
Autumn Residency 1707 1708 Michael King Writers Centre

Our seventh resident for the year, Michele has been a writer, producer and dancer across the globe. Her fiction and non-fiction has been published widely…

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MKWC Announces Inaugural Residency with Australia
MKWC Announces Inaugural Residency with Australia 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 30 March 2022   New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its Inaugural 2022 International Residency with Australia The Michael King Writers Centre in…

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Matthew Packer: 2022
Emerging Writers Residency
Matthew Packer: 2022
Emerging Writers Residency 587 587 Michael King Writers Centre

Matthew is a writer, scholar, and teacher based in Wellington. He returned home in 2021 after several years teaching university English in Iowa. Much of…

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