Media Release 9 December 2019 Signals 2019 Launched The Michael King Writers Centre launched the eighth issue of Signals, its literary journal for young writers,…
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Pip has published a collection of short stories, Everything We Hoped For (VUP, 2010) and two novels, I’m Working on a Building (VUP, 2013) and…
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Jane is a poet, writer and editor who lives in Wellington with her family. She has a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the…
read moreCHRIS is a LitRPG, Fantasy and Sci-fi writer. He is published in New Zealand and in America under Future House Publishing and is known for…
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Ko Māori me Airihi me Kōtarina ngā iwi o ōku tīpuna. I whakahautia ahau e ngā ngahere o Houtū I amoamohia ahau e ngā wai…
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We welcome our 12th resident for the year – Tina writes essays, novels and short fiction. Her latest novel is The Imaginary Lives of James…
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Aroha is the first resident since the interruption of Covid-19, to be able to enjoy his full residency with us – he is our 11th…
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Because of the Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions, Albert started his residency from home and was able to take up residence as we moved to Level…
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Fifi is our ninth resident for the year and the first to be affected by Aotearoa’s Level 4 Alert status for Covid-19. This means Fifi…
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Penny joins us for our eighth residency – she is an Art Historian having held roles in public art galleries in New Zealand. The author…
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