Sue Wootton is an editor, novelist and poet. She was the 2008 Robert Burns Fellow, held the 2018/19 Beatson Fellowship, and is the 2020 Katherine…
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Valerie (Ringer) Monk is a researcher and writer with a background in journalism and public relations. She specialises in New Zealand commercial ceramics. Valerie has…
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Makereta holds the last residency for 2019. She is I-Taukei-born Fijian, from the Noco District of Rewa in Viti Levu. She was adopted by kaivulagi…
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Mariana is a writer, artist, and forager. Born in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, she has ancestral roots in Sāmoa, Scotland, England, Ireland, and France. She is…
read moreI met esteemed historian, race relations and cultural commentator, author the late Michael King twice – once when he interviewed me for a book, and…
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Sarah Ell was born and raised on Auckland’s North Shore. She trained as a newspaper journalist before working in magazine and book publishing, and has…
read moreMedia Release 4 November 2019 The Michael King Writers Centre announces its Residencies for 2020 This year’s Michael King Writers Centre Residency Selection Panel had…
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Fiona has joined us for her four week residency, the 19th for the year. She is a writer and director, playwright, actor and Arts Laureate,…
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Jo is an acclaimed New Zealand author whose output has been globally recognised. Her book The Search for Anne Perry was numbered in the top…
read moreMichael and I served together for many years on the Frank Sargeson Trust. We had both known, and revered, Frank, whose biography Michael had written.…
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