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Murray Edmond: 2019
Spring Writers Residency
Murray Edmond: 2019
Spring Writers Residency 800 800 Michael King Writers Centre

Murray takes up our 17th residency to work on an essay that takes a small section of Auckland and reads its monuments for their historical,…

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Applications for 2020 Residencies Open
Applications for 2020 Residencies Open 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Media Release 19 August 2019  New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2020 Writers in Residence Programme. The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to…

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Jo Randerson: 2019
University of Auckland Residency 3
Jo Randerson: 2019
University of Auckland Residency 3 2565 2567 Michael King Writers Centre

A writer and theatre-maker Jo is the founder and artistic director of Barbarian Productions (theatre company). Recent theatre works include Sing It To My Face,…

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Spirited generosity – a recollection by Wensley Wilcox
Spirited generosity – a recollection by Wensley Wilcox 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

Who knows about the UK-based Arvon Foundation Writing workshops? Who now remembers that Michael King was one of the key facilitators of a series of…

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Kirsten McDougall: 2019
Winter Writers Residency
Kirsten McDougall: 2019
Winter Writers Residency 2002 2000 Michael King Writers Centre

Kirsten is our 15th writer-in-residence for the year and is the author of two books of fiction, Tess (2017) and The Invisible Rider (2012). In…

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Rijula Das: 2019
Emerging Writers Residency
Rijula Das: 2019
Emerging Writers Residency 475 475 Michael King Writers Centre

Our 14th residency for the year is held by Rijula who lives and works in Wellington.  Rijula holds a PhD in Creative Writing and was…

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Jade Kake: 2019
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
Jade Kake: 2019
Emerging Māori Writers Residency 600 600 Michael King Writers Centre

Jade is an architectural design, writer, and housing advocate. Of Māori and Dutch descent, her tribal affiliations are Ngāpuhi (Ngāti Hau me Te Parawhau), Te…

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Lucie Rivet: 2019
Lucie Rivet: 2019 540 540 Michael King Writers Centre

Lucie is a French writer who lives in Governors Bay with her partner Aaron. She used to write speeches for French political women (a minister…

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Ber Kotlerman: 2019
Ber Kotlerman: 2019 854 853 Michael King Writers Centre

Currently a professor of literature and Jewish culture at Bar Ilan University, Israel, Ber Kotlerman  belongs to the new generation of authors involved in revival…

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A fellow Michael – a recollection by Michael O’Leary
A fellow Michael – a recollection by Michael O’Leary 150 150 Michael King Writers Centre

The last time I saw Michael King was at the 2003 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, which he won for non-fiction that year. I had gone…

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