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Jack Remiel Cotterell: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
Jack Remiel Cotterell: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency 459 459 Michael King Writers Centre

Jack (Ngāti Rangi) is a queer short fiction writer who currently lives in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. His debut flash fiction collection Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson and…

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Shilo Kino – Shanghai 2025
Shilo Kino – Shanghai 2025 1766 1529 Michael King Writers Centre

Shilo Kino (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Te Ata) is an award-winning author and journalist. Her debut novel, The Pōrangi Boy, won the Young Adult Fiction…

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Ingrid Horrocks: 2025 Australian Residency Exchange – to Varuna
Ingrid Horrocks: 2025 Australian Residency Exchange – to Varuna 1707 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

Wellington based writer Ingrid’s creative publications span two decades and a number of genres, including two poetry books, two books of narrative nonfiction, an edited collection…

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Fiona Murphy: 2025 Australian Residency Exchange – to MKWC
Fiona Murphy: 2025 Australian Residency Exchange – to MKWC 1707 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

Fiona is an award-winning writer and arts critic based in the Blue Mountains. Her writing about disability, accessibility and the arts has appeared in The…

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Hannah Marshall: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency
Hannah Marshall: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency 1024 1024 Michael King Writers Centre

Our 10th writer-in-residence for the year, Hannah is a Wellington-based writer who completed her Masters in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters…

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Andrea Hotere: 2025
Matariki Residency
Andrea Hotere: 2025
Matariki Residency 418 418 Michael King Writers Centre

Andrea (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngati Pakeha ) is the author of The Vanishing Point (Ultimo Press, 2023) a historical fiction novel exploring the enduring…

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Ash Davida Jane: 2025
Early Winter Residency
Ash Davida Jane: 2025
Early Winter Residency 1707 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

Our 8th writer-in-residence for the year, Ash is a writer, editor and reviewer from Te Whanganui-a-Tara. They are the author of two collections of poetry,…

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Fire & Ice: Secrets, histories, treasures and mysteries of Tongariro National Park – Hazel Phillips 2025
Fire & Ice: Secrets, histories, treasures and mysteries of Tongariro National Park – Hazel Phillips 2025 1919 2560 Michael King Writers Centre

Hazel completed this book during her residency in 2025. It was entered into NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival 2025 book competition. The festival theme…

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1985 – Dominic Hoey 2025
1985 – Dominic Hoey 2025 1673 2560 Michael King Writers Centre

Dominic was the 2024 recipient of the MKWC residency exchange to Varuna Writers House – whilst there he worked on this book, his third novel.

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Marianne Schultz: 2025
Easter Residency
Marianne Schultz: 2025
Easter Residency 1946 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

Marianne attained a Masters degree and PhD in History from the University of Auckland, and a MA Performing Arts from Middlesex University, London.  She held…

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