Media Release 6 June 2025 The Michael King Writers Centre Announces Recipients of International Exchange With Australia New Zealand writer Ingrid Horrocks and Australian writer…
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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…
read moreShilo 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…
read moreWellington 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…
read moreFiona 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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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 (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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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,…
read moreHazel completed this book during her residency in 2025. It was entered into NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival 2025 book competition. The festival theme…
read moreDominic 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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